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  2. Los Angeles Railway - Wikipedia

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    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]

  3. History of Los Angeles Metro Rail and Busway - Wikipedia

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    The history of the Los Angeles Metro Rail and Busway system begins in the early 1970s, when the traffic-choked region began planning a rapid transit system. The first dedicated busway opened along I-10 in 1973, and the region's first light rail line, the Blue Line (now the A Line) opened in 1990.

  4. Los Angeles Metro Rail - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. History of rail transportation in California - Wikipedia

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    The development of the mixed-mode Los Angeles Metro Rail began as two separate undertakings. The Southern California Rapid Transit District was planning a new subway along Wilshire Boulevard while the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission was also designing a light rail system utilizing a former Pacific Electric corridor. The light rail ...

  6. Southern California Railway - Wikipedia

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    Share of the Elsinore, Pomona & Los Angeles Railway from the 7th November 1898. Elsinore, Pomona And Los Angeles Railway Company was charted on December 6, 1895 to build from Lake Elsinore, California in Riverside County, in a north-westerly direction by way of Pomona to Azusa, in Los Angeles County, with a branch from Pomona to Lordsburg College.

  7. Union Station (Los Angeles) - Wikipedia

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    The city council of Los Angeles had desired since the 1910s to construct a Union station to replace the existing three terminal stations in Los Angeles: the Santa Fe's La Grande Station, the Southern Pacific's Central Station, and the Union Pacific's Salt Lake Station. As the proposed station would be built and owned by the city and open to all ...

  8. A (Los Angeles Railway) - Wikipedia

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    1920–1932. Los Angeles Railway rerouted many lines on May 9, 1920, [2] assigning them letter designations the following year. [3] [4] The A line ran along Adams; Normandie Avenue; 24th; Hoover; Burlington; 16th; Hill; 1st; Spring; North Main; Sunset; North Broadway; Lincoln Park Avenue; looping back via Nort Main to Plaza; thence to west terminal over above route. [5]

  9. Los Angeles & San Pedro Railroad - Wikipedia

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    An advertisement for the Los Angeles & San Pedro Railroad. The railroad resulted in reduced fares and freight rates from Los Angeles to Banning's Wilmington wharf, with passenger rates from depot to depot set at $1.50, with an additional $1.00 charge from the wharf to steamers standing offshore, unable to dock in the shallow waters around the dock.