Beverly Hills (Pacific Electric)

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.

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
Operator(s)	Pacific Electric
Rolling stock	Steel 600 Class (last used)
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 Beverly Hills Lewis West Hollywood Sherman Quint Crescent Owensmouth Gardner Junction Hollywood Normandie Avenue Sherman & Owensmouth Sunset Junction Glendale-Burbank US 101 1st Street Toluca Substation and Yard Hollywood Subway I-110 / SR 110 (Harbor Freeway) Subway Terminal

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

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[1]	Laurel Canyon	1902	1955
Hollywood	Western and Franklin Avenue	1902	1955
Sanborn 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

1. 1451 N Gardner St, West Hollywood, CA 90046 https://www.google.com/maps/place/Gardner+Junction/@34.1007969,-118.3617229,16z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x80c2bedc10477be1:0x97c62b281862f15a!8m2!3d34.0977496!4d-118.3529789

• 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