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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 ...
Pacific Electric Inland Empire Trail, Fontana Car #1734 served as the Red Car Museum between 1981 and 2021, [51] [52] at the corner of Main Street and Electric Avenue in Seal Beach, California. The Pacific Electric Trail is a 21-mile (34 km) rail trail that has been constructed along the former Upland–San Bernardino Line.
Name was changed to Los Angeles Transit Lines in 1945 Pacific Electric: Los Angeles: Electric Interurban and streetcar 1901: 1965 Los Angeles MTA: Los Angeles: Electric March 3, 1958: March 31, 1963 Angels Flight: Los Angeles: Funicular 1901. 1996 1969 Reopened in 1996 a few blocks away from the original site. Metro Rail (A, E, L and C lines ...
Pages in category "Pacific Electric routes" The following 73 pages are in this category, out of 73 total. ... American Avenue Line; Annandale Line; Arrowhead Line; B.
The dual track line went south in the center lanes of the streets. The line then turned east on Olympic Boulevard (East 9th Street) street running to Hooper Street, then turned south and entered the private right of way west of Long Beach Avenue. Two additional tracks joined in the private way from Pacific Electric's 8th Street Yard.
The electrified line was built and operated by the Los Angeles Pacific Railroad, opened in 1906 with narrow gauge rails. [1] On March 19, 1906, an agreement was reached to sell all the Los Angeles Pacific Railroad lines to Henry Huntington’s Pacific Electric Railway for $6 million (equivalent to $203 million in 2023).
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] Supplemental service on the north end of the line was provided by the Mission and Fair Oaks Avenue Local Line until 1911.
The Pasadena via Oak Knoll Line was an interurban route of the Pacific Electric Railway. It operated from 1906 until 1950, between Downtown Los Angeles and Downtown Pasadena , California . Cars ran as far as Altadena during rush hours.