The South Ferry Shuttle | Tales From the Subway

Throughout the early to mid-1900s, the MTA had a shuttle service running between Bowling Green and South Ferry.
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[@JohnnyT002]

I remember the Shuttle when I was a foot messenger. I never used it but I did see it every time I was sent down to Bowling Green.

[@greenback7166]

Ah, getting ever closer (maybe) to a Mystical Station installment about the original South Ferry station 🙂

[@patrickfraleyjr2819]

This is your best series, IMHO. Keep up the good work!

[@collinparsons3363]

The South Ferry inner loop platform was actually walled off except where the center doors would land. The 5 still uses the inner loop when it terminates at Bowling Green on evenings and weekends. The MTA won't implement any permanent out of system transfers except for the one between Lexington Avenue 59th Street and Lexington Avenue 63rd Street. They are only used when particular lines or stations are out of service.

[@monica012077]

Discontinued the shuttle only a month after I was born! I always wondered the history behind the loops at Bowling Green/South Ferry.

[@295g295]

I think I rode the

[@bxdanny]

When the shuttle was running, doors in the front car (or front two cars) of Brooklyn-bound trains would open on both sides of the train, allowing cross-platform transfers to the South Ferry shuttle. There was no equivalent northbound.

[@calvinkendrick851]

Yes I agree. A least have some connection to all these stations since they are so close to each other. It would be very convenient for people who may want to travel up the west side from the east side really fast.

[@iamthekittycat]

Hey, all of the sudden thinking about it just makes soo much sense, a shuttle to south ferry.

[@mikefagan6840]

As a kid in the 70s i visited the Bowling Green station often and was in AWE at how clean and beautiful it was compared to the rest of the system. Of course this was an isolated instance as the rest of the system NEVER got any better.

[@Only1Fab]

Could you do the culver shuttle next? It would be very interesting to see an in depth video about it.

[@miguelsaavedra4361]

The MTA should make the South Station and Bowling Green one station

[@frankjames6232]

I remember taking it to the south ferry towards the Staten Island ferry it consisted two cars yeah it stopped in 77

[@alk61695]

If they can't build a tunnel connect Bowling Green with South Ferry/Whitehall, the least they could do is make it an out of system transfer.

[@jfchonors8873]

Super interesting video. Keep up the good work

[@apexhunter935]

You know how you use brand new subway in alot your videos, i think it would be interesting to see how you would expand the system using the website or maybe even seeing how you redesign the system layout

[@raheemhassan3232]

Could you make a vid about the third ave el? Nice vid.

[@tombarzey7964]

I remember when the #5 trains ( evenings and weekends) and #6 trains (late nights) would run to South Ferry when the Shuttle didn't run at these times back in the day.

[@jsn683]

What are your thoughts about interlining the 1 and the 6, at least with some trains, utilizing the line between Brooklyn Bridge and Bowling Green, and the South Ferry loop?

[@Des_Zee]

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