Echo Park Avenue Line

The Echo Park Avenue Line was a Pacific Electric interurban line in Los Angeles which travelled from 11th & 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
Owner Pacific Electric
LocaleLos Angeles
Termini11th & Hill Streets
Cerro Gordo Street
Stations1
Service
TypeInterurban
System Pacific Electric
Operator(s) Pacific Electric
History
Opened1889
ClosedOctober 1, 1950.
Technical
Line length4.56 mi
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

See also

References

  1. "Echo Park Avenue Line". Electric Railway Historical Association. Electric Railway Historical Association. 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.


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