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unusual facts about shuttle train



Fairfield train crash

A shuttle train was put into service to run about every 20 minutes between New Haven and Bridgeport as well as an express bus shuttle service from Bridgeport to Stamford, and regular train connections to Grand Central Terminal.


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Bray Daly railway station

Between the 1984 inauguration of DART and November 1990, a diesel shuttle train (initially a 201 class or 121 class locomotive with former AEC railcars converted to push–pull stock, later an 80 class train leased from Northern Ireland Railways) operated between Bray and Greystones, connecting with DART services.

Limerick Suburban Rail

As of March 2011, commuting from east of Limerick Junction is hampered by the current arrangement where the train arriving from Cahir, Clonmel and Waterford at 0818 does not proceed onward to Limerick and a shuttle train to Limerick does not depart until 0847.

Subway Hero

The scene that takes place at the Rockefeller Center subway station was actually filmed on the 42nd Street Shuttle platform at the Grand Central subway station, with prop signs reading "47–50 Sts – Rockefeller Center" placed over the original signage, and a Shuttle train relabeled as a D train.