Editing Mission Santa Cruz (section)

== Mission Hill train tunnel ==
Mission Santa Cruz has a hidden single track gated railroad tunnel running under it.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mobileranger.com/santacruz/the-yesteryear-of-mission-hill-tunnel/ |title=Yesteryear of Mission Hill Tunnel |access-date=January 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130145445/http://www.mobileranger.com/santacruz/the-yesteryear-of-mission-hill-tunnel/ |archive-date=January 30, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> Railroad train service used to connect Oakland to Santa Cruz with a train going down the middle of Pacific Avenue on the way to the wharf.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.abandonedrails.com/South_Pacific_Coast_Railroad |title=South Pacific Coast Railroad History |access-date=January 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130204404/http://www.abandonedrails.com/South_Pacific_Coast_Railroad |archive-date=January 30, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 1876 [[South Pacific Coast Railroad]] built a railroad tunnel under Mission Santa Cruz to reroute train traffic out of the busy downtown corridor.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.santacruztrains.com/2012/06/mission-hill-tunnel-spc-8.html |title=Mission Hill Tunnel – Santa Cruz Trains |access-date=January 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130204201/http://www.santacruztrains.com/2012/06/mission-hill-tunnel-spc-8.html |archive-date=January 30, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> The entrance can be found at the end of Amat Street with the tunnel going under the church's parking lot and Emmett Street, and emerging at Chestnut Street. This is still an active rail line for [[Santa Cruz, Big Trees and Pacific Railway]] connecting Santa Cruz with Felton.