I am not really paying attention to what station we are approaching.
About two weeks ago, there was a broken down train at Embarcadero and all trains were delayed by 15 minutes, while they cleared the tracks. My train was stopped at 19th and 12th Street stations in Oakland and again at West Oakland station. For a brief moment, I thanked my lucky stars that I wasn't stopped in the Trans Bay Tube. I've heard of evacuations that require riders to get off the train while in the tube and journey out on foot. Ugh.
I've ways been curious about what The Tube looked like from the outside: you know being that it's under water and all. Are there starfish and sea creatures feeding around the tube? Are sharks lurking around because they can sense human flesh inside? And, is there a diver under there on a regular basis patrolling for leaks or cleaning the algae off?
Here is what I did find, pretty interesting that BART was the inventor or the submergable tube and it has since been used in other countries.


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