City Hall - NYC Subway Abandoned Station - Clip 1

[revrunnertech2772]

it's not the ONLY loop, south ferry, inner loop and outer loops are the only ones i know of

[xXrockyiszhereXx]

That is one big loop. But I would still love to see this station. Looks pretty o.o

[MrSPFB]

Its also used as a emergency station, just in case

[NateUSB]

This station reminds me of something you would see in Bioshock or something. The architecture is very artdeco.

[curlyfry44]

This reminds me of the movie "Meat Train"...lol

[ruudjemulder]

A nice old station. Only guided tours???

NYC-fan

Rud Mulder

Netherlands

[ChaseThatTornado67]

wow thats loud

[noreaga12326]

this is a very cool old train station but these new train cars just dont fit in. the older subway cars looked better coming into this station than these new pieces of shit subway cars.

[Razorblade12161216]

how come the closed thee station?

[ss04to06]

1. Platform was too low (notice the huge gap)

2. It could not fit longer trains.

[tryithere]

It was closed because it was built on a heavy curve. The original trains only had doors at the end of each car so they were at the platform. Putting doors toward the middle of cars made the gap too big.

[Italman45]

Talk about a Gap.........Jez

[deadhead905]

YEAAAA LISTEN TO HOW LOUD THE FUCKING TRAINS ARE HERE...you'd think after years of this system they could keep em a little more quiet.

[noreaga12326]

all subways are noisy no matter how upgraded and new they are. although it seems quiet when u ride them cuz they added extra paddings on walls but either way they're still loud.

[josny1]

why did they close it?

[wiishadow4]

It didn't meet minimum standards to be a vlid station. The MTA couldn't do that, so it closed in 1945.

[parejopinto]

they were planning to re open it in the 90's but in 98 a bombing in some other country or something brought like a public threat thing so they just did some work on it, and never re opened it...

[Metalgod89]

@parejopinto could it have been the Japanese subways gas attack that changed the plans?

[parejopinto]

@Metalgod89 could be

[herbsrme23]

very cool,now go watch midnight meat train.

[DDELE7]

You can see the old City Hall Station if you stay on the 6 after Brooklyn Bridge. Most of the time, people don't really notice, and you'll come out on the Bronx bound side of Brooklyn Bridge.

The old City Hall station is the southern terminal for the original subway (which is, when connected, the modern day 6 line from Brooklyn Bridge to Grand Central, the 42nd Street Shuttle, and the 1 train from Times Square to 125 St.)

[SR722]

if only the beach subway still existed

[LifeinaRaindrop]

I'm really surprised by how much the trains are stressed making the turn there at city hall. I know it was among the first subway line in the city, but all that screeching sounds brutal to the steel.

[SpyPalPeeWee]

doesn't look abandoned

[pacmanghostx]

Technically, it is abandoned, as it is no longer used as a stop, even though its used by the 6 train to turn back north to the Brooklyn Bridge station. Same thing goes for the Cortlandt Street Station (which is mostly destroyed because of 9/11) on the 1, and the 18th Street Station on the PATH.

City Hall is, however, open as a tourist attraction as it was the crown jewel of NYC's original IRT subway.

[TheStench1991]

the huge gap between the subway cars

lucky i take the A line service

[hkdiva2015]

This isn't the only loop on the NYC Subway System, they have it at the South Ferry Terminal for Line 1 (to be disused by 2009) and just south of Bowling Green Station for Line 4 and 5, but the loop is used to turn the Line 5 trains back to the Bronx.

[OK2BCK]

cool.

btw..does the lady in white pants have a boner?

[OK2BCK]

ok got it. not a lady. eww

[danilsky]

LMMFAO!

[Disturbnthapeace]

I got a question,

How Do People Get on the Cars i renembered when i went in 06 that there is a huge gap how do people get in

[mapdark]

back in the original days the cars were a bit shorter so the gap was not as big..

also they only opened the first and last door of each car..

[Disturbnthapeace]

big gap i once fell in it

[xUnKnOwNOnEx]

i went online the other day on the mta subway website.

i looked up this station and i read that they banned tours at this station.i forgot why,tho im not sure if its true?

[JSimp140]

There are two other loops in the subway system, both at South Ferry. The inner loop at South Ferry is used to turn the 5 train that terminates at Bowling Green. The outer loop is used as the southernmost station of the 1 line and will be replaced with a stub-end terminal next year.

[behahve1]

I very much hope for a huge subway network in GTAIV. A whole world to explore...

[xUnKnOwNOnEx]

i agree with u bro!

that would be so badass right there if is.

lol

[shapez73]

They filmed TMNT2 at this station =D

[kmothersil]

Why was the station closed?

[subwaymacfreak]

Mainly, the station only got 600 passengers a day in the peak of the subway in the early 1940's, and also because of the increased subway usage, the stations were lengthened to 10 car lengths (originally it was 5). City Hall was too close to Brooklyn Bridge to be extended, as it's tight curve made it unconventional to update as well, and finally it wasn't seeing enough passenger usage. It was decided that it wasn't worth the time and money, and it was closed.

[subwaymacfreak]

Oh, and I forgot about this one last reason... see the clearance between the middle doors on the train and the platform? Too big a gap to step over, and platform extenders would have detracted from the station.

[xUnKnOwNOnEx]

so there is no way in what so ever?

unless you get to see the tour from the musuem?

just this one last question.....where excalty is that station located from the outside?

[GarageBoy]

okay, WITHIN city hall property, there is an entrance..the only one IIRC..

The 6 train on the downtown platform goes through it..lays over on uptown platform (yes, station exists)

That video was taken on the centennial day..and they opened it up to the public..

[xUnKnOwNOnEx]

so when is this centennial day

where would you find the IIRC entrence form outside?

[GarageBoy]

Centennial was a few years ago..(100th Anniversary of the Subway)

IIRC= If I remember correctly

On Broadway, if you peek through the fence at City Hall, you see a parking lot..in the parking lot there is a bulkhead on the ground (2 metal doors flat on the ground) that's it..

[dicksuker76]

i never saw that station?

where is that station and wat trains go to that stop.

[subwaymacfreak]

The station has been closed since 1945, but if you ride an out of service downtown 6 train, you can get a nice look out the window.

[dicksuker76]

so that station isnt there anymore?

i wish i could be able to see it..

[dicksuker76]

and how do you get into a out of service train anyways?

lolz

[dicksuker76]

wait is that the station after the brooklyn bridge city hal station.

cuz you know how the brooklyn bridge is the last stop for the six and then it leaves that astion.

does it go to that station in the video?

[subwaymacfreak]

To everyone wondering, here's exactly what happens. You take a downtown 6 train to Brooklyn Bridge, you'll here a new announcement "this is the last downtown stop on this train, the next stop is..." and basically you just stay on, nobody will be on, but it is perfectly alright, MTA encourages you to stay on because it increases speed and stuff. The station will be on the right just so you know... check out my video of my ride through.

[xUnKnOwNOnEx]

can you get in from the outside into the station?

[subwaymacfreak]

Only if you have special permission from the city, but also the transit museum holds tours every so often. You'll see the entrances on the surface, but they've been sealed, so nobody can get in without a key.

[KazzRacer]

It's a flat set of doors, but locked (saw this in another post, Im not from NY lol)

[KazzRacer]

Arrg the reply feature won't work right :P

[xUnKnOwNOnEx]

in that cast..do u remember the post u saw it in?

damn that sucks that they are locked flat on the floor doors.

[SIMoViEStAr]

There's actually another loop station at South Ferry Station on the (1) line and it's open too although it's going to be closed in a few years.