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Why Do The Subway Disembark?
Yet, the Kilgour Family Streetcar was not the only failed transit-stop on the journey to finding the light at the end of the tunnel for Oakley; the light being an efficient, reliable transportation system to serve its residents. Everyday Cincinnati encounters hundreds of commuters, residents, shoppers, and unbeknownst to most, right below all the hustle and bustle rests seven miles of ruined tunnel and six subway stops, America’s longest derelict subway, the Cincinnati Subway. Decades later, the underground tunnels are silent with tracks fading into the shadows, looking as though time is frozen. Stations remain untouched as they anticipate the arrival of commuters that will never disembark. In what once could have been turnstiles, entrances

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