The SIM1, SIM1C, SIM7, and SIM10 bus routes constitute a

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line in

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and

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. The routes all operate on Richmond Avenue and

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on Staten Island, but go to three separate terminals in Manhattan. The SIM1 goes to 6th Avenue & Houston Street, the SIM7 goes to 6th Avenue & 14th Street, and the SIM1C and SIM10 go to Central Park South & 6th Avenue. The SIM1, SIM7, and SIM10 operate during the

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only. The SIM1C operates 24 hours per day, but does not run in the peak direction during rush hours.

Current route

All four routes start at the

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. They use Richmond Avenue through Eltingville. They then turn left on

, passing through the neighborhoods of Great Kills, New Dorp, and Dongan Hills. They then turn right on Narrows Road, before getting on the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. They use the Gowanus Expressway and the Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel to get to Manhattan. The SIM1 uses Battery Place to access the

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of Church Street northbound and Broadway. The route's northern terminus is Houston Street. The SIM7 exits the tunnel onto

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. Immediately before the tunnel, southbound buses do a loop on Murray Street, North End Avenue, and

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to serve World Financial Center. The route continues on West Street, turning east onto

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and then north onto

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. Northbound buses terminate at 14th Street and Sixth Avenue. Southbound buses originate at

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and Broadway, then continue south on Broadway until they turn west onto Houston Street. At West Street, southbound SIM7 buses follow the northbound route to the Battery Tunnel. The SIM10 operates through the Battery Park Underpass to access the

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, turning west at 23rd Street and north onto

. It terminates at 59th Street. Southbound, the SIM10 uses

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, 23rd Street, and the FDR Drive to the Battery Tunnel. The SIM1C follows the SIM1's route, then uses Sixth Avenue northbound to 23rd Street, before following the SIM10's route to 59th Street. Southbound, the SIM1C follows the SIM10 to 23rd Street, then uses Fifth Avenue and Broadway to the Battery Tunnel.

History

These routes replaced the X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X7, X8, and X9 routes in the Staten Island Bus Redesign. The SIM1 was extended to Houston Street on January 13, 2019. The SIM10 has had multiple trips added, it operates from 2:00PM to 6:40PM leaving Manhattan, and from 4:10AM to 8:10AM leaving Staten Island.

Equipment

The SIM1, SIM7, SIM10, and SIM1C are based at Yukon Depot. They use Yukon's fleet of 2015-16 Prévost X3-45 buses. Prior to 2015, they also used MCI 102DLW3SS buses, but these were retired by the Prévosts. Additionally, they used Yukon’s fleet of 2002 MCI D4500 buses until 2021. While being based at Yukon Depot, the SIM1, SIM1C, SIM7, and SIM10 sometimes use buses loaned from Castleton, Charleston, and Meredith Depots.

Gallery

File:2898 SIM10.jpg, A SIM10 bus on

in Midtown Manhattan File:SIM1.jpg, A SIM1 bus on Broadway in Lower Manhattan. File:Liberty St West St td (2018-12-13) 18.jpg, A SIM7 bus on

near

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. File:59th St 7th Av td (2018-08-27) 01.jpg, A SIM1C bus on 59th Street in Midtown Manhattan

References

{{Staten Island bus routes Bus routes in Staten Island Bus transportation in New York City MTA Regional Bus routes