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In 1894, the Pasadena & Los Angeles Electric Railway purchased, re-gauged, electrified, and double-tracked a section of the line for streetcar use. [4] Service began on May 6, 1895. [5] Pacific Electric acquired the route in 1898. The line was again rebuilt to standard gauge with service between Pasadena and Los Angeles beginning in December 1902.
Pacific Electric lines emanating from Downtown Los Angeles, 1917. The following passenger rail lines were operated by the Pacific Electric Railway and its successors from the time of its merger in 1911 until the last line was abandoned in 1961. One count indicated that the company and its successors operated as many as 143 different routes in ...
This is a route-map template for the Santa Monica Air Line, a Pacific Electric line in Los Angeles metropolitan area.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
A History Of The Rail Passenger Service Operated By The Pacific Electric Railway Company Since 1911 And By Its Successors Since 1953 (PDF). LACMTA (Report). Los Angeles, California: Interurbans. ASIN B0007F8D84. OCLC 6565577. Walker, Jim (January 1, 1976). Lines of Pacific Electric: Southern & Western Districts (Special 60) (Second
This is a route-map template for the Pacific Electric Building, a Los Angeles, California interurban railway station.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
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The route began operation on November 6, 1905 [2] under the Los Angeles Inter-Urban Electric Railway; [3] Pacific Electric leased the line starting in 1908 and fully acquired it in 1911 under terms of the Great Merger. The Santa Ana Line was designated as route number 11 during most of its operational life. [4]
This line was opened on May 7, 1895 by the Pasadena and Los Angeles Railway with narrow gauge rails. [1] The line was rebuilt as standard gauge in 1903 after it was acquired by Pacific Electric the previous year, [2] though construction of the Pasadena Short Line relegated the South Pasadena Local to a secondary status. [3]