Beverly Hills station

Preceding station		Following station
Terminus	Hollywood	Lewis towards Subway Terminal
L.A. Speedway towards Venice	Venice via Hollywood (until 1941)	Lewis towards Hill Street
L.A. Speedway towards Santa Monica	Westgate (until 1940)	Alpers towards Hill Street
L.A. Speedway towards Santa Monica	Sawtelle (until 1940)	Alpers towards Hill Street
Coldwater Canyon Terminus	Coldwater Canyon Line	Terminus

Location

Beverly Hills refers to two railway stations in Beverly Hills, California. With the first constructed in 1896, they came to be served by the Pacific Electric and Southern Pacific railroads until the 1960s. The first station was demolished and replaced with a second across the street.

History

First station

The first station was built in 1896 as a stop on the Pasadena and Pacific Railroad. Initially called Morocco,^[1] it was located on the southeast corner of Santa Monica Boulevard and North Cañon Drive.^[2] Pacific Electric acquired the station as a result of the Great Merger of 1911 and began operating Red Cars here. The site was sold with the station demolished in 1930 to allow for construction of the Beverly Hills Post Office (later the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts).

Second station

A new station was built across North Cañon Drive, on the southwest corner with Santa Monica Boulevard. The Spanish Baroque-style building was designed by Harry G. Koerner.^[3] All passenger service ended by September 1954,^[4] and the station building was removed in the 1960s.^[2] The final Southern Pacific freight train left Beverly Hills in 1986.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Schwieterman, Joseph P. (2004). When the Railroad Leaves Town: American Communities in the Age of Rail Line Abandonment, Western United States. Kirksville, Missouri: Truman State University Press. pp. 28, 30, 31. ISBN 978-1-931112-13-0.
^ ^a ^b Wanamaker, Marc (2005). Early Beverly Hills. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 22, 120. ISBN 9780738530680.
^ "Architect Succumbs. H. G. Koerner Meets End Fourteen Hours After Testimonial Dinner". The Los Angeles Times. February 28, 1935. p. 28. Retrieved June 8, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
^ 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. p. 22. ASIN B0007F8D84. OCLC 6565577.

External links

Beverly Hills Station 1943 at the Los Angeles Metro Transportation Research Library and Archive via Flickr

Pacific Electric

Routes

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Southern Division	American Avenue Balboa Bellflower Catalina Dock Fullerton Hawthorne–El Nido Hawthorne–El Segundo Huntington Beach–La Bolsa La Habra–Fullerton–Yorba Linda Long Beach Long Beach local lines Long Beach–San Pedro Redondo Beach via Gardena San Pedro local lines San Pedro via Dominguez San Pedro via Gardena Santa Ana Santa Ana–Huntington Beach Santa Ana–Orange Seal Beach–Huntington Beach–Newport Beach Terminal Island Torrance Watts Whittier