[PHOTOS] The ERA Farewell To The Franklin Shuttle Tour (October 17, 1981)

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[PHOTOS] The ERA Farewell To The Franklin Shuttle Tour (October 17, 1981)
Posted by Bill Newkirk on Thu Jun 1 19:25:32 2023 It was announced that the Franklin Ave shuttle would close for good prompting the NY Div E.R.A. to hold a walking and riding tour before the line's reported demise. Of course, public outcry killed the lines closure and instead was totally rebuilt as seen today. Botanic Gardens as we all remember it, wooden platform and incandescent lighting. Park Place station looking north towards Franklin Ave. In the last years before reconstruction, this part of the platform was closed to passengers due to deteriorating wooden planks. On the second red building on the right, you can just make out "57 Varieties" synonymous with Heinz ketchup. Further down that same platform by the fare controls, the two tracks and island platform was replaced by a single concrete platform. The line presently is single track to Franklin Ave. The station as seen from Park Place below. This is only entrance and exit to the Dean St station. Dean St. was eliminated during the lines reconstruction. Dean St station as seen from the street below. Imagine a train of gate cars being piloted by motorman Edward Luciano (Lewis ?) on that fateful night of November 1, 1918 that made history. Dean St. was the only station in the system with the lowest amount of fare paying customers as I once heard. A shuttle having departed from Franklin Ave. makes its first stop at Dean St Although not official, this would be the very first (Z) train according to Steve Zable who was the motorman for that day. Steve did a bit of roll sign surgery to come up with this anomaly. And that brings us to the last stop on the shuttle, Franklin Ave. Here's a scan of the familiar Globe ticket transfers that were issued by the ticket machines. Passengers would line up and press the plunger and one ticket would drop and a bell would ring. Tickets were dropped into a box in the subway station downstairs. Abuses with passengers getting more tickets than they needed and selling them on the street lead to the station agents issuing Metrocard transfers. I don't know for sure if this was a portion of the original platform or an access to the pedestrian overpass that was removed years ago. That staircase and building date back to the Fulton St el days. And for the final image, the structure at Fulton St & Franklin Ave. showing the steel-work that supported Brighton Franklin trains including the one involved in the Malbone St. Wreck. Thanks for viewing.
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Re: [PHOTOS] The ERA Farewell To The Franklin Shuttle Tour (October 17, 1981)
Posted by r17-6599* on Thu Jun 1 19:47:01 2023, in response to [PHOTOS] The ERA Farewell To The Franklin Shuttle Tour (October 17, 1981), posted by Bill Newkirk on Thu Jun 1 19:25:32 2023.* Bravo!!!
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Re: [PHOTOS] The ERA Farewell To The Franklin Shuttle Tour (October 17, 1981)
Posted by Bill from Maspeth on Thu Jun 1 22:01:14 2023, in response to [PHOTOS] The ERA Farewell To The Franklin Shuttle Tour (October 17, 1981), posted by Bill Newkirk on Thu Jun 1 19:25:32 2023. Brings back memories!
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Re: [PHOTOS] The ERA Farewell To The Franklin Shuttle Tour (October 17, 1981)
Posted by Handbrake* on Sat Jun 3 07:45:10 2023, in response to [PHOTOS] The ERA Farewell To The Franklin Shuttle Tour (October 17, 1981), posted by Bill Newkirk on Thu Jun 1 19:25:32 2023.* Interesting observation with the Dean Street street level station house. The construction design of the Station house at Dean Street is identical to street level station houses once were found along the Brighton Line prior to the 2009-2010 reconstruction. Very reminiscent of the station house entrance at Neck Road before the 2009 Rehab.
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Re: [PHOTOS] The ERA Farewell To The Franklin Shuttle Tour (October 17, 1981)
Posted by Dan* on Sun Jun 4 11:44:01 2023, in response to [PHOTOS] The ERA Farewell To The Franklin Shuttle Tour (October 17, 1981), posted by Bill Newkirk on Thu Jun 1 19:25:32 2023.* What's the Franklin Shuttle readership like today?
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Re: [PHOTOS] The ERA Farewell To The Franklin Shuttle Tour (October 17, 1981)
Posted by Avid Reader* on Sun Jun 4 12:33:09 2023, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] The ERA Farewell To The Franklin Shuttle Tour (October 17, 1981), posted by Dan on Sun Jun 4 11:44:01 2023.* What's the breakdown, who's reading what? Yeah! What's the Franklin Shuttle readership like today? Who's reading what, when?
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Re: [PHOTOS] The ERA Farewell To The Franklin Shuttle Tour (October 17, 1981)
Posted by TUNNELRAT on Sun Jun 4 15:58:19 2023, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] The ERA Farewell To The Franklin Shuttle Tour (October 17, 1981), posted by Avid Reader on Sun Jun 4 12:33:09 2023. ridership is zero today.
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Re: [PHOTOS] The ERA Farewell To The Franklin Shuttle Tour (October 17, 1981)
Posted by Kevin from Midwood on Sun Jun 4 16:13:07 2023, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] The ERA Farewell To The Franklin Shuttle Tour (October 17, 1981), posted by TUNNELRAT on Sun Jun 4 15:58:19 2023. Racist post.
