Owensmouth Line

Owensmouth
Sherman Way in Owensmouth, 1920, with Los Angeles Pacific Railroad lines
Overview
Owner	Southern Pacific Railroad
Locale	Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley, California
Termini	Downtown Los Angeles Owensmouth-Canoga Park (1912–1938) North Sherman Way (1911–1912, 1938–1952)
Stations	34
Service
Type	Interurban
System	Pacific Electric
Operator(s)	Pacific Electric
Rolling stock	PE 5050 Class (last used)
Ridership	1,038,622 (1926)[1]
History
Opened	December 16, 1911 (to Van Nuys) December 7, 1912 (Owensmouth)
Closed	June 1, 1938 (Canoga Park–Sherman Way) December 29, 1952 (all service)
Technical
Line length	29.1 mi (46.8 km)
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead line, 600 V DC
Route map Legend 29.10 Canoga Park De Soto Browns Canyon Winnetka Mapleton Aliso Canyon 24.91 Reseda Pattenton Fremont Picover Bull Creek Solano Cabrillo Hanna San Fernando 19.89 North Sherman Way terminus after 1938 Southern Pacific RR 19.11 Van Nuys 17.72 Circle Drive Castro Cortez 16.17 Kester Junction Tujunga Wash Garnsey Sadler Eucalyptus 14.17 North Hollywood Southern Pacific RR Hoffman Los Angeles River 11.59 Rio Vista (Los Nogales) 11.10 Universal City Oak Crest 9.99 Barham Boulevard Hollywood Park Dusky Glen 8.65 Cahuenga Pass US 101 7.84 Highland & Hollywood Hollywood Sherman 7.09 Highland & Santa Monica Colegrove Western and Franklin Virgil Avenue  L  Hollywood Sunset Junction Glendale–Burbank Echo Park Avenue Toluca Substation and Yard Hollywood Subway 0 Subway Terminal This diagram: view talk edit

The Owensmouth Line was a Pacific Electric interurban service that connected the San Fernando Valley to Downtown Los Angeles. The route was largely developed as the result of real estate speculation.