Westlake (LA) underground (from last bread)
{Fascinating article, covers lots of other abandoned underground stations.]
Hollywood Subway (Hill Street Station), Los Angeles
https://www.urbanghostsmedia.com/2015/06/ghost-stations-more-creepy-abandoned-subways-world/
The original Hollywood Subway line of Los Angeles, California opened in 1925 and officially closed only three decades later. Stretching between the Westlake District and downtown LA, the ghost tunnels of the original subway, and its abandoned Hill Street station, had something of a prolonged afterlife following the line’s decommissioning by the Pacific Electric Railway.
Not only were the tunnels home to countless people who had nowhere else to go, they also served as a film set for movies like MacArthur and While the City Sleeps. It was briefly used as a storage facility for vehicles impounded by local law enforcement officials, and was used for other storage purposes throughout the Cold War. The entrances to the tunnels were only sealed in 2006, and by that time, the decades had taken their toll on the ghost station.
The underground subway system was originally suggested at the turn of the 20th century as a way to relieve ever-increasing traffic problems above. But it had competition – the Red Cars. Pacific Electric had also been building more than 1,000 miles of above-ground track for streetcars and trains, carrying passengers all over the area from the downtown to the beach. Commuters had already found the above-ground cars were doing the job just fine, cutting down on travel times no matter what time of the day it was.
And once the automobile began to gain a foothold in commuter’s hearts, there was even less of a need for the Hollywood Subway. Today, Hill Street station is still there, and it’s an eerie step back in time – starting with the signs, written in a font that, oddly, perhaps just suggests an aura of the 1950s. Rails were removed long ago, but the signs still point the way; the years have not been kind to the tunnels, though. Curious urban explorers could once tour the abandoned railway, but today, the handful of tunnel entrances have been sealed off.