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for A 1914 map showing what was at the time the proposed expansion for the BRT. The only major differences from what was built is that a new 60th Street Tunnel was used rather than the Queensboro Bridge, the Manhattan-side Brooklyn Bridge connection was never built, and several lines ended... BMT shuttles

1967-1968 and 1968-1979 bullets
(in a circle)

The S-Franklin Avenue Shuttle is a A shuttle, in general, is something which travels back and forth between places in a regular and relatively frequent manner. a loom component, for which see below (this is the original meaning). a spindle-shaped device holding the thread in tatting or knotting the Space Shuttle, a public transport system... shuttle train service of the South Ferry station 125th Street station The New York City Subway is a large rapid transit system in New York City, New York, United States. It is the most extensive public transportation system in the U.S. and one of the largest in the world with 468 stations and 656... New York City Subway operating in For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). The Brooklyn Bridge in 1890, seven years after its opening Kings County in New York State Brooklyn is the most populous of the five boroughs of New York City. With about 2.5 million inhabitants, it would be the fourth largest city in the... Brooklyn, State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki Official languages None Area 141,205 km² (27th) - Land 122,409 km² - Water 18,795 km² (13.3%) Population ( 2000) - Population 18,976,457 (3rd... New York.

The current service is co-extensive with the BMT Franklin Avenue Line. It parallels Franklin Avenue, hence its name. It was originally a part of the mainline of the The Brighton Line is a rapid transit line of the New York City Subway in Brooklyn, New York City. Local service is provided full time by Q trains and express service provided weekdays by the B train. Brief history The Brighton Line opened in 1878 as an excursion railroad _... Brighton Beach Line and opened as part of that steam railroad line in Events January - April January – Cleopatras Needle arrives in London January 9 - Humbert I becomes King of Italy January 23 – Disraeli orders British fleet to Dardanelles January 28 - The Yale News becomes the first daily, college newspaper in the United States. January 31 - Turkey agrees to armistice at... 1878. The mainline was shifted in 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. January 9 - Britain announces it will build 1,000,000 homes for war veterans. January 10 - League of Nations holds its first meeting... 1920, and the Franklin line was reduced to a full-time shuttle in the early Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Years: 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around the world. Many of the trends of... 1960s. The north terminus is called Franklin Avenue station, and is at the intersection of Franklin Avenue and Fulton Street. The station is called "Franklin Avenue" instead of "Fulton Street" because it was built adjacent to the Franklin Avenue station of the pre-existing Fulton Street Elevated. The south terminus is This article is about the park in Brooklyn, New York. There is also a Prospect Park in Troy, New York and a Prospect Park neighborhood in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Prospect Park is a 526 acre (2.1 km²) park in Brooklyn, New York located between Park Slope, Kensington, Windsor Terrace and... Prospect Park. There are currently 4 stops on this line, as one of the existing stations, Dean Street, closed in 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. It was the first year of the International Decade of the Worlds Indigenous People (1995- 2005): http://www.unesco.org/culture/indigenous/ Events January January 1 Austria, Finland and Sweden enter the European Union Fred West, accused... 1995. The Franklin Shuttle was completely renovated in 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. Events January January 1998 - A massive ice storm, caused by El Niño, strikes New England, southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting in widespread power failures, severe damage to... 1998- 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. Events Kosovo War Shooting in Littleton, Colorado, United States, leaves several high school students dead. Y2K preparation was a major event in 1999 both in... 1999.

On November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk, Bishop of Freising, which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi ( Austria in Old High... November 1, 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). Events January-February January 8 - President Woodrow Wilson announces his Fourteen Points for the aftermath of World War I. January 24 - a decree of the Council of Peoples Commissars, introducing the Gregorian calendar in Russia since February... 1918, in the worst Rapid transit describes a type of urban rail transportation, generally including subway and elevated lines in the U.S., Metros in most other countries, and U-Bahnen in Germany. Originally, the term rapid transit was used beginning in the 1800s to describe new forms of quick urban public transportation that... rapid transit railroad accident to date, a speeding The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT) was a transportation holding company formed in 1896 to acquire and consolidate transit facilities in Kings County, now Brooklyn, New York. Within a decade, it had acquired virtually all of the rapid transit and streetcar operations in its target area. Though the BRT was... Brooklyn Rapid Transit train crashed inside a new tunnel leading into the Prospect Park station, killing at least 93. This became known as the Brighton Line Accident or The Malbone Street Wreck, also known as the Brighton Beach Line Accident of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT), was a rapid transit railroad wreck that occurred November 1, 1918, beneath the intersection of Flatbush Avenue, Ocean Avenue, and Malbone Street, in the community of Flatbush, Borough of Brooklyn, New... Malbone Street Wreck.

