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Posted by aaron on Thu Jun 12 21:04:28 2008, in response to Photos: California Soul - MUNI Metro, posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Thu Jun 12 20:01:45 2008. The Market Street tunnel isn't an abandoned BART line. It was built along with the BART in the 60's, then left abandoned until the late 70's or early 80's when it was finally completed and opened. It stretched from the old East Portal at Castro Street to the Embarcadero.The East Portal was demolished when the tunnel was built. You could see the unused subway station at Castro as the "K" "L" and "M" lines exited the Twin Peaks tunnel there and continued down Market. They picked up the "J" at Church, then cut over to a temporary track by the Mint and picked up the "N". All the lines continued down Market to the East Bay Terminal. I don't remember if MUNI ran out of money or if the project was never completely funded. The arrival of the Boeing Vertol LRVs coincided with the opening of the system and the retirement of the PCC cars. |
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