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The Cincinnati Subway was a partially completed rapid transit system beneath the streets of Cincinnati, Ohio.Although the system only grew to a little more than 2 miles (3.2 km) in length, its derelict tunnels and stations make up the largest abandoned subway tunnel system in the United States.
The story of Cincinnati's subway can go back to roughly 1910 when government officials started its planning. Forté says the subway was actually supposed to be part of a larger, 16-mile rapid ...
Brighton Place is an abandoned and unused subway station of the Cincinnati Subway. The station is the last through station before the tracks go above ground along Interstate 75 . [ 1 ] The station was planned in 1916, but was not completed due to lack of funding. [ 2 ]
Construction of the Cincinnati Subway began in the early 1900s to upgrade the Cincinnati Streetcar system, however due to political arguments, World War 1 and the Great Depression during the 1920s and 1930s, the construction of the subway system in Cincinnati was indefinitely cancelled, leaving all the stations of the subway to be abandoned.
This strict attention to safety has resulted in Metro outperforming its peer transit systems in key indicators, including being No. 1 in miles operated between injuries (358,667) in 2023.
Nearly a century before Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Sarah Mayrant Walker Fossett took a stand and helped desegregate Cincinnati’s streetcar system.
Race Street is an abandoned and never used subway station of the Cincinnati Subway. The station was planned to be the hub of the 16 mile system. [1] The station was planned in 1916, but lacked funding to complete. [2] The Race Street Station is the largest station in the system, and would have been one of the main downtown hubs.
Downtown Cincinnati in July 2019. Transportation in Cincinnati includes sidewalks, roads, public transit, bicycle paths, and regional and international airports. Most trips are made by car, with transit and bicycles having a relatively low share of total trips; in a region of just over 2 million people, less than 80,000 trips [1] are made with transit on an average day.