Mountain route
Angels Flight
Los Angeles (Hill Street) → Bunker Hill (California Plaza) · United States
Billed the world’s shortest incorporated railway since 1901, the 91 m Bunker Hill hop costs $1.50 and starred in film noir and La La Land.
- Distance
- 0.09 km
- Fastest time
- 1 min
- Average speed
- 5 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmHill Street
- 0 kmOlive Street
The stations OpenStreetMap maps along this line, in order along the line as drawn here, with the distance along it. Not every train stops at every station.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 6723222: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 96 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: the railway’s own site, a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Angels Flight?
The Angels Flight runs 90 m from Los Angeles (Hill Street) to Bunker Hill (California Plaza).
How long does the Angels Flight take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 1 min for the 90 m. That is an average of 5 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Angels Flight?
Angels Flight Railway Foundation, with twin 1901 cars Olivet and Sinai, restored 2017.
How old is the Angels Flight?
The line has been in service since 1901. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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