Beverly Hills (Pacific Electric)

Beverly Hills
Overview
Type Light rail
System Pacific Electric
Locale Los Angeles
Termini Subway Terminal Building
Beverly Hills
Stations 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 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification Overhead lines
Route map

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Beverly Hills
Lewis
West Hollywood
Quint
Crescent
Gardner Junction
Hollywood
Normandie Avenue
Sunset Junction
Glendale-Burbank
U.S. Route 101
First Street
Toluca Substation and Yard
Hollywood Subway
Harbor Freeway
Subway Terminal

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.

The line was built and operated by the Los Angeles Pacific Railroad. On March 19, 1906, an agreement was reached to sell all the Los Angeles Pacific Railroad lines for $6 million to Henry Huntington’s Pacific Electric Railway.

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

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