Stops

Franklin Avenue-Fulton Street (A) late nights, (C)
Dean Street - abandond, closed in 1995, never rebuilt in 1998-1999
Park Place
Botanic Garden (2), (3), (4), (5) rush hours only
Prospect Park (B) weekdays only, (Q)

edit (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:NYCS_navbox&action=edit) South Ferry station 125th Street station The New York City Subway is a large rapid transit system in New York City, New York, United States. It is the most extensive public transportation system in the U.S. and one of the largest in the world with 468 stations and 656... New York City Subway (official site (http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/nyct/subway/))
Services	The 1 Broadway-Seventh Avenue Local and 9 Broadway-Seventh Avenue Local are two services of the New York City Subway. They are colored red since they use the Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line; their routes are equivalent to said line. For more information on the line, including history, see that... 1 The 2 Seventh Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored red, since it uses the Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line through midtown. Trains of the 2 service run all the time. The usual pattern is express through Manhattan and local elsewhere; at late nights... 2 The 3 Seventh Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored red, since it uses the Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line through midtown. Trains of the 3 service run all the time except late nights; it always runs express through Manhattan and local elsewhere. During... 3 The 4 Lexington Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored green, since it uses the Lexington Avenue Line through midtown. Trains of the 4 service run all the time. The usual pattern is express through Manhattan and Brooklyn and local elsewhere; at late... 4 The 5 Lexington Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored green, since it uses the Lexington Avenue Line through midtown. Trains of the 5 service run all the time, though they are majorly cut back during late nights. The usual pattern is express... 5 The 6 Lexington Avenue Local is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored green, since it uses the Lexington Avenue Line through midtown. Trains of the 6 service run all the time; the usual pattern is local service on the whole route. Some midday and rush... 6 The 7 Flushing Local is a service of the New York City Subway, running local service along the full length of the IRT Flushing Line, with express service (7 Flushing Express) denoted by a diamond-shaped 7 train logo rather than a circular one. The express service runs in the... 7 The 1 Broadway-Seventh Avenue Local and 9 Broadway-Seventh Avenue Local are two services of the New York City Subway. They are colored red since they use the Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line; their routes are equivalent to said line. For more information on the line, including history, see that... 9 The A Eighth Avenue Express and C Eighth Avenue Local are two services of the New York City Subway. They are colored blue, since they use the IND Eighth Avenue Line through midtown Manhattan. The longest one-seat ride on the subway system is on the A, 31 miles (50... A B The A Eighth Avenue Express and C Eighth Avenue Local are two services of the New York City Subway. They are colored blue, since they use the IND Eighth Avenue Line through midtown Manhattan. The longest one-seat ride on the subway system is on the A, 31 miles (50... C The D Sixth Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored orange since it uses the IND Sixth Avenue Line through midtown Manhattan. Its normal service pattern is from Norwood-205th Street Street in the Bronx to Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue (BMT West End... D The E Eighth Avenue Local is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored blue since it uses the IND Eighth Avenue Line through midtown Manhattan. Its normal service pattern is from Jamaica Center-Parsons Boulevard to World Trade Center, running express through Queens and local through... E F G J L M N Q R V W Z
Shuttles (S)	42nd Street - Franklin Avenue - Rockaway Park
