South Hollywood–Sherman Line

The line was originally built in 1896 as part of the Pasadena and Pacific. Pasadena and Pacific became part of the Los Angeles Pacific Railroad. In the 1930s buses started to run from the West Hollywood depot also. Passenger rail service was discontinued on May 31, 1953.[1] In 1974 all the rail buildings were demolished for development.[2]

The South Hollywood–Sherman Line followed the Glendale–Burbank Line as far as Park Junction, located on Glendale Boulevard one block south of Sunset Boulevard. Here at the present location of Park Avenue opposite Angeles Temple, the South Hollywood–Sherman branched left to climb up a slight grade in a private right of way (later paved as Park Avenue, with tracks in the center) to turn left (west) into Sunset Boulevard.

The dual tracks ran westerly and then northwesterly, running in the middle of Sunset Boulevard, crossing such major intersections as Alvarado Street and Silverlake Boulevard, to reach Sanborn Junction, where the line branched left (west) into Santa Monica Boulevard.

On Santa Monica Boulevard, the dual tracks in the center of the pavement headed west, passing such major streets as, Vermont Avenue, Western Avenue, and Vine Street in Hollywood. Leaving Vine Street, the tracks continued west past Highland Avenue (where the San Fernando Valley Line branched north), and La Brea Avenue, to Crescent Junction. Crescent Junction, located near Fairfax Avenue, is where the Hollywood Line joined the South Hollywood–Sherman.

Leaving Crescent Junction, the dual tracks continued west in the pavement of Santa Monica Boulevard, passing Crescent Heights Boulevard to Hacienda Park (two blocks east of La Cienega Boulevard) here, the tracks entered an unimproved private way between the dual roadways of Santa Monica Boulevard, ran southwesterly across La Cienega Boulevard, and then four blocks farther to the terminus of the route at Sherman (West Hollywood). The dual rails turned southerly out of the private way into the West Hollywood Carhouse and shops (located on the south side of Santa Monica Boulevard between Huntley Drive and San Vicente Boulevard).

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