The 42nd Street Shuttle is a New York City Subway shuttle train service that operates in Manhattan. The shuttle is sometimes referred to as the Grand Central/Times Square Shuttle, since these are the
42nd Street Shuttle train of R62A cars entering Grand Central.
View of the wooden platform at Times Square over track 2 in 1947
The opening of the automated train on track 4 in 1962
The A Division, also known as the IRT Division, is a division of the New York City Subway consisting of the lines whose services are designated by numbers and the 42nd Street Shuttle. These lines and
42nd Street Shuttle
…per hour during rush hours. The 42nd Street Shuttle was constructed and operated by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) and is part of the A Division of New York City Transit as of 2024. The shuttle tracks opened in 1904 as part of the city's first subway. The original subway line ran north from City…
New Technology Train, common on the subway. Note the three sets of doors per car, a feature of all current A Division trains