Echo Park Avenue Line

The Echo Park Avenue Line was a Pacific Electric streetcar line in Los Angeles. The railway traveled from 11th and Hill Streets in downtown Los Angeles along the Hollywood Line to Sunset Boulevard where it turned right and proceeded north along Echo Park Avenue to terminate at Cerro Gordo Street.[1][2]

Echo Park Avenue
Overview
OwnerPacific Electric
LocaleLos Angeles
Termini11th & Hill Streets
Cerro Gordo Street
Stations1
Service
TypeStreetcar
SystemPacific Electric
Operator(s)Pacific Electric
History
Opened1899
ClosedDecember 28, 1950 (1950-12-28)
Technical
Line length4.56 mi (7.34 km)
Number of tracks1
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Old gauge3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Electrification600 V DC Overhead lines
Route map

Echo Park and Cerro Gordo
Sunset and Echo Park
 A 
Hill Street Tunnel
Hill Street Station
Subway Terminal

The route was opened as a horsecar line in 1899 under the Elysian Park Street Railway Company.[3]

Service was reduced to a single franchise car On October 1, 1950, with full abandonment following on December 28.[4][5]

See also

References

  1. "Echo Park Avenue Line". Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  2. Walker, Jim (January 1, 1976). Lines of Pacific Electric: Southern & Western Districts (Special 60) (Second Printing ed.). Glendale, California: Interurban Press. p. 26.
  3. Crise, Steve; Patris, Michael A. (2011). Pacific Electric Railway (Then and Now). Arcadia Publishing. p. 24. ISBN 978-0738575865.
  4. Veysey, Laurence R. (June 1958). A History Of The Rail Passenger Service Operated By The Pacific Electric Railway Company Since 1911 And By Its Successors Since 1953 (PDF). LACMTA (Report). Los Angeles, California: Interurbans. pp. 10, 11. ASIN B0007F8D84.
  5. "Sierra Madre Rail Service Ends Officially". Daily News-Post. December 28, 1950. p. 7. Retrieved 9 February 2022 via Newspapers.com.

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