Bowling Green–South Ferry shuttle

Bowling Green/South Ferry shuttle
Overview
Type Rapid transit
System New York City Subway
Status Ceased operations
Locale Lower Manhattan
Termini Bowling Green
South Ferry (inner loop and platform)
Stations 2
Operation
Opened February 1909
Closed February 13, 1977
Owner City of New York
Operator(s) New York City Transit Authority
Character Underground
Rolling stock R12
Technical
Number of tracks 1
Track gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Electrification 625V DC third rail
Route map
to Wall St
to Rector Street
Bowling Green
New SF (right)
SF Loops (far left)
to Borough Hall via
Joralemon Street Tunnel
Lower level
 Upper level

The Bowling Green–South Ferry shuttle was a service of the New York City Subway system that operated between Bowling Green and the South Ferry inner loop. It operated to provide South Ferry service for IRT Lexington Avenue Line riders during hours when the 5 service did not stop at South Ferry (weekdays during the day and at first also late nights). Because the inner loop station that the shuttle used at the South Ferry station was on such a tight curve, four R12 cars (5703-5706) that were used on the shuttle were modified and equipped so that the center door of each car could be kept closed, while the other doors opened.

History

The shuttle was first operated in February 1909 to allow all rush hour trains to go to Brooklyn; the shuttle only operated during rush hours. Formerly, all Broadway express trains had terminated at South Ferry, with all Lenox Avenue express trains through to Brooklyn. Locals all ended at City Hall.[1][2][3][4][5]

In August 1964, the Low-Voltage cars that were in service on the shuttle were replaced with R12s, which had their door circuits modified so that only the doors which aligned with the portals would open.[5]

In 1967, the shuttle, as with all others, was given the label SS.

The New York City Transit Authority decided that the shuttle was more trouble to operate than the benefit it provided. At midnight between February 12 and 13, 1977, the Bowling Green shuttle was discontinued without replacement, and since then IRT Lexington Avenue Line passengers must walk a relatively short distance from Bowling Green station to South Ferry and the Staten Island Ferry terminal there.[6][5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Shuttle Trains in Subway". The New York Times. May 27, 1908. p. 5. Retrieved July 18, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Want to Run Shuttle Trains". The New York Times. June 7, 1908. p. 18. Retrieved July 18, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Shuttle Service in Subway". The New York Times. February 25, 1909. p. 11. Retrieved July 18, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Annual report. 1908/09-1919/20.". HathiTrust. Interborough Rapid Transit Company. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 Cunningham, Joseph; DeHart, Leonard O. (January 1, 1993). A History of the New York City Subway System. J. Schmidt, R. Giglio, and K. Lang.
  6. ↑ "M.T.A. Expected to Save Franklin Avenue Shuttle, Once an Austerity Target". The New York Times. February 10, 1977. p. 27. Retrieved July 18, 2010.
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