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{{Short description|Former New York City Subway service}}
{{Infobox NYCS service 
| name = Grand Street Shuttle
| service = S
| shuttle = Grand Street
| nomap = yes
| north term = [[West Fourth Street–Washington Square (New York City Subway)|West Fourth Street]]
| south term = [[Grand Street (IND Sixth Avenue Line)|Grand Street]]
| stations = 3
| started = {{Start date and age|1986}}
| discontinued = {{End date and age|2004}}
|caption1=A remnant of the Grand St shuttle, which shows where shuttle trains stopped.|size1=300px|image1=Shuttle_Stop_at_Broadway-Lafayette_St.jpg}}

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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 [[Bleecker Street/Broadway–Lafayette Street (New York City Subway)|Broadway–Lafayette Street]] and [[Grand Street (IND Sixth Avenue Line)|Grand Street]], picking up the slack from rerouted or suspended {{NYCS service|B}} and {{NYCS service|D}} 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 ({{NYCS|B}} and {{NYCS|D}} cut back to [[West Fourth Street–Washington Square (New York City Subway)|West Fourth Street–Washington Square]])<ref>{{cite news |title=Trains Being Rerouted on Manhattan Bridge |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/03/12/nyregion/no-headline-046200.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=March 12, 1984 |page=B5 |access-date=November 3, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Repair of the Subway Tracks on Manhattan Bridge is Done |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/02/nyregion/repair-of-the-subway-tracks-on-manhattan-bridge-is-done.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |agency=Associated Press |date=November 2, 1985 |page=29 |access-date=November 3, 2011}}</ref>
*April 30 to November 12, 1995 ({{NYCS|B}} running only between [[Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center (New York City Subway)|Atlantic Avenue–Pacific Street]] and [[Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (New York City Subway)|Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue]] while the {{NYCS|D}} was running between [[Norwood–205th Street (IND Concourse Line)|Norwood–205th Street]] and [[34th Street–Herald Square (IND Sixth Avenue Line)|34th Street–Herald Square]]).

During the first phase of the Manhattan Bridge rehabilitation, from April 26, 1986 to December 11, 1988,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/127872292@N06/46886247024/in/album-72157706539432321/|title=Annual Report on 1989 Rapid Routes Schedules and Service Planning|date=June 1, 1990|publisher=New York City Transit Authority, Operations Planning Department|pages=56}}</ref> the shuttle was extended to [[57th Street (IND Sixth Avenue Line)|57th Street/Sixth Avenue]], running via the Sixth Avenue local tracks, and was called the [[63rd Street Shuttle|Sixth Avenue Shuttle]] while the {{NYCS|B}} and {{NYCS|D}} terminated at [[34th Street–Herald Square (IND Sixth Avenue Line)|34th Street–Herald Square]]. Regular service had been expected to resume on October 26, 1986.<ref name=":02">{{Cite news|title=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|date=April 1986|publisher=New York City Transit Authority}}</ref>

The final Grand Street Shuttle service began on July 22, 2001, again between Broadway–Lafayette Street and Grand Street, while the {{NYCS|B}} and {{NYCS|D}} services were truncated to [[34th Street–Herald Square (IND Sixth Avenue Line)|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 {{NYCS|F}} trains to the 63rd Street Tunnel and introduction of the {{NYCS|V}} train, and the Grand Street Shuttle was extended north to [[West Fourth Street–Washington Square]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 2001|title=Grand St Shuttle runs to West 4 St Beginning Sunday, Dec 16|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/127872292@N06/49915594973/in/album-72157652636620504/|access-date=July 8, 2020|website=Flickr|publisher=New York City Transit}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=January 2002 |title=63rd Street Connector In Service – New Schedules in Effect |url=https://erausa.org/pdf/bulletin/2000s/2002/2002-01-bulletin.pdf |journal=New York Division Bulletin |publisher=Electric Railroaders' Association |volume=45 |issue=1 |pages=13}}</ref> On April 27, 2003, service was decreased to run every 15 minutes instead of every 12 minutes at all times except late nights.<ref name=":12">{{Cite journal |date=July 2003 |title=New BMT-IND Schedules |url=https://erausa.org/pdf/bulletin/2000s/2003/2003-07-bulletin.pdf |journal=The New York Division Bulletin |publisher=Electric Railroaders' Association |volume=46 |issue=7 |pages=20}}</ref> The rehabilitation was finished on February 22, 2004, and the shuttle was discontinued. Also during this time, a shuttle bus ran between [[Canal Street (New York City Subway)|Canal Street]] and Grand Street.<ref>[http://www.thejoekorner.com/brochures/manny-bridge-01-indx.html Manhattan Bridge Service Changes], MTA service notice, 2001</ref><ref>[http://www.thejoekorner.com/brochures/manny-bridge-2004-indx.html New Subway Service!], MTA service notice, February 22, 2004; accessed April 21, 2010</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mta.info/nyct/man_bridge/bridge_lines.htm |title=MTA NYC Transit Manhattan Bridge Information |date=February 5, 2004 |access-date=September 18, 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040205055553/http://www.mta.info/nyct/man_bridge/bridge_lines.htm#w |archive-date=February 5, 2004 }}</ref>

==Final route==
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" summary="Service information for the Grand Street Shuttle and its stations, including service times, ADA-accessibility, subway transfers, and non-subway connections."
! width=3% | [[File:NYCS-bull-trans-S.svg|20px|Grand Street Shuttle]]
! width=28% | Stations
! width=3% | {{Access icon}}
! width=36% | Subway transfers
! width=30% | Connections
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| align=center colspan=5 | '''[[Manhattan]]'''
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| align=center | {{NYCS SSI|alltimes}}
| {{stl|NYCS|West Fourth Street–Washington Square}}
| align=center | {{Access icon}}
| <br>[[F (New York City Subway service)|F]] <sup>{{NYCS SSI|alltimes}}</sup> [[V (New York City Subway service)|V]] <sup>{{NYCS SSI|weekdaysonly}}</sup> ([[IND Sixth Avenue Line]])<br>{{NYCS Eighth south|time=show}} ([[IND Eighth Avenue Line]])
| [[Port Authority Trans-Hudson|PATH]] at {{stl|PATH|Ninth Street}}
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| align=center | {{NYCS SSI|alltimes}}
| {{stl|NYCS|Broadway–Lafayette Street}}
| align=center | {{Access icon}}
| <br>[[F (New York City Subway service)|F]] <sup>{{NYCS SSI|alltimes}}</sup> [[V (New York City Subway service)|V]] <sup>{{NYCS SSI|weekdaysonly}}</sup> ([[IND Sixth Avenue Line]])<br>{{NYCS Lexington local|time=show}} ([[IRT Lexington Avenue Line]] at {{stl|NYCS|Bleecker Street}}<ref>At the time, there was a transfer to downtown trains only. A bidirectional transfer was created after the shuttle's discontinuation.</ref>)
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| align=center | {{NYCS SSI|alltimes}}
| [[Grand Street (IND Sixth Avenue Line)|Grand Street]]
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==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.thejoekorner.com/brochures/manybridge-85-indx.html 3 Months Ago, Residents of Queens Were Mad as Hell. Guess What, Brooklyn, Bronx and Manhattan?], MTA service notice, 1985
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20030629092241/http://mta.info/nyct/service/pdf/tdcur.pdf Grand Street Shuttle Timetable (2003)]

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