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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 [...]

Angels Flight® reopens amid fanfare in downtown LA after 4-year hiatus DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Angels Flight®, known as the shortest railway in the world, reopened amid fanfare in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday morning after a four-year hiatus. The popular funicular is comprised of two railroad cars that counterbalance each other as they ascend and [...]

You Can Finally Ride the Funicular From ‘La La Land’ L.A.'s historic Angels Flight® is set to reopen after four years of renovations. Los Angeles’ historic funicular, Angels Flight®, will reopen to the public on Thursday, August 31, according to the Los Angeles Times. Larry Sharkey/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images The 116-year-old railway shut down after a [...]

The re-opening of Angels Flight® Railway by Labor Day, which was announced last week by Mayor Eric Garcetti, has been decades in the making. It is a testament to the dogged patience and persistence of Windsor Square resident John Welborne, whose role in the effort dates back to 1978, when he conceived the idea of bringing [...]