Station	Major Connections	Date Opened	Date Closed	City
San Fernando
San Fernando		1902	1938	San Fernando San Fernando, California San Fernando is a city located in the San Fernando Valley, in northwestern region of Los Angeles, California, United States. The population was 23,645 at the 2010 census, up from 23,564 at the 2000 census.-History:...
Van Nuys	Owensmouth Owensmouth (Pacific Electric) The Pacific Electric streetcar service to Owensmouth was part of an extraordinary real estate development in Southern California...	1902	1952	Van Nuys Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California Van Nuys is a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California.-History:Look at the two photos of Van Nuys' first year—and then listen to what the Los Angeles Times wrote on February 23, 1911, the day after the Van Nuys town lot auction--"Between dawn and dusk, in the...
Lankershim	Owensmouth Owensmouth (Pacific Electric) The Pacific Electric streetcar service to Owensmouth was part of an extraordinary real estate development in Southern California...	1902	1952	North Hollywood North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California North Hollywood is a district in the San Fernando Valley region of the city of Los Angeles, California, along the Tujunga Wash. It is bounded on the south by Moorpark Street and the Ventura Freeway, on the southwest by Burbank Blvd...
Highland Avenue	San Fernando Owensmouth (Pacific Electric) The Pacific Electric streetcar service to Owensmouth was part of an extraordinary real estate development in Southern California... , Sherman Sherman (Pacific Electric) Sherman was a suburban line of the Pacific Electric Railway, originally built in 1896 as part of the Pasadena and Pacific, until it was discontinued in 1953; and ran between Downtown Los Angeles and the suburb of Sherman West Hollywood.... , Venice via Hollywood	1902	1955	Los Angeles
Colegrove	San Fernando Owensmouth (Pacific Electric) The Pacific Electric streetcar service to Owensmouth was part of an extraordinary real estate development in Southern California... , Sherman Sherman (Pacific Electric) Sherman was a suburban line of the Pacific Electric Railway, originally built in 1896 as part of the Pasadena and Pacific, until it was discontinued in 1953; and ran between Downtown Los Angeles and the suburb of Sherman West Hollywood.... , Venice via Hollywood	1902	1955
Virgil Avenue	San Fernando Owensmouth (Pacific Electric) The Pacific Electric streetcar service to Owensmouth was part of an extraordinary real estate development in Southern California... , Sherman Sherman (Pacific Electric) Sherman was a suburban line of the Pacific Electric Railway, originally built in 1896 as part of the Pasadena and Pacific, until it was discontinued in 1953; and ran between Downtown Los Angeles and the suburb of Sherman West Hollywood.... , Venice via Hollywood, Western and Franklin Avenue	1902	1955
Sanborn Junction	Beverly Hills Beverly Hills (Pacific Electric) Beverly Hills was a suburban line of the Pacific Electric Railway. It was opened in 1909 by the Pasadena and Pacific Railroad and taken over by the Pacific Electric in 1911. The route terminus switched over to the Subway Terminal Building in 1926.... , San Fernando Owensmouth (Pacific Electric) The Pacific Electric streetcar service to Owensmouth was part of an extraordinary real estate development in Southern California... , Sherman Sherman (Pacific Electric) Sherman was a suburban line of the Pacific Electric Railway, originally built in 1896 as part of the Pasadena and Pacific, until it was discontinued in 1953; and ran between Downtown Los Angeles and the suburb of Sherman West Hollywood.... , Venice via Hollywood, Western and Franklin Avenue	1902	1955
Subway Terminal Building Subway Terminal Building The Subway Terminal Building, now known as Metro 417, is an Italian Renaissance Revival building in Downtown Los Angeles located at 417 South Hill Street. It was designed by architects Schultze and Weaver and was built in 1925. It served as the downtown terminus for the "Hollywood Subway" branch...	Beverly Hills Beverly Hills (Pacific Electric) Beverly Hills was a suburban line of the Pacific Electric Railway. It was opened in 1909 by the Pasadena and Pacific Railroad and taken over by the Pacific Electric in 1911. The route terminus switched over to the Subway Terminal Building in 1926.... , Echo Park Avenue, Glendale-Burbank Glendale-Burbank (Pacific Electric) Glendale-Burbank is a defunct Pacific Electric rapid transit line that was operational from 1902 to 1955 in Southern California, running from Downtown Los Angeles to Burbank, with short lines terminating in Downtown and North Glendale.... , Owensmouth Owensmouth (Pacific Electric) The Pacific Electric streetcar service to Owensmouth was part of an extraordinary real estate development in Southern California... , Redondo Beach via Playa del Rey, Sawtelle Sawtelle (Pacific Electric) Sawtelle was a suburban line 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. This was the shortest route to Santa Monica, and as such had the highest ridership of any... , Sherman Sherman (Pacific Electric) Sherman was a suburban line of the Pacific Electric Railway, originally built in 1896 as part of the Pasadena and Pacific, until it was discontinued in 1953; and ran between Downtown Los Angeles and the suburb of Sherman West Hollywood.... , Venice Short Line, Venice via Hollywood, Western and Franklin Avenue, Westgate Westgate (Pacific Electric) Westgate was a suburban line 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...	1925	1961

