The Franklin Avenue Shuttle is a shuttle service of the New York City Subway operating in Brooklyn. The north terminus is Franklin Avenue, and is at the intersection of Franklin Avenue and Fulton Street, with a transfer available to the IND Fulton Street Line. The south terminus is Prospect Park, with a transfer available to the BMT Brighton Line.
The shuttle runs One Person Train Operation with the motorman also being the conductor. The motorman will go to the opposite end to make another run at each terminal. NYCT Rapid Transit operations refer to it internally as the S.
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