Western and Franklin Avenue Line

Western & Franklin Ave.
Dash sign used on Hollywood bound trains
Overview
Owner	Pacific Electric
Locale	Los Angeles
Termini	11th & Hill Streets Hollywood & Vine Blvds
Stations	19
Service
Type	Streetcar
System	Pacific Electric
Operator(s)	Pacific Electric
Ridership	1,935,583 (1926)[1]
History
Opened	1908
Closed	March 17, 1940 (1940-03-17)
Technical
Line length	9.08 mi (14.61 km)
Number of tracks	2
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Old gauge	3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Electrification	Overhead line, 600 V DC
Route map Legend Venice via Hollywood West Hollywood evening terminus until 1912 Hollywood Hollywood and Vine Vine Street Yucca Street Argyle Avenue Vista Del Mar Gower Street Beachwood Drive Stop (between Tamarind & Cahuenga) Brush Canyon Bronson Avenue Van Ness Avenue Wilton Place St. Andrews Place Franklin & Western Avenue Russell Avenue Hollywood Boulevard Hollywood Stop (between Harold Way & Carlton Way) Sunset Boulevard De Longpre Avenue Fountain Avenue Lexington Avenue Western Avenue & Santa Monica Boulevard  S  Sherman This diagram: view talk edit

The Western and Franklin Avenue Line was a Pacific Electric streetcar line which traveled from Los Angeles to Hollywood. It operated from 11th and Hill Streets via Hill, Sunset, Santa Monica Boulevard, Western Avenue, Franklin Avenue, Argyle Avenue, Yucca Street, and Vine Street to end at Hollywood and Vine Boulevards. It operated from 1908 to 1940.^[2][1] The Brush Canyon Line branched from this line at Bronson.^[1]