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Trevor’s Travels: Angels Flight Railway® is a short ride into Los Angeles history It’s perhaps purely coincidence that the first three letters of the word “funicular” spell “fun.” But then, “funeral” also starts with the same three letters, so maybe it doesn’t always work! My first experience with a funicular, a short railway built on a steep [...]

The decades-long effort to save Los Angeles' iconic railway, Angels Flight® It's known as the "World's Shortest Railway," and it's reopening to the public Thursday in Los Angeles. The train, known as Angels Flight®, has carried people on and off for much of the past 116 years, traveling about 300 feet on a 33 percent grade in [...]

Tour the LA Locations of 'Bosch' Stroll by Angels Flight®, Pershing Square, and other places seen on the Amazon Prime series. It's a feeling of satisfied knowing that can wash over any television viewer, wherever they happen to reside: A park or a building or a lane from the town where the viewer lives suddenly appears [...]

Los Angeles Mayor, Eric Garcetti, announces the reopening of historic Angels Flight® Railway, with SENER’s participatio Mayor Eric Garcetti announced that Angels Flight®, the iconic Downtown Los Angeles railway, has reopened to the public after a three-year closure. The Mayor celebrated the opening alongside Councilmember José Huizar, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Angels Flight® Railway Foundation, and [...]

Through a Pioneering P3, Angels Flight® Takes Off Once Again It’s only 298 feet long. Dubbed the “shortest railway in the world,” it first ran more than 116 years ago. And if you ask Angelenos to name three things that are quintessentially Los Angeles, Angels Flight® will almost certainly be one of them. For a while, though, [...]

Mayor Snyder´s Ascent of the "Angels `Flight" Angels Flight®—everybody’s favorite FUNicular—is there a more iconic piece of Bunker Hilliana? All aboard! proclaims the city of LA! But don’t get too excited. It’s not open, so you’re not riding it today. Despite what you may hear, you’re not riding it anytime soon. Toodle down Hill Street between 3rd [...]

Angels Flight®: The Story of an L.A. Icon Learn about the fascinating history of "The World's Shortest Railway" You can see it in more than a hundred movies, read about it in dozens of books and even do skateboard tricks on a video game version of it. And once again, you'll be able to ride Angels Flight®. [...]

Mayor Garcetti announces reopening of historic Angels Flight® Railway LOS ANGELES — Mayor Eric Garcetti announced today that Angels Flight®, the iconic Downtown Los Angeles railway, has reopened to the public after a three-year closure. The Mayor celebrated the opening alongside Councilmember José Huizar, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Angels Flight® Railway Foundation, and the [...]