2 to 4 minutes during rush hours and every 5 minutes at other times. On weekends, trains run every 5 minutes during daytime hours and every 10 minutes during the early morning and late evening. 10 trains per hour run on each track in each direction. It takes 90 seconds for trains to travel between Times Square and Grand Central, and trains reach a top speed of before they have to decelerate. Prior to the shuttle's renovation project, shuttle service was provided by three-car trains on tracks 1 and 4, and a four-car train on track 3. It is common for shuttle trains to display advertising that entirely covers the interiors and exteriors of the train, as opposed to other routes, whose stock only displays advertising on placards inside the train. Since 2008, the MTA has tested full-train advertisements on 42nd Street Shuttle rolling stock. While most advertisements are well received, a few advertisements have been controversial. Among the more contentious wraps that were withdrawn are a 2015 ad for the TV show The Man in the High Castle, which featured a Nazi flag, and an ad for FS1, in which a shuttle train and half of its seats were plastered with negative quotes about the New York Knicks, one of the city's NBA teams. When the shuttle is closed, the area is sometimes used for movie and TV filming. For instance, some scenes from The French Connection were filmed on the 42nd Street Shuttle. Stations See also S (New York City Subway service), a designation that the 42nd Street Shuttle shares with two other services: Franklin Avenue Shuttle Rockaway Park Shuttle Two-stop shuttles in other systems: The Waterloo & City line on the London Underground The Ramal on the Madrid Metro Line 12 on the Barcelona Metro Disneyland Resort line on the Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway The Tünel (also known as F2 line) on the Istanbul Metro References External links MTA NYC Transit – 42 Street Shuttle nycsubway.org – IRT Grand Central / Times Square Shuttle Abandoned Stations – proposed Grand Central shuttle platform (includes a track diagram) 42nd Street Shuttle 42nd Street Shuttle Shuttle 42nd Street Shuttle