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This article is about the subway service. For the physical trackage and its history, see BMT Franklin Avenue Line.
"S" train symbol
Franklin Avenue Shuttle
Franklin Avenue Shuttle train of R68 cars at its north terminus, Fulton Street.
Map of the "S" train
Northern endFranklin Avenue
Southern endProspect Park
Stations4
Rolling stockR68[1][2]
(Rolling stock assignments subject to change)
DepotConey Island Yard

The Franklin Avenue Shuttle is a New York City Subway shuttle service operating in Brooklyn. The north terminus is Franklin Avenue, with a transfer available to the IND Fulton Street Line. The south terminus is Prospect Park, with a transfer available to the BMT Brighton Line. The shuttle runs One Person Train Operation with the motorman also being the conductor. The motorman will go to the opposite end to make another run at each terminal. NYCT Rapid Transit operations refer to it internally as the S. Like the other two shuttles, 42nd Street in Manhattan and Rockaway Park in Queens, its route bullet is colored dark gray on route signs, station signs, rolling stock, and the official subway map. The S has four stations as of 1999.[3] Consumers Park was closed in 1928 and replaced by the current Botanic Garden station five blocks to the north. There is a visible clearing at the former station location. Dean Street was closed in 1995 due to low paid fare entrance and fare beating. Unlike the 42nd Street shuttle, which has two people working the train (operator and conductor), the Franklin shuttle only has one person running the train as both operator and conductor.

History

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 BMT 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 line was fully two tracks (with only one track used at Prospect Park) before the 1998-1999 rehabilitation with deteriorating stations and the then-closed Dean Street still visible, leaving the Park Place and Franklin Avenue stations served by only one track. There is a connection with the Brighton Line south of Prospect Park. Trains usually pass each other at Botanic Garden, the only 2-track station on the line, leaving a passing loop while en route to Park Place.

On November 1, 1918, in the worst rapid transit accident to date in the United States, 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.[4]

In 1981, the MTA proposed abandoning the severely deteriorated line under the failed Program for Action, but due to community opposition, it was completely rebuilt and renovated in 1998-99.[3][5][6] During renovation, a temporary shuttle bus and the B48 bus replaced train service.

Originally, the transfer at Fulton Street was made (in both directions) by retrieving a small cardboard transfer ticket from the token booth or a ticket machine, exiting to the street, and entering the other rail line and depositing the ticket in a box and walking onto the platform. With reconstruction, there is now a staircase and elevator between the elevated Franklin Shuttle and the underground Fulton Street Line completely within the paid fare area.[5][6]

Stations

For a more detailed station listing, see BMT Franklin Avenue Line.

Station service legend
Stops all times Stops all times
Stops all times except late nights Stops all times except late nights
Stops late nights only Stops late nights only
Stops weekdays during the day Stops weekdays during the day
Time period details
Disabled access Station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act
Disabled access ↑ Station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act
in the indicated direction only
Disabled access ↓
Elevator access to mezzanine only
Franklin Avenue Shuttle service Stations Disabled access Subway transfers Connections
Brooklyn
Franklin Avenue Line
Stops all times Franklin Avenue Disabled access A late nights ​C all except late nights (IND Fulton Street Line at Franklin Avenue)
Stops all times Park Place Disabled access
Stops all times Botanic Garden 2 all times ​3 all except late nights ​4 all times ​5 weekdays only (IRT Eastern Parkway Line at Franklin Avenue)
Stops all times Prospect Park Disabled access B weekday rush hours, middays and early evenings ​Q all times (BMT Brighton Line)

References

  1. ^ 'Subdivision 'B' Car Assignment Effective December 19, 2021'. New York City Transit, Operations Planning. December 17, 2021.
  2. ^ "Subdivision 'B' Car Assignments: Cars Required November 1, 2021" (PDF). The Bulletin. 64 (12). Electric Railroaders' Association: 3. December 2021. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
  3. ^ a b (Wilson 2008)
  4. ^ (Diamond 2000, p. 4)
  5. ^ a b (Diamond 2000, p. 1)
  6. ^ a b (Faison 1993)

Further reading

Official websites

Fan sites

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