On this day in 2012, I visited New York City's Staten Island Railway. This is an isolated line of the New York Subway system, running from St George ferry terminal in the north of the island, to Tottenville in the south of the island.
Service is provided by older, R44 Subway Trains from the 1970s. The trains are maintained at Clifton and for heavy maintenance, individual cars are trucked to the workshops at Coney Island.
The line is completely above ground and runs more like a suburban railway, with 30 minute off peak frequency and a mixture of short terminating and express trains during peak times.