Franklin Avenue Shuttle

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
A Franklin Avenue Shuttle train of R68s at Franklin Avenue station
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
Started service1878; 146 years ago (1878) (predecessor, along with current Q route)
1963; 61 years ago (1963) (current shuttle)
Route map

Legend
former Fulton Street Elevated
 Franklin Avenue
(Fulton Street Line)
Dean Street
 Park Place
Botanic Garden
(Eastern Parkway Line)
Consumers Park
Brighton Line
Prospect Park
Brighton Line
This diagram:

The Franklin Avenue Shuttle[3] is a New York City Subway shuttle service operating in Brooklyn. The shuttle service uses the BMT Franklin Avenue Line exclusively. 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. NYCT Rapid Transit Operations staff refer to it internally as the S or FS.[4] Like the other two shuttles, the 42nd Street Shuttle in Manhattan and the Rockaway Park Shuttle in Queens, its route bullet is colored dark gray on route signs, station signs, rolling stock, and the official subway map.

The S started running along its current route in 1963, and it has had four stations since 1995.[5] 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.

The shuttle runs two 2-car train sets of R68 cars under 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. The northbound and southbound trains usually pass each other at Botanic Garden, the only station on the line to use both tracks. This effectively leaves a passing loop for the northbound train to leave Botanic Garden when the southbound train arrives.

  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. ^ "S Subway Timetable, Franklin Av Shuttle, Effective November 8, 2020". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
  4. ^ "General Distribution – Sub-Division B – Train Operator/Conductor – Road & Non-Road Work Programs" (PDF). New York City Transit Authority. July 29, 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 10, 2016. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
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