Hollywood Line

Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills station, c. 1915-1920
Overview
Owner	Southern Pacific Railroad
Locale	Los Angeles
Termini	Subway Terminal Building Beverly Hills
Stations	10
Service
Type	Light rail
System	Pacific Electric
Operator(s)	Pacific Electric
Rolling stock	Steel 600 Class (last used)
Daily ridership	4,776,982 (last count)
History
Opened	1909
Closed	1954
Technical
Line length	11.7 mi (18.8 km)
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead lines
Route map Venice via Hollywood discontinued 1941 Coldwater Canyon discontinued 1923 11.7 Beverly Hills Westgate Coldwater Canyon 11.5 Alpine Drive 11.1 Lewis Palm Drive-Alta Drive 10.8 Doheny Drive 10.6 Almont Street 10.5 La Peer Street 10.4 Hilldale Avenue 10.3 West Hollywood 10.1 Huntley Drive 10.0 Westbourne Drive 9.9 Westmount Street 9.8 La Cienega Boulevard 9.6 Croft Avenue-Hacienda Park 9.5 Kings Road 9.4 Sweetzer Avenue 9.4 Harper Avenue 9.3 Havenhurst Drive 9.2 Crescent Heights Boulevard 9.1 Laurel Avenue 9.1 Edinburgh Avenue 8.9 Fairfax Avenue Sherman discontinued 1953 Ogden Drive Fountain Avenue Stanley Curson Avenue-De Longpre Avenue Laurel Canyon discontinued 1924 8.2 Gardner Street-Sunset Boulevard Vista Street Fuller Avenue Formosa Avenue La Brea Avenue Sycamore Avenue Orange Drive 7.4 Highland Avenue Owensmouth / San Fernando Las Palmas Avenue Whitley Avenue Hudson Avenue Wilcox Avenue 6.9 Cahuenga Boulevard Ivar Street Hollywood Argyle Avenue Vista Del Mar Avenue Gower Street Brokaw Place Bronson Avenue Van Ness Avenue Wilton Place St. Andrews Place 5.8 Western Avenue Western and Franklin Serrano Avenue Harvard Boulevard Stop (between Winona Blvd & Kingsley Drive) Normandie Avenue Alexandria Avenue Kenmore Avenue 4.8 Edgemont Street New Hampshire Avenue 4.6 Vermont Avenue Melrose cutoff 1900–1915 Rodney Drive Hillhurst Avenue Commonwealth Avenue Fountain Avenue Bates Avenue 3.7 Hollywood Junction-Sanborn Avenue Hyperion Avenue Lucille Avenue Edgecliffe Drive Maltman Avenue Micheltorena Street Elza Avenue Descanso Drive Elk Street Westerly Terrace Silver Lake Boulevard Benton Way-Lafayette Coronado Street Waterloo Street Rosemont Avenue Mohawk Street Alvarado Street Bonnie Brae Street surface discontinued 1950 Glendale Boulevard Glendale–Burbank Park Avenue Stop (between Santa Ynez & Park Ave) Santa Ynez Street Kane Street-Kent Street Bellevue Avenue Temple Street Court-Council-La Veta Colton-Patton Beverly Boulevard & 1st Street Edendale Toluca Substation and Yard Hollywood Subway surface stops Lemoyne Street Echo Park Avenue Echo Park Avenue La Veta Terrace Portia Street Douglas-Lilac Terrace Elysian Park Avenue-Allison Street Innes Avenue Marion Avenue Everett-Beatrice Beaudry & Bellevue Avenue Centennial Street Figueroa Street Bunker Hill Grand Avenue Sunset Boulevard & Hill Street pre-1909 route Hill Street Tunnel Temple Street Hill Street Tunnel 1st Street 2nd Street 3rd Street 4th Street Subway Terminal

The Beverly Hills Line 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.

List of 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
Sunset 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.

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