Sherman (Pacific Electric)

Sherman
Overview
Type Light rail
System Pacific Electric
Locale Los Angeles
Termini Hill Street Station
West Hollywood
Stations 8
Daily ridership 5,314,149 (last counting)
Operation
Opened 1896
Closed 1953
Owner Southern Pacific Railroad
Rolling stock Steel 600 Class (last used)
Technical
Line length 9.84 mi
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)
(standard gauge)
Electrification Overhead lines
Route map

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Beverly Hills, Venice via Hollywood
Sherman
Beverly Hills
Oakhurst
Owensmouth, San Fernando
Highland Avenue
Colegrove
Western and Franklin Avenue
Virgil 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

Sherman was a suburban line of the Pacific Electric Railway, originally built in 1896 as part of the Pasadena and Pacific, until it was discontinued in 1953; and ran between Downtown Los Angeles and the suburb of Sherman (present-day) West Hollywood.