Unused/defunct	8 was a designation given to several IRT services of the New York City Subway. Astoria Line R12 end rollsign The 8 label was first used for the Astoria Line, which opened on February 1, 1917 as an extension of the Queensboro Line (now part of the Flushing Line) from... 8 10 11 12 13 H K P T U X Y JFK Express BMT The Q Broadway Express is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored yellow since it uses the BMT Broadway Line through midtown Manhattan. It has the same service 24 hours a day, running express in Manhattan and local in Brooklyn from 57th Street to Coney Island... 1 Current and former R services The R Broadway Local is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored yellow, since it uses the Broadway-BMT Line in midtown Manhattan. Normal service is local from Forest Hills-71st Avenue to Bay Ridge-95th Street; during late nights it... 2 The T is the future designation of service on the planned Second Avenue Subway line. T trains will make stops along Second Avenue from 125th Street in Harlem to Hanover Square in Lower Manhattan. R1 end rollsign R27 end rollsigns 1967-1979 bullet (in a circle) The designation has previously... 3 The N Broadway Express is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored yellow since it uses the BMT Broadway Line through midtown Manhattan. Its normal service pattern is from Astoria-Ditmars Boulevard to Gravesend-86th Street (one stop short of Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue due to... 4 R1 end rollsign R27 end rollsign The Culver Shuttle was a service of the New York City Subway system, running along the BMT Culver Line. It had formerly been a through service between Manhattan and Coney Island, known as the BMTs 5 service. The 5 number was assigned in... 5 The service advisory discontinuing 6 service 6 was the BMTs designation for trains that used the BMT Fifth Avenue Line (labeled the Fifth Avenue-Bay Ridge Line). When numbers were assigned in 1924, 6 was assigned to trains between Sands Street (on the Brooklyn side of the Brooklyn Bridge... 6 7 8 9 Current bullet The M Nassau Street Local is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored brown since it uses the BMT Nassau Street Line in downtown Manhattan. The M runs all the time. During evenings, late nights and weekends, it acts as a shuttle from Metropolitan... 10 Current bullet The M Nassau Street Local is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored brown since it uses the BMT Nassau Street Line in downtown Manhattan. The M runs all the time. During evenings, late nights and weekends, it acts as a shuttle from Metropolitan... 11 12 was the BMTs designation for trains that used the BMT Lexington Avenue Line. The BMT assigned numbers to its services in 1924, and 12 was applied to trains between Park Row and Eastern Parkway via the Brooklyn Bridge, BMT Myrtle Avenue Line, BMT Lexington Avenue Line and BMT... 12 R1 end rollsigns The service advisory discontinuing 13 service west of Rockaway Avenue 13 was the BMTs designation for service on the BMT Fulton Street Line (not to be confused with todays IND Fulton Street Line, which uses a portion of the old BMT line at its east... 13 K (and the earlier KK) was the label for two completely different New York City Subway services. Broadway (Brooklyn) Line R1 end rollsign The KK started out as the BMTs 14 in 1924, when the BMT assigned numbers to their services. The 14 was known as the Canarsie Line... 14 The J Nassau Street Express and Z Nassau Street Express are two services of the New York City Subway. They are colored brown since they use the BMT Nassau Street Line in Manhattan. The J runs all the time, from Jamaica Center-Parsons Boulevard to Broad Street (except on weekends... 15 The L 14th Street-Canarsie Local is a service of the New York City Subway, running local along the full length of the BMT Canarsie Line, 24 hours a day. The service is colored gray as the only route to use the Canarsie Line. For more information on the service... 16
Divisions	The Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) was the operator of the original New York Subway line that opened in 1904 and additional rapid transit lines in the City of New York. The IRT was purchased by the City in 1940. The former IRT lines (the numbered lines in the current... IRT - A 1914 map showing what was at the time the proposed expansion for the BRT. The only major differences from what was built is that a new 60th Street Tunnel was used rather than the Queensboro Bridge, the Manhattan-side Brooklyn Bridge connection was never built, and several lines ended... BMT - The Independent Subway System (IND, formerly ISS), and even earlier the Independent City-Owned Subway System (ICOS) or Independent City-Owned Rapid Transit Railroad was one of the three systems that is now part of the New York City Subway. For operational purposes, the IND is merged with the BMT... IND ( This article or section should include material from Independent Subway System#The IND Second System 1929 plan The IND Second System was a plan for a major expansion of the city-owned Independent Subway System in New York, New York. Very little of it was built, though pieces were sometimes... Second System)
Lists	Lines - Services - These are the stations on the New York City Subway system. If a numbered road appears in the name, it is sorted by that number; if it has two numbered roads, it is sorted by the street. See list of New York City Subway terminals for terminal stations only. 1... Stations - Terminals - Inter-division connections - Inter-division transfers - Yards
