The Abandoned Nazi Train Station, Now an Underground Astroparticle Lab

The Abandoned Nazi Train Station, Now an Underground Astroparticle Lab

The Canfranc International Railway Station and its adjoined hotel were the of epitome of transit glamour when it was first built in 1928. But a series of events—including being co-opted by the Nazis during WWII—led to its eventual demise and abandonment. Going from ritzy hotel to Nazi command center to abandoned ruin, the historic station has finally settled into a vastly different role: Subterranean astroparticle laboratory.

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