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 – November 3, 1985 (B and D cut back to West Fourth Street – Washington Square)
- April 30 – November, 1995 (B running only between Atlantic Avenue – Pacific Street and Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue while the D was running between Norwood – 205th Street and 34th Street – Herald Square).
During the first phase of the Manhattan Bridge rehabilitation, from 1986 to 1988, the shuttle was extended to 57th Street / Sixth Avenue and was called the Sixth Avenue Shuttle while the B and D terminated at 34th Street.
The final Grand Street Shuttle service began on July 22, 2001, again between Broadway – Lafayette Street and Grand Street, while the B and D services were truncated to 34th Street. The Sixth Avenue Shuttle (which also ended at Broadway – Lafayette Street) was ended on December 16, 2001 with the rerouting of F trains to the 63rd Street Tunnel and introduction of the V train, and the Grand Street Shuttle was extended north to West Fourth Street – Washington Square. The rehabilitation was finished on February 22, 2004, and the shuttle was discontinued. Also during this time, a shuttle bus ran between Canal Street and Grand Street.
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