Venice Short Line

Venice Short Line
Overview
Owner	Southern Pacific Railroad
Locale	Los Angeles
Termini	Subway Terminal Building Santa Monica, California
Stations	19
Service
Type	Light rail
System	Pacific Electric
History
Closed	1950
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead lines
Route map Hill Street Station Subway Terminal Echo Park Avenue Edendale  J   R   S   N   W   P   9   J   9   W   A  Vermont Avenue  V  Berendo Street siding Western Avenue 3rd Avenue siding Vineyard  P  to Beverly Hills via Sherman Junction Roberto Hauser Arnaz Barnhart National Boulevard Air Line Culver Junction Redondo via Playa del Rey Culver City Palms Bayers Grove Palm Place Ocean Park Heights Mar Vista Pacific Coast Highway SR 1 Venice–Inglewood Venice–Playa del Rey Venice Pier Avenue Air Line Ocean Park Santa Monica Sawtelle

Venice Short Line was a suburban line operated by the Pacific Electric Railway in California, USA. It 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.

The Venice Short Line traveled from downtown Los Angeles to Venice also to Ocean Park, and Santa Monica via Venice Boulevard.

See also

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

References

• Electric Railway Heritage Association
• uncanny.net Venice Short Line tour.