by GirlOnTheTrain
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the commencement of revenue service on the Brooklyn Rapid Transit company's 4th Avenue subway line and the MTA is celebrating:
edit: It is not immediately clear to where these shuttles are running, I have heard elsewhere they will run between King's Highway and Brighton Beach.
On June 22, 1915, on a seasonally cool but fair Tuesday, The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, or BRT, (which would become the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation, or BMT), opened its first subway with much pomp and circumstance with Manhattan to Coney Island service. Its first train crossed the East River to Downtown Brooklyn via the Manhattan Bridge and then headed out to Coney Island using the new Fourth Avenue Subway and Sea Beach Lines. The inaugural ride from Chambers Street to Coney Island took 48 minutes, according to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. It was New York City’s second subway company and, in its time, one of the most innovative transit networks in the world.According to the transit museum's Facebook page, the Triplexes, Standards, Arnines and the R11 will be available for shuttle rides...of course that roster is subject to change. Not a bad way to spend your $2.75 this Saturday and Sunday
The BMT’s centennial was relived today at the New York Transit Museum where MTA New York City Transit President Carmen Bianco took part in the festivities. In addition, nostalgia trains will be put into service as part of the centennial celebration this weekend on June 27 and 28, when customers can ride the vintage subway cars between noon and 4 p.m. with just the swipe of a MetroCard. The Brighton Beach Q station will serve as the terminus for these nostalgia rides and as the site of other special centennial-related children’s activities.
edit: It is not immediately clear to where these shuttles are running, I have heard elsewhere they will run between King's Highway and Brighton Beach.
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Moderator: Amtrak, MTA Metro-North, MTA New York City Subway/PATH/NYC Area Light Rail