Remains of the Culver Shuttle Tracks Just North Of Ditmas Avenue. The R1 subway car was the first order of original passenger stock for the IND New York City Subway. A rollsign, roll sign, bus blind, destination blind or destination film is a mechanical display used The R27 was a New York City Subway car built by the St Louis Car Company for the New York City Transit Authority in 1960&ndash61 A rollsign, roll sign, bus blind, destination blind or destination film is a mechanical display used

The Culver Shuttle was a service of the New York City Subway system, running along a remnant of the BMT Culver Line, most of which is now the IND Culver Line. The New York City Subway is a Rapid transit system owned by the City of New York and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, a subsidiary agency The Culver Line is a Rapid transit line of the B Division of the New York City Subway, extending from Downtown Brooklyn south to Coney Island It had formerly been a through service between Manhattan and Coney Island, known as the 5 service. Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York Coney Island is a Peninsula, formerly an island in southernmost Brooklyn, New York City, USA with a Beach on the Atlantic Ocean

The number 5 was assigned in 1924. At the time, all BMT Culver Line trains used the elevated BMT Fifth Avenue Line, running over the Brooklyn Bridge to Park Row. A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway or metro(politan system is an electric passenger railway The Fifth Avenue Line or Fifth Avenue-Bay Ridge Line was an Elevated rail line in Brooklyn, New York City, United States. The Brooklyn Bridge, one of the oldest Suspension bridges in the United States, stretches 5989 feet (1825 m over the East River connecting the Park Row was a major Elevated railway terminal constructed over the New York end of the Brooklyn Bridge, across from New York City Hall in Manhattan Rush-hour trains made no stops between 36th Street and Atlantic Avenue (both directions in morning rush hour, southbound only in afternoon rush hour).

Subway trains started to run on the Culver Line on May 30, 1931, when the Nassau Street Loop was completed. Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Nassau Street Loop, also called the Nassau Loop, was a service pattern of the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT inaugurated in 1931 when the BMT These trains used the south half of the Nassau Loop, ending at Chambers Street. Chambers Street is a station on the BMT Nassau Street Line of the New York City Subway. During rush hours and Saturday mornings, they used the full loop, entering Manhattan via the Manhattan Bridge and leaving via the Montague Street Tunnel. The Manhattan Bridge is a Suspension bridge that crosses the East River in New York City, connecting Lower Manhattan (at Canal Street with The Montague Street Tunnel carries the and trains of the New York City Subway under the East River between the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn These trains only ran to Kings Highway on the Brooklyn end. Kings Highway is a station on the IND Culver Line of the New York City Subway. Rush hour trains ran express on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line; trains operating in the reverse-peak direction ran express between Ninth Avenue and Kings Highway. The Fourth Avenue Line is a Rapid transit line of the BMT division of the New York City Subway, mainly running under 4th Avenue in the New York City Ninth Avenue is a bi-level express station on the BMT West End Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Ninth Avenue and 39th Street Elevated service was cut back to Ninth Avenue, except during rush hours, when it was extended to Coney Island (and continued to run express on the Fifth Avenue Line, though both directions during both rush hours).

The BMT Fifth Avenue Line was closed on May 31, 1940, and from that time all Culver trains used the subway. The Fifth Avenue Line or Fifth Avenue-Bay Ridge Line was an Elevated rail line in Brooklyn, New York City, United States. Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

On October 30, 1954, the south part of the Culver Line was connected to the IND South Brooklyn Line, and BMT Culver trains were truncated to Ditmas Avenue, where there was a transfer to IND trains to Coney Island. Events 637 - Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of Iron bridge. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) The Culver Line is a Rapid transit line of the B Division of the New York City Subway, extending from Downtown Brooklyn south to Coney Island Ditmas Avenue is a station on the IND Culver Line of the New York City Subway. Some Culver trains continued to run into Manhattan until 1959, when they were all truncated to a shuttle between Ninth Avenue and Ditmas Avenue. This shuttle, assigned the label SS in 1960, last ran on May 10, 1975. Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Subsequently the elevated trestle and the 13th Avenue and Fort Hamilton Parkway stations were demolished. The only remants of the Culver Shuttle are the (locked and gated) lower platforms and tracks at the 9th Ave Station on the West End Line and a section of the trestle that is attached to the Coney Island bound platform at Ditmas Avenue on the Culver Line. The right of way has been sold, as houses have been built on the old right of way near the Ditmas Avenue station.

External links

• CulverShuttle.com - Photos and history of the Culver Shuttle