Sierra Vista (Pacific Electric)

The Sierra Vista Line was a route of the Pacific Electric Railway from 1895 to 1950, first in the Northern District and later the Southern District. [1][2]

Sierra Vista
Overview
TypeLight rail
System Pacific Electric
LocaleSouthern California
TerminiPacific Electric Building,
Downtown Los Angeles
Sierra Vista,
El Sereno,
Eastside Los Angeles
Operation
Opened1895
Closed1950
OwnerSouthern Pacific Railroad
Operator(s) Pacific Electric
Technical
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
ElectrificationOverhead lines
Route map

multiple lines
Sierra Vista
Newton
Titus
Happy Valley
Soto Street Viaduct
El Sereno
Lincoln Park
Charlotte Street
Marengo Street
Upland-San Bernardino
Valley Junction
State Street
Echandia
Brooklyn Avenue
 P 
Southern Division
6th/Main Terminal
 F 

Route

It ran from Downtown Los Angeles to the Sierra Vista Junction, at the corner of Huntington Drive and Main Street in the El Sereno community of Eastside Los Angeles.

It was part of the Northern District from 1895 to 1938. From 1938 until its demise in 1950, it was multiplexed with the Southern District Watts Line

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