Rockaway Park Shuttle

Rockaway Park Shuttle
Rockaway Park Shuttle train of R179s terminated at Broad Channel
Northern end	Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue
Southern end	Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street
Length	300ft trainsets (4 R46 cars / 5 R179/R211A cars)
Stations	10
Rolling stock	R46 R179 R211A[1][2] (Rolling stock assignments subject to change)
Depot	Rockaway Park Yard
Started service	June 28, 1956; 68 years ago (1956-06-28)
Route map Legend  S  Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue Beach 25th Street Beach 36th Street Beach 44th Street Beach 60th Street Beach 67th Street No regular service to Broad Channel Beach 90th Street Beach 98th Street Beach 105th Street Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street  S  Legend Lines used by the Other services sharing tracks with the Unused lines, connections, or service patterns  S  Termini of services

The Rockaway Park Shuttle^[3] is a New York City Subway shuttle train that operates in Queens. It is the latest iteration of the Rockaway Shuttle services that have been running on the Rockaway peninsula since 1956. This shuttle train provides service to the central part of the peninsula, running between Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street to the west and Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue to the east. The fully above-ground route operates on trackage that was originally part of the Long Island Rail Road's Rockaway Beach Branch until the mid-1950s. During summer weekends, to eliminate an additional transfer and thus ease beach access, the Rockaway Park Shuttle is typically extended four stations north to Rockaway Boulevard, the easternmost station shared by Rockaway-bound and Lefferts Boulevard-bound A trains.

Like the other two shuttles, 42nd Street in Manhattan and Franklin Avenue in Brooklyn, it is marked with the letter "S" and its route bullet is colored dark gray on route signs, station signs, rolling stock, and the official subway map. The internal designator for this service is H, though the MTA does not show this on any maps, train rollsigns, or schedules; the designation S^R is also sometimes used on public documents.^[4]

Prior to 1993, the Rockaway Park Shuttle used multiple different designations, including the E, CC, and H, which had an emblem colored blue. The H formerly ran north to Euclid Avenue in Brooklyn via the IND Fulton Street Line, as well as to Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue to the east. In 2012–13, after Hurricane Sandy destroyed the IND Rockaway Line's connection to the rest of the system, the blue H shuttle provided service from Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue to Beach 90th Street.