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This combination of images shows the\u00a0Angels Flight Railway,\u00a0the world’s shortest train line in Downtown Los Angeles, US. \u2014 Instagram\/@angelsflightrailway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

The Angels Flight Railway, the world’s shortest train line, spans a mere 90 metres, or two city blocks in Downtown Los Angeles, California.<\/p>\n

According to Daily Express<\/i>, it operates as a narrow gauge funicular railway and completes its journey in under a minute, along a steep incline.<\/p>\n

Comprising just two cars, named Olivet and Sinai, the railway shuttles passengers in opposite directions along a shared line. Despite being the shortest rain ride, it offers an incredible view of the cityscape.<\/p>\n

The funicular has operated on two different sites in LA, using the same cars and station elements.<\/p>\n

The original location connecting Hill Street and Olive Street, alongside Third Street Tunnel, operated from 1901 to 1969. However, the site underwent redevelopment, resulting in the railway’s temporary cessation.<\/p>\n

In 1952, a plaque to commemorate 50 years of service was erected, which read: “Built in 1901 by Colonel JW Eddy, lawyer, engineer, and friend of President Abraham Lincoln, Angels Flight is said to be the world’s shortest incorporated railway.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“The counterbalanced cars, controlled by cables, travel a 33% grade for 315 feet. It is estimated that Angels Flight has carried more passengers per mile than any other railway in the world, over a hundred million in its first fifty years.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“This incline railway is a public utility operating under a franchise granted by the City of Los Angeles.”<\/p>\n

The cars were alternately pulled up the steep incline powered by engines at the upper Olive Station, while relying on gravity alone for the descent.<\/p>\n

The current location of this short railway, half a block south of its original home, was opened in 1996 and connects Hill Street and California Plaza.<\/p>\n

It has been shut several times since, once following a fatal accident in 2001 after which it did not reopen until 2010, and then again in 2013 following a minor derailment incident.<\/p>\n

It was launched again in 2017 and is one of the top tourist attractions in the city.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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