A couple weeks ago, I had the opportunity to go and photograph the old train station (on 16th street) in Oakland,CA. This train station was abandoned in 1994, when the newer train station was built. For over 50 years, this station was the main train station for the city of Oakland, CA. It connected the Pacific Railways to the local elevated electric tram. Think of this: in 1912, Oakland already had an elevated electric tram.
There is almost no furniture left but the main hall is beautiful and so photogenic. The building is a private property, you can’t trespass but there is a couple of meet-ups that regularly organize private days there. It’s really cheap and you get a good 90 minutes to explore the building (almost by yourself).
Here some of my favorite images:
Main hall of the 18th Street Oakland’s train station.
Main hall of the 18th Street Oakland’s train station.
Kiosk for tickets of the 18th Street Oakland’s train station.
Main hall of the 18th Street Oakland’s train station. The stairs used to lead to the elevated electric tram.
Outside stairs leading to the elevated tracks of Oakland 18th street’s abandoned train station.
Storage where old desks sit in Oakland 18th street’s abandoned train station.
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Street_Station
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