The "shortest railway in the world" connects the Metro Red Line Pershing Square station to Grand Avenue. Open seven days a week, from 6:45 a.m. to 10 p.m., the one-way fare is only 25 cents.
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After nine years of having to huff and puff up the steep steps of Bunker Hill, Los Angeles pedestrians can relax now that the historic funicular railway, Angels Flight, has reopened its landmark rail line to the public. Established in 1901, the Angels Flight railway has carried millions of Angeleno
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Built in 1901 by Colonel J. W. Eddy, lawyer, engineer, and friend of President Lincoln, Angel's Flight is said to be the world's shortest incorporated railway. The counterbalanced cars, controlled by cables, travel a 33 percent grade for 315 feet. It is estimated that Angel's Flight has carried mor
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