Another part of a remarkable Pacific Electric Railway system, designed to maximize downtown Los Angeles circulation, and actually to develop the extended Los Angeles suburbs.

In 1911-1912, a 20 mile interurban electric railway was being built from Hollywood through Cahuenga Pass all the way through the lands of the Van Nuys-Lankershim Ranch, the entire southern San Fernando Valley

San Fernando Valley

The San Fernando Valley is an urbanized valley located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area of southern California, United States, defined by the dramatic mountains of the Transverse Ranges circling it...

 to help promote development.

This historic land deal, brokered by Harry Chandler

Harry Chandler

Harry Chandler was an American newspaper publisher and investor who became owner of the largest real estate empire in the U.S.-Biography:...

, Moses Sherman

Moses Sherman

Moses Hazeltine Sherman was a land developer who built the Phoenix Street Railway in Phoenix, Arizona, and later built other lines and owned property in the San Fernando Valley and Hollywood, California. He also served on the Los Angeles Water Board.At the junction of his streetcar lines west of...

, Hobart Johnstone Whitley

Hobart Johnstone Whitley

Hobart Johnstone Whitley , also known as H.J. Whitley is the "Father of Hollywood", was a real estate developer who helped create the Hollywood subdivision in Los Angeles, Southern California. He and his wife, Margaret Virginia Whitley named the town while on their honeymoon in 1886...

 and others, was done in anticipation of the Owens River aqueduct, which would bring water and intensified agriculture to the San Fernando Valley. It's very much the Los Angeles land deal suggested by the l974 movie Chinatown

Chinatown

A Chinatown is an ethnic enclave of overseas Chinese people, although it is often generalized to include various Southeast Asian people. Chinatowns exist throughout the world, including East Asia, Southeast Asia, the Americas, Australasia, and Europe. Binondo's Chinatown located in Manila,...

.

General Moses Sherman, a partner, built the electric railway line that ran from North Hollwood through the 3 new towns planned for the land, Van Nuys, Marion (now called Reseda

Reseda

Reseda may refer to:*Reseda , a plant genus also known as mignonette*1081 Reseda, a minor planet that orbits the Sun; named for the reseda plant genus*Reseda, Los Angeles, a suburb in the San Fernando Valley of Southern California...

, and Owensmouth (now called Canoga Park.

In addition, the San Fernando Mission Land Company, which owned much of the northern San Fernando Valley

San Fernando Valley

The San Fernando Valley is an urbanized valley located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area of southern California, United States, defined by the dramatic mountains of the Transverse Ranges circling it...

 (north of Roscoe), started building its own electric railway, to connect
San Fernando, and new developments between San Fernando and Van Nuys, to the Pacific Electric system.

This right of way still largely exists—in center medians down Brand Blvd from San Fernando so that the electric railway would go by the San Fernando Mission to promote tourism and the old Spanish style, turning down Sepulveda Blvd to Parthenia Place, where a graceful circle takes one east onto Parthenia, and then another graceful circle where the cars turned south down Van Nuys Blvd in now Panorama City for the straight line to Van Nuys.