- Beverly Hills (Pacific Electric)
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Beverly Hills Overview Type Light rail System Pacific Electric Locale Los Angeles Termini Subway Terminal Building
Beverly HillsStations 10 Daily ridership 4,776,982 (last count) Operation Opened 1909 Closed 1954 Owner Southern Pacific Railroad Rolling stock Steel 600 Class (last used) Technical Line length 11.7 mi Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
(standard gauge)Electrification Overhead lines Route map Sawtelle, Venice via Hollywood, Westgate Beverly Hills Coldwater Canyon Sawtelle, Westgate Lewis Sherman Quint Crescent Sherman Gardner Junction Laurel Canyon Owensmouth, San Fernando Hollywood Western and Franklin Avenue Western and Franklin Avenue Normandie Avenue several lines Sanborn Junction to Subway Terminal Glendale-Burbank Echo Park Avenue A A L F, 5, 9 Hill Street Station Subway Terminal several lines Beverly Hills was a suburban line of the Pacific Electric Railway. It was opened in 1909 by the Pasadena and Pacific Railroad and taken over by the Pacific Electric in 1911. The route terminus switched over to the Subway Terminal Building in 1926.
Major Stations
Station Major Connections Date Opened Date Closed City Beverly Hills Beverly Hills Coldwater Canyon, Sawtelle, Venice via Hollywood, Westgate 1902 1954 Beverly Hills Sherman Sherman, Venice via Hollywood 1902 1955 West Hollywood Crescent Sherman, Venice via Hollywood 1902 1955 Los Angeles Gardner Junction Laurel Canyon 1902 1955 Hollywood Western and Franklin Avenue 1902 1955 Sanborn Junction Owensmouth, San Fernando, Sherman, Venice via Hollywood, Western and Franklin Avenue 1902 1955 Subway Terminal Building Echo Park Avenue, Glendale-Burbank, Owensmouth, Redondo Beach via Playa del Rey, San Fernando, Sawtelle, Sherman, Venice Short Line, Venice via Hollywood, Western and Franklin Avenue, Westgate 1925 1955 Shuttle Routes
- Coldwater Canyon ran from Beverly Hills station to the Beverly Hills Hotel by way of Rodeo Drive. It began service under the Los Angeles and Pacific Railway in 1907 and was discontinued in 1923.
- Laurel Canyon ran from Gardner Junction to the foot of Laurel Canyon by way of Sunset Boulevard. Originally a steam line of the Cahuenga Valley Railroad, the line was abandoned in 1924.
Routes Northern DivisionAlhambra-San Gabriel • Annandale • Arlington-Corona • Arrowhead • Covina • East Washington • El Monte-Baldwin Park • Highland • Lamanda Park • Monrovia-Glendora • Mount Lowe • North Lake • Pasadena Short Line • Pasadena via Oak Knoll • Ontario-San Antonio Heights • Ontario-Upland • Pomona • Pomona-Claremont • Redlands • Riverside-Arlington • Riverside-Rialto • San Bernardino-Riverside • San Dimas • San Dimas Local • Shorb • Sierra Madre • Sierra Vista Local • South Pasadena Local • Upland-San BernardinoWestern DivisionBeverly Hills • Brush Canyon • Coldwater Canyon • Echo Park Avenue • Edendale Local • Glendale-Burbank • Lankershim-Van Nuys • Laurel Canyon • Owensmouth • Redondo Beach via Playa del Rey • San Fernando • Santa Monica Air Line • Sawtelle • Sherman • Soldiers' Home • Venice-Inglewood • Venice-Playa del Rey • Venice Short Line • West 16th Street • Western and Franklin Avenue • WestgateSouthern DivisionAmerican Avenue • Balboa • Bellflower • Catalina Dock • East Seventh Street • East Third Street • Fullerton • Hawthorne-El Nido • Hawthorne-El Segundo • Huntington Beach-La Bolsa • La Habra-Yorba Linda • Long Beach • Long Beach-San Pedro • Redondo via Gardena • San Pedro via Dominguez • San Pedro via Gardena • Santa Ana • Santa Ana-Huntington Beach • Santa Ana-Orange • Seal Beach • Seal Beach-Huntington Beach-Newport Beach • Terminal Island • Torrance • Watts • WhittierSystem Features Belmont Tunnel / Toluca Substation and Yard • Pacific Electric Building • Pacific Electric Railroad Bridge • Substation No. 8 • Subway Terminal Building • Watts StationAssociated Systems PredecessorsLos Angeles Inter-Urban Electric Railway • Monrovia Rapid Transit Company • Mount Lowe Railway • Pasadena and Pacific • Santa Ana, Orange & Tustin Street RailwayConnectingSuccessorsLACMTA • LAMTA • OCTA • Omnitrans • Port of LA Waterfront Red Car • SCRTDCategories:- Light rail in California
- Pacific Electric Railway
- History of Los Angeles, California
- Beverly Hills, California
- United States rail transportation stubs
- California stubs
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