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Encyclopedia > S Franklin Avenue Shuttle (New York City Subway service)
 
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FRANKLIN
R1 end rollsign
 
SS

SHUTTLE
R27 end rollsign
for BMT shuttles
SS
SS
1967-1968 and 1968-1979 bullets
(in a circle)

The S-Franklin Avenue Shuttle is a shuttle train service of the New York City Subway operating in Brooklyn, New York. This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... The R1 subway car was the first order of original passenger stock for the IND New York City Subway. ... A rollsign on the MBTA Red Line in Boston. ... A rollsign on the MBTA Red Line in Boston. ... 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... A shuttle, in general, is something which travels back and forth between places in a regular and relatively frequent manner. ... The New York City Subway is a large rapid transit system in New York City, New York, United States. ... For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki (R) Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ...


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 Brighton Beach Line and opened as part of that steam railroad line in 1878. The mainline was shifted in 1920, and the Franklin line was reduced to a full-time shuttle in the early 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 Prospect Park. There are currently 4 stops on this line, as one of the existing stations, Dean Street, closed in 1995 due to low paid fare entrance and fare beating. The Franklin Shuttle was completely rebuilt and renovated in 1998-1999. The Franklin Avenue Line (also known as the Franklin Avenue Shuttle and the Brighton-Franklin Line) is a rapid transit line of the New York City Subway in Brooklyn, New York City. ... The Brighton Line is a rapid transit line of the New York City Subway in Brooklyn, New York City. ... 1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 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. ... The 1960s, or The Sixties, in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... This article is about the park in Brooklyn, New York. ... Dean Street was a station of the BMT Division of the New York Subway, located on the Franklin Avenue Shuttle Line, with its entrance on Dean Street west of Franklin Avenue in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 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. ...


On November 1, 1918, in the worst rapid transit railroad accident prior to the Amagasaki rail crash in 2005, a speeding 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 Malbone Street Wreck. November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Metro and Subway redirect here. ... JR-West207 The Amagasaki rail crash occurred on 25 April 2005 at around 9:18 local time (0:18 UTC), just after the local rush hour. ... a bust ... 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. ... 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...


Stops

  • Franklin Avenue-Fulton Street, Transfer to: (A) (late nights only) and (C)
  • Dean Street - abandoned, closed in 1995, never rebuilt in 1998-1999
  • Park Place
  • Botanic Garden, Transfer to: (2), (3), (4) and <5> (rush hours only)
  • Consumers Park (renamed "Botanic Garden" after the Malbone Street Wreck) - flag stop abandoned in 1928, replaced by current Botanic Garden station.
  • Prospect Park, Transfer to: (B) (weekdays only) and (Q)
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New York City Subway (official site)
Services 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 A B C D E F G J L M N Q R V W Z
Shuttles (S) 42nd Street - Franklin Avenue - Rockaway Park
Unused/defunct 8 9 10 11 12 13 H K P T U X Y JFK Express
BMT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Divisions IRT - BMT - IND (Second System)
Lists Lines - Services - Stations - Terminals - Inter-division connections - Inter-division transfers - Yards
Miscellaneous Accessibility - Dual Contracts - Chaining - History - Nomenclature - Rolling stock - Straphanger
Other transit in NYC Amtrak - LIRR - Metro-North - NJ Transit - PATH - Staten Island Railway - AirTrain - Roosevelt Island Tramway

