How below cost competition from money losing city buses has made continued private operation of rail passenger service in Staten Island impossible; passenger revenues are now less than half what they were 4 yr ago, and less than one-third of present expenses; road has applied to New York Public Service Commission for authority to discontinue all its passenger service.


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    Title :

    Staten Island -- Laboratory experiment in socialized transportation


    Additional title:

    Ry Age


    Published in:

    Railway Age ; 133 , n 6


    Publication date :

    1952


    Size :

    6 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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