Glendale–Burbank Line

Glendale-Burbank
A Downtown Los Angeles-bound Red Car in Atwater Village.
Overview
Locale	Southern California
Termini	Subway Terminal Burbank
Stations	21
Service
Type	Light rail
System	Pacific Electric Railway
Operator(s)	Pacific Electric Railway
Rolling stock	PE 5050 Class PCC cars (last used)
History
Opened	1902
Closed	1955
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead lines
Route map Benmar Hills discontinued 1940 Cypress Palm Avenue Burbank Provencia Alameda Avenue Western Avenue Señorita Grandview Avenue Highland Avenue Pacific Avenue North Glendale La Ramada Arden Junction Verdugo Wash Burchett Street Doran Street Lexington Wilson East Glendale Glendale Avenue ( 1909 –1930 ) Glendale cut back 1946 Harvard Colorado (6th) Lomita Maple Chevy Chase Tropico old depot spur San Fernando Road Southern Pacific RR Richardson Atwater Glenhurst Los Angeles River Monte Sano Fletcher Drive India Street Lakeview Edendale Siding removed 1946 Edendale Whitmore Avenue Baxter Fargo Street Effie Street Sunset Boulevard Hollywood Park Junction  A  Beverly & Glendale  I  Toluca Substation and Yard Hollywood Subway Edendale Local Subway Terminal 6th/Main Terminal until 1925 Edendale

Glendale-Burbank is a defunct Pacific Electric rapid transit line that was operational from 1902 to 1955 in Southern California, running from Downtown Los Angeles to Burbank, with short lines terminating in Downtown and North Glendale.

The line was built 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
Glendale-Burbank
Burbank		1902	1955	Burbank
La Ramada		1902	1955	Glendale
Glendale		1902	1955
Tropico		1902	1955
Subway Terminal Building	Beverly Hills, Echo Park Avenue, Owensmouth, Redondo Beach via Playa del Rey, San Fernando, Sawtelle, Sherman, Venice Short Line, Venice via Hollywood, Western and Franklin Avenue, Westgate	1905	1961	Los Angeles

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, Glendale-Burbank Line
• uncanny.net, Tour the Glendale-Burbank Line