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Re: [PHOTOS] The ERA Farewell To The Franklin Shuttle Tour (October 17, 1981)
Posted by TUNNELRAT on Sun Jun 4 16:31:14 2023, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] The ERA Farewell To The Franklin Shuttle Tour (October 17, 1981), posted by Kevin from Midwood on Sun Jun 4 16:13:07 2023. OH................................ DEAR.
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Re: [PHOTOS] The ERA Farewell To The Franklin Shuttle Tour (October 17, 1981)
Posted by Avid Reader on Sun Jun 4 17:29:29 2023, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] The ERA Farewell To The Franklin Shuttle Tour (October 17, 1981), posted by Kevin from Midwood on Sun Jun 4 16:13:07 2023. Racist post. Racist post? Was it about NASCAR?
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Re: [PHOTOS] The ERA Farewell To The Franklin Shuttle Tour (October 17, 1981)
Posted by BILLBKLYN on Sun Jun 4 19:38:06 2023, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] The ERA Farewell To The Franklin Shuttle Tour (October 17, 1981), posted by Kevin from Midwood on Sun Jun 4 16:13:07 2023. How is that comment racist? Is the lime shut for repairs?
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Re: [PHOTOS] The ERA Farewell To The Franklin Shuttle Tour (October 17, 1981)
Posted by BILLBKLYN on Sun Jun 4 19:38:21 2023, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] The ERA Farewell To The Franklin Shuttle Tour (October 17, 1981), posted by Kevin from Midwood on Sun Jun 4 16:13:07 2023. How is that comment racist? Is the line shut for repairs?
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Re: [PHOTOS] The ERA Farewell To The Franklin Shuttle Tour (October 17, 1981)
Posted by Olog-hai* on Sun Jun 4 19:42:39 2023, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] The ERA Farewell To The Franklin Shuttle Tour (October 17, 1981), posted by Avid Reader on Sun Jun 4 17:29:29 2023.* Noosecar again?
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Re: [PHOTOS] The ERA Farewell To The Franklin Shuttle Tour (October 17, 1981)
Posted by William A. Padron on Sun Jun 4 22:13:08 2023, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] The ERA Farewell To The Franklin Shuttle Tour (October 17, 1981), posted by BILLBKLYN on Sun Jun 4 19:38:21 2023. The Franklin Avenue Shuttle is running normally as usual, so it is not shut down, with no current active alerts as I type this. Wikipedia claimed the line in 2008 had a daily ridership of 20,000, with the trains averaging a 99.7% on-time performance. But that was data from 16 years ago though. The current ridership stats should be found somewhere on the MTA's website. And so it goes.. -William A. Padron ["Franklin-Shuttle"]
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Re: [PHOTOS] The ERA Farewell To The Franklin Shuttle Tour (October 17, 1981)
Posted by BILLBKLYN on Sun Jun 4 22:22:44 2023, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] The ERA Farewell To The Franklin Shuttle Tour (October 17, 1981), posted by William A. Padron on Sun Jun 4 22:13:08 2023. Oh, ok I thought maybe they had it shut down today for work.
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Re: [PHOTOS] The ERA Farewell To The Franklin Shuttle Tour (October 17, 1981)
Posted by Catfish 44* on Mon Jun 5 00:30:22 2023, in response to [PHOTOS] The ERA Farewell To The Franklin Shuttle Tour (October 17, 1981), posted by Bill Newkirk on Thu Jun 1 19:25:32 2023.* Holy cow
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Re: Franklin Shuttle
Posted by Wallyhorse* on Tue Jun 6 23:33:10 2023, in response to [PHOTOS] The ERA Farewell To The Franklin Shuttle Tour (October 17, 1981), posted by Bill Newkirk on Thu Jun 1 19:25:32 2023.* I didn't realize Park Place was already a single-track station at this point. I have noted before I'd be looking to revert the line back to two tracks and full-length stations as part of a longer-term plan to connect the Franklin Avenue Shuttle (via an extension and a rebuild of a small part of the former Myrtle Avenue EL, including the upper level of Myrtle-Broadway into a Myrtle-Brighton line that I would have as a "Black (V)" train that would run from Metropolitan to Coney Island as one of two Brighton locals (with the (B) and (Q) reversing roles with the (B) the second Brighton local 19/7 to Coney Island and the (Q) a 24/7 Brighton Express from Brighton Beach (late nights and weekends extended to Coney Island)).
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Re: Franklin Shuttle
Posted by randyo* on Thu Jun 8 05:16:21 2023, in response to Re: Franklin Shuttle, posted by Wallyhorse on Tue Jun 6 23:33:10 2023.* Any plan to extend the Fkln Shuttle would depend on the demand for such a service. Most likely there wouldn’t be a market for any service between Wmsburg/Bushwick and The areas served by the Fkln Shuttle.
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Re: Franklin Shuttle
Posted by Jackson Park B Train* on Thu Jun 8 14:08:34 2023, in response to Re: Franklin Shuttle, posted by randyo on Thu Jun 8 05:16:21 2023.* Opening 'new' transit options often generates ridership as new oportunities emerge
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