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The Rockaway Park Shuttle [3] is a New York City Subway shuttle train that operates in Queens.It is the latest iteration of the Rockaway Shuttle services that have been running on the Rockaway peninsula since 1956.
This is a map showing the New York City Subway's Rockaway Park Shuttle service. It was created with TIGER/Line GIS data (water and boundaries) and my own data (subway lines and stations, traced on TIGER/Line road data).
Former uses include the Court Street Shuttle from 1936 to 1946 and Rockaway Park Shuttle until 1993, when that route's label was changed to a blue S. A temporary shuttle that opened in November 2012 after Hurricane Sandy destroyed track connecting the Rockaways to the rest of the system used the H designation.
The F has portions of express and local service, but during rush hours, an express variant of the route, designated by a diamond-shaped route marker, is operated alongside the local in Brooklyn in the peak direction. The letter S is used for three shuttle services: the Rockaway Park Shuttle, Franklin Avenue Shuttle, and 42nd Street Shuttle.
A significant service improvement on the Rockaway Line took effect in 1993, when direct late-night service between Far Rockaway (but not Rockaway Park) and Brooklyn and Manhattan began; previously, only shuttle or Round Robin service was provided during these hours, with a transfer at Euclid Avenue (the Rockaway Park branch remains a shuttle at ...
The station is served by the Rockaway Park Shuttle at all times. [16] [17] It is the southern terminus of all service; the next stop to the east (railroad north) is Beach 105th Street. [18] On either side of the station are tracks leading to the Rockaway Park Yard. Originally, terminal tracks with low-level platforms occupied the yard area ...
The station is served by the Rockaway Park Shuttle at all times. [11] [12] It is between Beach 98th Street to the east (railroad north) and Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street to the west (railroad south). [13] Both platforms have beige windscreens and canopies with green support columns in the center and full height fences at both ends.
Note: Per consensus and convention, most route-map templates are used in a single article in order to separate their complex and fragile syntax from normal article wikitext. See these discussions , for more information. This map also contains information about the C and the Rockaway Park Shuttle