S - Rockaway Park Shuttle (New York City Subway service)

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Template:NYCS logo The S-Rockaway Park Shuttle is a shuttle train service in Queens, New York on the New York City Subway. It connects with the A Train at Broad Channel station. This shuttle train provides service to the southern part of the Rockaway peninsula in Queens, with a terminus at Beach 116th Street/Rockaway Park. It operates on trackage that was part of the Long Island Rail Road until the mid-1950s.

From 1967 to 1971, the Rockaway Shuttle was lettered HH (color: red) and was extended to Euclid Avenue in Brooklyn between roughly midnight and 6:00 A.M., hours when the Template:NYCS A did not run to and from Far Rockaway. Later, the designation CC (color: green) was used for the shuttle, although during rush hours this train was extended all the way to Bedford Park Boulevard in the Bronx.

In the 1980s the shuttle's identifier was H (color: blue, and not HH again because the New York City subway system had abolished two-letter designations by then). Prior to 1990, late night Template:NYCS A service went to Lefferts Boulevard with no service to Far Rockaway-Mott Avenue. During this time, the Rockaway Shuttle ran from Rockaway Park-Beach 116th Street, to Far Rockaway, to Euclid Avenue, and finally, back down to Rockaway Park.

In 1990, service was changed. All late night A service traveled to Far Rockaway and service to Lefferts Boulevard was provided by a shuttle to Euclid Avenue. The Rockaway Park Shuttle now ran between Rockaway Park and Broad Channel at all times. A few years later, special NYCS A service began running from Rockaway Park to Inwood-207th Street during the morning rush and from 59th Street-Columbus Circle to Rockaway Park during the evening rush.

Some maps show the current S service in blue, but this has never been used on trains or signs. As of May 2004, the official MTA "The Map" shows the Rockaway Park Shuttle in gray (it had previously been shown in blue). In order to distungush it from the other shuttles, NYCT Rapid Transit operations refers to it as the H.

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