{"id":51450,"date":"2023-05-04T22:48:23","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T20:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=51450"},"modified":"2023-05-07T21:29:40","modified_gmt":"2023-05-07T19:29:40","slug":"the-ghost-tunnels-of-the-old-hill-street-subway-station-in-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/05\/04\/the-ghost-tunnels-of-the-old-hill-street-subway-station-in-los-angeles\/","title":{"rendered":"The ghost tunnels of the old Hill Street subway station in Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the beginning of the 20th century, two urban surface rail companies operated in the city of Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

The beautiful ghost station of the New York Subway that was designed by a Spaniard<\/a><\/rel>
\nA tour of the Cincinnati Subway: an entire subway network abandoned since 1928<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n

The oldest was the Los Angeles Railway<\/strong>, which began operating in 1895 and was known as the \"Yellow Cars\"<\/strong> (since that was the color of its trains), and Pacific Electric Railway Company<\/strong>, popularly known as \"Red Cars\"<\/strong> and which began operating in 1901. In 1922, the California Railroad Commission commissioned Pacific Electric to build an electrified underground railway line. The new line was inaugurated on November 30, 1925.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The old Hill Street Terminal, when it was in operation (Photo: Historic Los Angeles Landmarks: The Ultimate Guide<\/a>).<\/div>\n

The terminal station of the new line was built under the Hill Street railway station.<\/strong> The terminal station had six platforms and was 9.4 meters below the surface. In addition, 11 kilometers of tunnels were dug under Alameda Street and Exposition Boulevard. The Hill Street Terminal was done in the then fashionable art d\u00e9co<\/em> style<\/strong>, with marble columns and floors and terracotta ceilings, in an Italianate style. In the 1940s, some 65,000 passengers passed through this terminal daily.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 1953, Pacific Electric was sold to Metropolitan Coach Lines, which switched from surface trains to city buses. In 1955 the old Pacific Electric subway closed after 30 years of operation.<\/strong> The old Red Cars, which ran on the underground and surface lines, became a hallmark of Los Angeles' past Angels. The last subway ran on June 19, 1955 with a sign that read \"To Oblivion\".<\/strong><\/p>\n

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One of the Red Cars that traveled on the Pacific Electric subway line to the Hill Street terminal (Photo: Historic Los Angeles Landmarks: The Ultimate Guide<\/a>).<\/div>\n

After that last trip, the subway tracks were raised and the underground tunnels and stations were abandoned.<\/strong> The old tunnel on that line remained dark and silent but intact until 1967, when it was partially filled in under Flower Street . The upper floors of the old terminal were used for years for offices. The galleries located below were buried in oblivion.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A few days ago, the channel Urbex Offlimits<\/a> published an interesting video going through these ghost tunnels and the old terminal<\/strong>, which still have light. It seems that a part of the premises has been used as a warehouse for years, but the rest is sadly abandoned:<\/p>\n