Miscellaneous	Accessibility - Dual Contracts - Chaining - The Three Systems and the One The subway as it exists today is a consolidation of three separate and competing systems. Interborough Rapid Transit Company The Interborough Rapid Transit or IRT was the first of these systems to operate subway service, following more than twenty years of public debate on... History - Nomenclature - Rolling stock - Straphanger is a nickname for someone who is a standing subway or bus passenger who grips a hanging strap for support. Or more generally a commuter who uses public transportation. External Links The Straphangers Campaign - is group that advocates the improvement of NYC Subway system. Categories: New York City Subway... Straphanger
New York City boasts the most extensive network of public transportation in the United States. Responsibility for providing public transportation falls to a variety of government agencies and private corporations. Amtrak provides long-distance commuter rail connections via Pennsylvania Station and the Northeast Corridor to Boston, New England, Upstate New... Other transit in NYC	Amtrak is the name of an intercity passenger train system created on May 1, 1971 in the United States. Amtrak is an independent for-profit corporation, but its board is entirely controlled by the United States government through presidential appointment and Senate confirmation. Some Amtrak stock is outstanding, though it... Amtrak - The Long Island Rail Road or LIRR is a railroad that serves the length of Long Island, New York. It is the busiest commuter railroad in the United States, and the oldest railroad still operating under its original name. Key terminals The LIRR has two major terminals and two minor... LIRR - Metro-North (officially MTA Metro-North Railroad) is a suburban commuter railroad running service from New York City to the northern suburbs in New York State and Connecticut. Trains run as far as Amenia, New York, Poughkeepsie, New York, and New Haven, Connecticut. Metro North also provides local service within... Metro-North - New Jersey Transit Arrow III at West Windsor, NJ Hudson-Bergen Light Rail vehicle at 2nd Street station New Jersey Transit (NJ Transit) is a statewide public transportation system serving the U.S. state of New Jersey. It operates bus, light rail, and commuter rail services throughout the state. NJ... NJ Transit - A drawing of the northern of the two underground junctions on the New Jersey side. The two western tracks at the bottom were never built. PATH (Port Authority Trans-Hudson) is an electric railroad linking Manhattan, New York with New Jersey, and providing service to Jersey City, Hoboken, Harrison, and... PATH - Staten Island Railway (SIR) or Staten Island Rapid Transit (SIRT) is a rapid transit line operating in the Borough of Staten Island, New York City, USA. Officially the Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority (SIRTOA), the SIR is a direct subsidiary of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York) (MTA). SIRTOA... Staten Island Railway - Airtrain at JFK. Note aluminum strip between rails. AirTrain JFK is a 13 km (8.1 mile) light rail system connecting ten points within John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Jamaica Station on the Long Island Railroad and the New York Subway E, J and Z lines, as well... AirTrain - The Roosevelt Island Tramway is an aerial tramway (suspended cable car) in New York, New York, United States of America, connecting Roosevelt Island to Manhattan. It was built in 1976 by the Swiss company Vonroll. It was originally built as a temporary transportation solution as the subway to the island... Roosevelt Island Tramway

External links

NYCT shuttles official page (http://www.mta.info/nyct/service/sline.htm)
Illustrated article about the line's 1999 reopening (http://thethirdrail.net/0003/index.htm)

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BMT Franklin Avenue Line - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1599 words)
	For the summer excursion season of 1924, the Franklin Avenue Line was upgraded for the operation of six-car subway trains, and assigned the BMT number 7.
	At Franklin Avenue and Fulton Street, where the BMT Fulton Street Line elevated railway had given way to the IND Fulton Street Line subway, a large station is present with modern conveniences, elevators and escalators, providing an easier transfer between the shuttle and the IND line.
	Chaining zero is BMT Eastern, located at the intersection of the line of the Brooklyn Bridge and the Chambers Street station on the Nassau Street Line by way of the now-dismantled original BMT Brooklyn Bridge Elevated Line and the former BMT Fulton Street Line.

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