Grand Street Shuttle

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 B and D service.

Grand Street Shuttle
A remnant of the Grand St shuttle, which shows where shuttle trains stopped.
Northern end	West Fourth Street
Southern end	Grand Street
Stations	3
Started service	1986
Discontinued	2004

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 (B and D cut back to West Fourth Street–Washington Square)^[1][2]
• April 30 to November 12, 1995 (B running only between Atlantic Avenue–Pacific Street and Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue while the D 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,^[3] 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 B and D terminated at 34th Street–Herald Square. Regular service had been expected to resume on October 26, 1986.^[4]

The final Grand Street Shuttle service began on July 22, 2001, again between Broadway–Lafayette Street and Grand Street, while the B and D 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 F trains to the 63rd Street Tunnel and introduction of the V train, and the Grand Street Shuttle was extended north to West Fourth Street–Washington Square.^[5][6] On April 27, 2003, service was decreased to run every 15 minutes instead of every 12 minutes at all times except late nights.^[7] 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.^[8][9][10]

Final route

Station service legend
	Stops all times
	Stops all times except late nights
	Stops late nights only
	Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
Time period details
	Station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act
↑	Station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act in the indicated direction only
↓
	Elevator access to mezzanine only

	Stations		Subway transfers	Connections
Manhattan
	West Fourth Street–Washington Square		F V (IND Sixth Avenue Line) A  ​C  ​E  (IND Eighth Avenue Line)	PATH at Ninth Street
	Broadway–Lafayette Street		F V (IND Sixth Avenue Line) 4  ​6  <6> (IRT Lexington Avenue Line at Bleecker Street[11])
	Grand Street

References

1. "Trains Being Rerouted on Manhattan Bridge". The New York Times. March 12, 1984. p. B5. Retrieved November 3, 2011.
2. "Repair of the Subway Tracks on Manhattan Bridge is Done". The New York Times. Associated Press. November 2, 1985. p. 29. Retrieved November 3, 2011.
3. Annual Report on 1989 Rapid Routes Schedules and Service Planning. New York City Transit Authority, Operations Planning Department. June 1, 1990. p. 56.
4. "Washington Heights, Central Park West And Grand Concourse Riders Your Guide To Service Changes On The B D During Rehabilitation Work April 26 Through October 26, 1986". New York City Transit Authority. April 1986.
5. "Grand St Shuttle runs to West 4 St Beginning Sunday, Dec 16". Flickr. New York City Transit. December 2001. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
6. "63rd Street Connector In Service – New Schedules in Effect" (PDF). New York Division Bulletin. 45 (1). Electric Railroaders' Association: 13. January 2002.
7. "New BMT-IND Schedules" (PDF). The New York Division Bulletin. 46 (7). Electric Railroaders' Association: 20. July 2003.
8. Manhattan Bridge Service Changes, MTA service notice, 2001
9. New Subway Service!, MTA service notice, February 22, 2004; accessed April 21, 2010
10. "MTA NYC Transit Manhattan Bridge Information". February 5, 2004. Archived from the original on February 5, 2004. Retrieved September 18, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
11. At the time, there was a transfer to downtown trains only. A bidirectional transfer was created after the shuttle's discontinuation.

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)