Between Sterling and Park Places, the Shuttle makes its upward journey on a ramp that was opened in 1896, and that had connected the original line to the old Fulton Street Elevated.
After Park Place, the line broadens from one to two tracks[REF][REF] and the right-of-way transforms from 1999 reconstruction to near-original 1878 right-of-way, including the original railroad-style tunnel under Eastern Parkway, at the south end of which is the rehabilitated Botanic Garden station of 1928.