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 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead lines
Route map edit 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

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.

See also

• Streetcar suburb
• Streetcars in North America
• List of California railroads
• History of rail transportation in California
• Union Station (Los Angeles)

References

• Electric Railway Heritage Association
• Electric Railway Heritage Association, Hollywood line
• Electric Railway Heritage Association, Hollywood line, Santa Monica via Sawtelle Line
• pacificelectric.org 5139 in Beverly Hills

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