South Hollywood–Sherman Line

The Sherman Line was a suburban route of the Pacific Electric Railway, originally built in 1896 as part of the Pasadena and Pacific. Pasadena and Pacific became part of the Los Angeles Pacific Railroad. The line ran between Downtown Los Angeles and the suburb of Sherman (present-day West Hollywood). The line was named after Moses Sherman, who built the line and the Sherman street car yard on the line in West LA. The large 5.56-acre (2.25 ha) rail facility was on Santa Monica Boulevard just west of La Cienega Boulevard. The yard had a steam power house, a car barn and a shop building. Pacific Electric moved the yard works to 7th & Central in LA. In the 1930s buses started to run from the depot there also. The line was discontinued on September 25, 1954. In 1974 all the rail buildings were demolished for development.

South Hollywood–Sherman
Overview
Owner	Southern Pacific Railroad
Locale	Los Angeles
Termini	Hill Street Station West Hollywood
Stations	8
Service
Type	Light rail
System	Pacific Electric
Operator(s)	Pacific Electric
Rolling stock	Steel 600 Class (last used)
Daily ridership	5,314,149 (last counting)
History
Opened	1896
Closed	1953
Technical
Line length	9.84 mi
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead lines
Route map Beverly Hills West Hollywood Beverly Hills Quint Crescent Oakhurst Owensmouth / San Fernando Highland Avenue South Hollywood Virgil Avenue Beverly Hills Sunset Junction Glendale–Burbank US 101 1st Street Toluca Substation and Yard Hollywood Subway US 101 (Harbor Freeway) Subway Terminal

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
• Venice Electric Railway Heritage Association, Sherman-West Hollywood Line