When I used to live in SF back in the 80's till 98, I remember that station, when ever I took the K, M, L line. Just this past Saturday I went back to SF, and took the Muni the first time in 22 years
I used to see the pillars a lot but I really couldn't see anything much from it. Really would love to see more of what's in there like the bench and whatnot while not zooming past by it. For some reason, I can barely find photos of it and this video is the most I've seen of the station so far. I just wish that it weren't chop-chop edited and that something like an uncut 5 min video of the station would be gold. I just really want to see it 😖
If trains are moving slowly due to delays through the Twin Peaks Tunnel near the entrance/exit to Castro Street Station on the eastern end where this segment was filmed, then you might be able to see the bench, fenced off tracked entrance/exit to the street, and the stairway to nowhere if you look very carefully through the train windows. Otherwise, the LRVs are moving up to 80mph, so you can catch glimpses of each of the relics, but only if you keep your eyes wide open while zooming past!
Cool video, Muni! All the field-trip excitement from the kids at ASEP, 826 Valencia and St. Brendan’s must have been contagious. They’ll get a kick out of this!
Interesting. I always thought that entrance you always see part of just before the Castro station was possibly an access for trains heading from a yard somewhere else!
Yes, it was the original last subway stop before the trains came back above ground. Initially, there were quite a few plans for it, and there was going to be expansion that came to the station. However, it was closed after it became known for a lot of crime and low ridership, mixed with the realisation that the east portal of the twin peaks tunnel (the stop after Eureka Valley station) had higher ridership than the underground station itself. So, where the old portal was is where they built the Castro station. Fascinating piece of MUNI history.
I remember that station when I was in elementary grades n I would go up stairs but it’s dull lighting be scary too Just been there 1 x riding with my uncle n my mom n cousin There was another underground to at bay shore n corner of San Bruno Ave You barely can see it I also remember getting out of there too Not going back in
Yeah, unfortunately Muni already has a ton of useless stations that slow down the system to a ridiculous degree. If anything, Muni needs to institute some kind of a skip stop express service pattern for the more suburban sections. It’s pretty ridiculous how many stations they have just one or two blocks apart. For example, they could have all trains stop at the stations with level boarding and disabled rider ramps, but skip every other unprotected station. I honestly don’t understand why they haven’t done that yet. Except perhaps maybe because their current ridiculous running pattern of pushing every single line through the Market tunnel simply doesn’t give them enough train frequency to spread out like that.
The term has come to be used to describe any disused underground station actively passed through by passenger trains, especially those on an underground railway line.
When I used to live in SF back in the 80's till 98, I remember that station, when ever I took the K, M, L line. Just this past Saturday I went back to SF, and took the Muni the first time in 22 years
I used to see the pillars a lot but I really couldn't see anything much from it. Really would love to see more of what's in there like the bench and whatnot while not zooming past by it. For some reason, I can barely find photos of it and this video is the most I've seen of the station so far. I just wish that it weren't chop-chop edited and that something like an uncut 5 min video of the station would be gold.
I just really want to see it 😖
If trains are moving slowly due to delays through the Twin Peaks Tunnel near the entrance/exit to Castro Street Station on the eastern end where this segment was filmed, then you might be able to see the bench, fenced off tracked entrance/exit to the street, and the stairway to nowhere if you look very carefully through the train windows. Otherwise, the LRVs are moving up to 80mph, so you can catch glimpses of each of the relics, but only if you keep your eyes wide open while zooming past!
Me and some of my friends might explore it this Christmas or summer break
I actually remember this station in use, when I was in my pre-K years (being born in SF, and living there till I was almost 6!).
Cool video, Muni! All the field-trip excitement from the kids at ASEP, 826 Valencia and St. Brendan’s must have been contagious. They’ll get a kick out of this!
I used to catch the streetcar at that station back in the late 1960s. I was in Junior High school back then.
Interesting. I always thought that entrance you always see part of just before the Castro station was possibly an access for trains heading from a yard somewhere else!
I saw this before on the M muni train.
Ok.
yeah i saw this on the T
So this is the area between the Castro & Forest Hill Station(s)?
Yes, it was the original last subway stop before the trains came back above ground. Initially, there were quite a few plans for it, and there was going to be expansion that came to the station. However, it was closed after it became known for a lot of crime and low ridership, mixed with the realisation that the east portal of the twin peaks tunnel (the stop after Eureka Valley station) had higher ridership than the underground station itself. So, where the old portal was is where they built the Castro station. Fascinating piece of MUNI history.
VERY HAUNTED ! 👻👻👻 BE CAREFUL THERE!
I used to pass this station when I was a kid and we would ride the K to Ocean Ave.
Please back in the early eighties we used to party in there
thats sick you have any stories from there?
I remember that station when I was in elementary grades n I would go up stairs but it’s dull lighting be scary too
Just been there 1 x riding with my uncle n my mom n cousin
There was another underground to at bay shore n corner of San Bruno Ave
You barely can see it
I also remember getting out of there too
Not going back in
The narrator sounds like the same person who voiced the new T Third line announcements.
1914 to 1972
I like abandoned train stations
should be opened!
Hel no. Would be useless. Wayy too close to Castro to be useful and would slow the system
Yeah, unfortunately Muni already has a ton of useless stations that slow down the system to a ridiculous degree.
If anything, Muni needs to institute some kind of a skip stop express service pattern for the more suburban sections. It’s pretty ridiculous how many stations they have just one or two blocks apart. For example, they could have all trains stop at the stations with level boarding and disabled rider ramps, but skip every other unprotected station.
I honestly don’t understand why they haven’t done that yet. Except perhaps maybe because their current ridiculous running pattern of pushing every single line through the Market tunnel simply doesn’t give them enough train frequency to spread out like that.
How is this a Ghost Station ? There is no stories of deaths.
The term has come to be used to describe any disused underground station actively passed through by passenger trains, especially those on an underground railway line.