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The J Line (formerly the Silver Line, sometimes listed as line 910/950) is a 38-mile (61.2 km) bus rapid transit line that runs between El Monte, Downtown Los Angeles and the Harbor Gateway, with some trips continuing to San Pedro.
While the subway was a highly anticipated project, the LACTC's light rail Blue Line (later renamed the A Line in 2019) became the first local rail transit line in Los Angeles since the closure of the last Pacific Electric line in 1961. It was first opened to the public on July 14, 1990, running largely along an abandoned Pacific Electric right ...
The earliest streetcars in Los Angeles were horse-propelled. The earliest horsecar railway, the Spring and Sixth Street Railroad was built in 1874 by Robert M. Widney, and ran from the Plaza area to Sixth and Pearl Street; [3] Not much later, this line would be extended northeast to East Los Angeles (today’s Lincoln Park). [4]
Port of Los Angeles [17] and City Club of Los Angeles [32] established. Silver Lake Reservoir built. [14] Los Angeles Ostrich Farm [14] and Los Angeles Alligator Farm open. 1908 Mount Wilson Observatory begins operating in Los Angeles County. October 1: Construction begins on Owens River Aqueduct. [1] 1909 Selig Polyscope Company relocates to ...
The Los Angeles Pacific lines, along with the Glendale–Burbank Line and the soon-to-be-completed San Fernando Valley Line, would become the Pacific Electric’s Western Division. [23] In September, 1911, the Los Angeles Pacific brought to the new Pacific Electric Railway the following: [24] 204.67 miles (329.38 km) of owned track
The Subway soon became Los Angeles's most heavily used shortcut. Faster than the automobile and at 6¢ per ride (equivalent to $1.04 in 2023), electric trains carried thousands of travelers each day through it in the 1920s and 1930s.
The Los Angeles Metro Rail is an urban rail transit system serving Los Angeles County, California, United States, consisting of six lines: four light rail lines (the A, C, E and K lines) and two rapid transit lines (the B and D lines), serving a total of 102 stations.
Historic district adjacent to Central Avenue Corridor in South Los Angeles; part of the African Americans in Los Angeles Multiple Property Submission (MPS) 2: 52nd Place Historic District: 52nd Place Historic District: June 11, 2009 : Along E. 52nd Place [6