Westgate Line

Westgate
Overview
Owner	Southern Pacific Railroad
Locale	Los Angeles
Termini	Pacific Electric Building Santa Monica, California
Stations	18
Service
Type	Interurban
System	Pacific Electric
Operator(s)	Pacific Electric
Ridership	263,017 (1926)
History
Opened	1906
Closed	November 18, 1940 (1940-11-18)
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Old gauge	narrow gauge
Electrification	Overhead line, 600 V DC
Route map Legend Hill Street Station Subway Terminal Echo Park Avenue Edendale  J   R   S   N   W   P   9   J   9   W   A  Vermont Avenue  V  Berendo Street siding Western Avenue 3rd Avenue siding Vineyard  P  Venice Short Line Rosemary Genesee Big Barn Sherman Junction Alpers Hollywood Beverly Hills Coldwater Canyon Country Club Buenos Ayres High Bridge Wolfskill Santa Monica and Sepulveda Soldiers' Home Westgate Sawtelle Westgate Arcadia Street Brentwood Park 26th Street Santa Monica Palisades Sawtelle Venice Short Line Santa Monica This diagram: view talk edit

The Westgate Line was a suburban route operated by the Pacific Electric Railway from 1911 to 1940. This line was one of four lines connecting Downtown Los Angeles and Santa Monica that did not run through Hollywood. The line is notable for taking a circuitous route towards its end, along San Vicente Boulevard, mainly because it was built to encourage construction of new homes near Pacific Palisades.

Many riders were veterans and employees of the Soldiers' Home, Sawtelle, stopping at the Streetcar Depot, West Los Angeles.