Westgate (Pacific Electric)

Westgate
Overview
Type Light rail
System Pacific Electric
Locale Los Angeles
Termini Pacific Electric Building
Santa Monica, California
Stations 18
Daily ridership 31,410 (last count)
Operation
Opened 1911
Closed 1940
Owner Southern Pacific Railroad
Technical
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification Overhead lines
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 A Echo Park Avenue
Hill Street StationSubway Terminal
D U 2 3
Edendale Local
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P 9 10
J 9 10
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V
 VineyardP
Redondo Beach via Playa del Rey Venice Short Line
 Rosemary
 Genesee
 Big Barn
 Sherman Junction
 Alpers
Venice via Hollywood
 Beverly Hills
 Country Club
 Buenos Ayres
 High Bridge
 Wolfskill
 Santa Monica and Sepulveda
 Sawtelle
Sawtelle
 Westgate
 Arcadia Street
 Brentwood Park
 26th Street Santa Monica
 Palisades
Sawtelle
 Santa Monica
 Santa Monica Air Line Venice Short Line

Westgate was a suburban line operated by the Pacific Electric Railway from 1911 to 1940. This line was one of four lines connecting Downtown Los Angeles and Santa Monica that did not run through Hollywood. The line is notable for taking a circuitous route towards its end, along San Vicente Boulevard, mainly because it was built to encourage construction of new homes near Pacific Palisades.

Many riders were veterans and employees of the Soldiers' Home, Sawtelle, stopping at the Streetcar Depot, West Los Angeles

The line was built and operated by the Los Angeles Pacific Railroad,opened in 1906. 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.


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