Yeah and the Row for the RX is already there.

I wonder what they would use for equipment

yeah that's a good question and I wish it would be the R179.

Maybe they will use R40/42s :-P

Nah those cars are going now mabey the R46 or R68.

franklin shuttle should run 3 cars. why doesnt it do that. there are 9 spare r68s. franklin shuttle crowded sometime.

Why stop at 3, why not 4? The platforms would have to be extended to hold a longer train, which would be expensive and not practical. And just because it is crowded, it doesn't mean it needs more cars. People just have to wait for the next train. That's all.

Extra rolling stock doesn't necessarily call for a line extension...

Yah I have a brand new idea, extend the Franklin Ave Shuttle all the way to the Brooklyn Bridge!!!
I bet they never thought of that!!!

They thought of extending the shuttle line (which used to connect to the Fulton Street line) to Myrtle Avenue connecting with the spur from the Crosstown line before merging with the Central Avenue line (which might have been planned to replace the Myrtle Avenue elevated).

Yes they did. In fact that is where the line originally started from way back in the late 1800's. It was part of the Fulton St El.

Gee someone got my joke...

haha its not plausible to extend the (S) anywhere its better the way it is with exception of extending the platform for an extra 2 cars

on the triboro -RX subject
i don't know if they will ever fund the project? if they can get the SiR northshore and west shore fixed then its possible.

And still that's not needed and a waste of money.

what's a waste of money?

the franklin ave shuttle the way it is today is fail...they shoulda just kept the original design with 2 tracks there is absolutely no way any extension of it would happen today considering the way it is built

why don't they restore the 2nd track?

They rebuilt the line from scratch back in 1995 and they probably figured that they could save money by only building the second track at Botanic Gardens. They figured that since the shuttle runs every 10 minutes, they can time it so that trains pass each other at Botanic Gardens and don't need to double track the whole route.

Especially when it goes up on structure after Botanic Garden, much more expensive to build or update new structure then existing open cut.

MTA wanted to shut it down completely and thus let it fall into disrepair. The community led an effort to save it and the result is what you see today, a partial 1 track operation and no Dean St. station. A win by any measure and it works. As far as future expansion, that's only for fantasy map makers..

Its actually a vital link as there's no in-system transfer at all in Brooklyn between the IRT and Fulton, and likewise for anything coming out of Brighton. Its always full leaving Prospect Pk and Franklin on the other end. Does its purpose.

Its also eficient when going from the C to the Q.

Um, yeah that's pretty much obvious. You don't need to post it just for the sake of saying something.

Ok so do anyone think that the mta will try to Abandon the FS again?

Is the FS even crowded? And does anyone even use the damn line becuz it looks pretty useless but then again i never rode it so who am i judge.