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:
*March 12, 1984 and August 10 to November 3, 1985 ( and cut back to
West Fourth Street–Washington Square)
*April 30 to November 12, 1995 ( running only between
Atlantic Avenue–Pacific Street and
Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue
Coney may refer to:
Places
* Côney, a river in eastern France
* Coney, Georgia, an unincorporated community in the United States
* Coney Island (disambiguation)
People
* Dean Coney (born 1963), English footballer
* Hykiem Coney (1982–200 ...
while the was running between
Norwood–205th Street and
34th Street–Herald Square).
During the first phase of the Manhattan Bridge rehabilitation, from April 26, 1986 to December 11, 1988, 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.
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. On April 27, 2003, service was decreased to run every 15 minutes instead of every 12 minutes at all times except late nights.
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.
Final route
References
External links
3 Months Ago, Residents of Queens Were Mad as Hell. Guess What, Brooklyn, Bronx and Manhattan? MTA service notice, 1985
Grand Street Shuttle Timetable (2003)
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Defunct New York City Subway services
Grand Street (Manhattan)