The A Eighth Avenue Express and C Eighth Avenue Local are two services of the New York City Subway. ... The A Eighth Avenue Express and C Eighth Avenue Local are two services of the New York City Subway. ... Dean Street was a station of the BMT Division of the New York Subway, located on the Franklin Avenue Shuttle Line, with its entrance on Dean Street west of Franklin Avenue in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. ... Botanic Garden is a station of the BMT Division of the New York Subway, located on the Franklin Avenue Shuttle Line, with its entrance on Eastern Parkway west of Franklin Avenue in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. ... The 2 Seventh Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The 3 Seventh Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The 4 Lexington Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The 5 Lexington Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ... 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... The B Sixth Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The Q Broadway Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The New York City Subway is a large rapid transit system in New York City, New York, United States. ... Current services The New York City Subway system has 27 different train routes, some with multiple patterns. ... The 1 Broadway-Seventh Avenue Local and 9 Broadway-Seventh Avenue Local are two services of the New York City Subway. ... The 2 Seventh Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The 3 Seventh Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The 4 Lexington Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The 5 Lexington Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The 6 Lexington Avenue Local is a service of the New York City Subway. ... 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 A Eighth Avenue Express and C Eighth Avenue Local are two services of the New York City Subway. ... The B Sixth Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The A Eighth Avenue Express and C Eighth Avenue Local are two services of the New York City Subway. ... The D Sixth Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The E Eighth Avenue Local is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The F Sixth Avenue Local and V Sixth Avenue Local are two services of the New York City Subway. ... The G Brooklyn-Queens Crosstown Local is a service of the New York City Subway, and it is the only full line (excluding the Franklin Avenue and Rockaway shuttles) that does not provide service to Manhattan. ... The J Nassau Street Express and Z Nassau Street Express are two services of the New York City Subway. ... 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. ... Current bullet The M Nassau Street Local is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The N Broadway Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The Q Broadway Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ... Current and former R services The R Broadway Local is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The F Sixth Avenue Local and V Sixth Avenue Local are two services of the New York City Subway. ... The W Broadway Local is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The J Nassau Street Express and Z Nassau Street Express are two services of the New York City Subway. ... Current bullet R1 end rollsign for IND specials R12 end rollsigns for the IRT R27 end rollsign for BMT shuttles 1968-1979 bullet for all shuttles (in a circle) Three services in the New York Subway are designated as S (shuttle). ... Current bullet R1 end rollsign for IND specials R12 end rollsigns for the IRT R27 end rollsign for BMT shuttles 1968-1979 bullet for all shuttles (in a circle) Three services in the New York Subway are designated as S (shuttle). ... Current bullet R12 end rollsign 1967-1968 and 1968-1977 bullets (in a circle) The 42nd Street Shuttle (also Grand Central-Times Square Shuttle) is a line and service of the IRT division of the New York City Subway. ... The S-Rockaway Park Shuttle is a shuttle train service in Queens, New York on the New York City Subway. ... 8 was a designation given to several IRT services of the New York City Subway. ... The 1 Broadway-Seventh Avenue Local and 9 Broadway-Seventh Avenue Local are two services of the New York City Subway. ... Several New York City Subway service labels have never been used, but have appeared on rollsigns. ... Several New York City Subway service labels have never been used, but have appeared on rollsigns. ... Several New York City Subway service labels have never been used, but have appeared on rollsigns. ... Several New York City Subway service labels have never been used, but have appeared on rollsigns. ... R1 end rollsign R10 end rollsign 1967-1979 bullet (in a circle) Categories: New York City Subway stubs ... K (and the earlier KK) was the label for two completely different New York City Subway services. ... Several New York City Subway service labels have never been used, but have appeared on rollsigns. ... The T is the future designation of service on the planned Second Avenue Subway line. ... Several New York City Subway service labels have never been used, but have appeared on rollsigns. ... Several New York City Subway service labels have never been used, but have appeared on rollsigns. ... Several New York City Subway service labels have never been used, but have appeared on rollsigns. ... 1978 brochure Ticket Train In The 1980s The JFK Express, advertised as The Train to The Plane, was a premium-fare service of the New York City Subway connecting midtown Manhattan to Howard Beach-JFK Airport on the IND Rockaway Line, where a bus connected to JFK Airport. ... The Q Broadway Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ... Current and former R services The R Broadway Local is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The T is the future designation of service on the planned Second Avenue Subway line. ... The N Broadway Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ... 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. ... 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). ... R1 end rollsign R27 end rollsign for BMT shuttles 1967-1968 and 1968-1979 bullets (in a circle) The S-Franklin Avenue Shuttle is a shuttle train service of the New York City Subway operating in Brooklyn, New York. ... Current bullet The M Nassau Street Local is a service of the New York City Subway. ... Current bullet The M Nassau Street Local is a service of the New York City Subway. ... 12 was the BMTs designation for trains that used the BMT Lexington Avenue Line. ... 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... K (and the earlier KK) was the label for two completely different New York City Subway services. ... The J Nassau Street Express and Z Nassau Street Express are two services of the New York City Subway. ... 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 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. ... 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... 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. ... 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. ... IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line Brooklyn Branch 42nd Street Shuttle Dyre Avenue Line Eastern Parkway Line Flushing Line Jerome Avenue Line Lenox Avenue Line Lexington Avenue Line Nostrand Avenue Line White Plains Road Line BMT 63rd Street Line Archer Avenue Line Astoria Line Brighton Line Broadway Line Canarsie Line Culver... Current services The New York City Subway system has 27 different train routes, some with multiple patterns. ... These are the stations on the New York City Subway system. ... This is a list of terminal stations on the New York City Subway, in other words stations where services terminate. ... The New York City Subway was formed from three different systems, the IRT, BMT and IND. For operational purposes, the IRT is A Division and the BMT and IND make B Division; however, common usage calls the three systems divisions. ... The following free transfers exist between the three divisions of the New York City Subway ( IRT/ IND/ BMT). ... The following rail yards serve the New York City Subway: 36th-38th Street Yard - on the BMT West End Line 137th Street Yard - on the IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line East 180th Street Yard - on the IRT White Plains Road Line 207th Street Yard - on the IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue... The accessible stations and lines Very few stations on the New York City Subway are handicapped accessible; most that are lie on recently constructed lines or are terminal stations. ... The Dual Contracts of 1913, also known as the Dual Subway System, were contracts for the construction and/or rehabilitation and operation of rapid transit lines in the City of New York. ... In the U.S., Chaining is a method by which railroads precisely measure and specify locations along the line. ... The New York City Subway has had a long history, beginning as many disjointed systems and eventually merging under City control. ... Entrance to the IRT Lexington Avenue Line at Wall Street, leading to the southbound (Downtown & Brooklyn) platform Nomenclature used on the New York City Subway system has been defined by New York Citys Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to precisely identify each part of the system, both internally and publicly. ... The Centennial Holiday Shoppers Special, a train of R1 and R9 cars that ran during the Subway Centennial in late 2004. ... Straphanger is a nickname for someone who is a standing subway or bus passenger who grips a hanging strap for support. ... New York City boasts the most extensive network of public transportation in the United States. ... Amtrak is the trademark name of the intercity passenger train system created on May 1, 1971 in the United States. ... The Long Island Rail Road or LIRR is a railroad that serves the length of Long Island, New York. ... 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. ... 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. ... PATH (Port Authority Trans-Hudson) is a rapid transit system linking Manhattan, New York with New Jersey, and providing service to Jersey City, Hoboken, Harrison, and Newark. ... 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. It began, like the BMT lines to Coney Island, as a typical railway, but it now uses subway cars (R44). ... Airtrain at JFK. Note aluminum strip between rails. ... Roosevelt Island Tramway - Manhattan Entrance The Roosevelt Island Tramway is an aerial tramway (suspended cable car) in New York City, New York, United States of America, connecting Roosevelt Island to Manhattan. ...

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