Grand Street Shuttle Explained

Grand Street Shuttle
Service:S
Shuttle:Grand Street
Nomap:yes
North Term:West Fourth Street
South Term:Grand Street
Stations:3
Started:1986
Discontinued:2004
Caption1:A remnant of the Grand St shuttle, which shows where shuttle trains stopped.
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The Grand Street Shuttle was a New York City Subway service that operated during the long Manhattan Bridge rehabilitation project while the north tracks (connecting to the IND Sixth Avenue Line via the Chrystie Street Connection) were closed. It usually ran between Broadway–Lafayette Street and Grand Street, picking up the slack from rerouted or suspended and service.

History

Service disruptions that took the Manhattan Bridge north tracks out of service, with the shuttle running between Broadway–Lafayette Street and Grand Street, included the following:

During the first phase of the Manhattan Bridge rehabilitation, from April 26, 1986 to December 11, 1988,[3] the shuttle was extended to 57th Street/Sixth Avenue, running via the Sixth Avenue local tracks, and was called the Sixth Avenue Shuttle while the and terminated at 34th Street–Herald Square. Regular service had been expected to resume on October 26, 1986.[4]

The final Grand Street Shuttle service began on July 22, 2001, again between Broadway–Lafayette Street and Grand Street, while the and services were truncated to 34th Street–Herald Square. The Sixth Avenue Shuttle (which also ended at Broadway–Lafayette Street) was ended on December 16, 2001 with the rerouting of trains to the 63rd Street Tunnel and introduction of the train, and the Grand Street Shuttle was extended north to West Fourth Street–Washington Square.[5] [6] On April 27, 2003, service was decreased to run every 15 minutes instead of every 12 minutes at all times except late nights.[7] The rehabilitation was finished on February 22, 2004, and the shuttle was discontinued. Also during this time, a shuttle bus ran between Canal Street and Grand Street.[8] [9] [10]

Final route

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F V (IND Sixth Avenue Line)
(IND Eighth Avenue Line)
PATH at
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F V (IND Sixth Avenue Line)
(IRT Lexington Avenue Line at [11])
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External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Trains Being Rerouted on Manhattan Bridge . . March 12, 1984 . B5 . November 3, 2011.
  2. News: Repair of the Subway Tracks on Manhattan Bridge is Done . . Associated Press . November 2, 1985 . 29 . November 3, 2011.
  3. Book: Annual Report on 1989 Rapid Routes Schedules and Service Planning. June 1, 1990. New York City Transit Authority, Operations Planning Department. 56.
  4. News: Washington Heights, Central Park West And Grand Concourse Riders Your Guide To Service Changes On The B D During Rehabilitation Work April 26 Through October 26, 1986. April 1986. New York City Transit Authority.
  5. Web site: December 2001. Grand St Shuttle runs to West 4 St Beginning Sunday, Dec 16. July 8, 2020. Flickr. New York City Transit.
  6. January 2002 . 63rd Street Connector In Service – New Schedules in Effect . New York Division Bulletin . Electric Railroaders' Association . 45 . 1 . 13.
  7. July 2003 . New BMT-IND Schedules . The New York Division Bulletin . Electric Railroaders' Association . 46 . 7 . 20.
  8. http://www.thejoekorner.com/brochures/manny-bridge-01-indx.html Manhattan Bridge Service Changes
  9. http://www.thejoekorner.com/brochures/manny-bridge-2004-indx.html New Subway Service!
  10. Web site: MTA NYC Transit Manhattan Bridge Information . February 5, 2004 . September 18, 2016 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20040205055553/http://www.mta.info/nyct/man_bridge/bridge_lines.htm#w . February 5, 2004 .
  11. At the time, there was a transfer to downtown trains only. A bidirectional transfer was created after the shuttle's discontinuation.