Angels Flight Railway
Photo: Dietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
🚂 Train · Los Angeles
1 hours · $ · No reservation needed
- 🚗About 30 min driveFrom Arcadia · Parking: Take the A Line to Grand Av Arts/Bunker Hill or Historic Broadway and walk; if driving, garages around Grand Central Market
- 🍼Stroller-friendlyFlat surfaces — bring the stroller
- 🌳Some shadeGreat on sunny days · Good on cool days · Handles heat · Rain-OK
- ⏱️Typical visit: 1 hoursBest seasons: Spring · Summer · Fall · Winter
Opened in 1901 and billed as the shortest railway in the world: two orange wooden cars climb the 300-foot slope between Hill St and Bunker Hill in under a minute for $1 a person; ride up, ride down, then eat at Grand Central Market at the bottom.
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