List of Pacific Electric lines

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.

List of lines

There were three primary terminals in downtown Los Angeles:

• 6th & Main Station, opened 1905 on the south side of 6th Street between Main and Los Angeles Streets; served the Northern and Southern Divisions via several approaches including an elevated line from Santa Fe Street. This elevated station was not built until about 1916.
• Subway Terminal, opened 1925 on the west side of Hill Street south of 4th Street; served the Western Division via the Hollywood Subway
• Hill Street Station, opened 1908 on the west side of Hill Street between 4th and 5th Streets; moved to the south side of the Subway Terminal in 1926; served the Western Division via both directions on Hill Street

Division	Name	Map	From	Via	To	Abandoned	Post-rail history
S	Walker		6th & Main	Long Beach Avenue, Randolph Street	Walker (west shore of the Los Angeles River)	1938-03-06	N/A
S	Whittier		6th & Main	Long Beach Avenue, Randolph Street, private ROW, Philadelphia Street	Whittier	1935-09-01 (cut back to Walker)	MTA Line 18, Montebello Bus Lines Line 10 (part of MTA Line 18 until 2004)
S	La Habra-Yorba Linda		6th & Main	Long Beach Avenue, Randolph Street, private ROW	Yorba Linda	1930-07-10	MTA Line 18, Montebello Bus Lines Line 10 (part of MTA Line 18 until 2004), Foothill Transit Line 285 (MTA Line 471 until 2004), Orange County Transportation Authority Line 29 (replacement buses only went to Brea)
S	Fullerton		6th & Main	Long Beach Avenue, Randolph Street, private ROW	Fullerton	1930-11-13	MTA Line 18, Montebello Bus Lines Line 10 (part of MTA Line 18 until 2004), Foothill Transit Line 285 (MTA Line 471 until 2004), Orange County Transportation Authority Lines 29, 47
S	Bellflower		6th & Main	Long Beach Avenue, Santa Ana Boulevard, private ROW	Bellflower	1958-05-25	N/A
S	Santa Ana		6th & Main	Long Beach Avenue, Santa Ana Boulevard, private ROW, Fourth Street	Santa Ana	1950-07-02 (cut back to Bellflower)	MTA Line 460, Orange County Transportation Authority Line 83
S	Santa Ana-Orange		Santa Ana		Orange	1930-09-14	Orange County Transportation Authority Line 53
S	Santa Ana-Huntington Beach		Santa Ana		Huntington Beach	1918-10-27	N/A
S	Huntington Beach-La Bolsa		Huntington Beach		La Bolsa	1928-11-09	N/A
S	Seal Beach-Huntington Beach-Newport Beach		6th & Main	Long Beach Avenue, Willowbrook Avenue, private ROW, Electric Avenue, Pacific Coast Highway	Newport Beach	1950-06-30	Orange County Transportation Authority Line 1
S	Balboa		6th & Main	Long Beach Avenue, Willowbrook Avenue, private ROW, Electric Avenue, Pacific Coast Highway, Balboa Boulevard	Balboa	1940-06-09 (cut back to Newport Beach)	Orange County Transportation Authority Lines 1, 71
S	Long Beach		6th & Main	Long Beach Avenue, Willowbrook Avenue, private ROW, Long Beach Boulevard	Long Beach	1961-04-09	MTA Line 60 and Blue Line
S	Watts Local		6th & Main	Long Beach Avenue	Watts	1961-04-09	MTA Line 56 (discontinued in 2003)
S	Long Beach-San Pedro		Long Beach	Private ROW	San Pedro	1949-01-02	MTA Line 232
S	Terminal Island		6th & Main; Long Beach	Long Beach Avenue, Willowbrook Avenue, private ROW, Henry Ford Avenue	Terminal Island	1945-09-16	N/A
S	San Pedro via Dominguez		6th & Main	Long Beach Avenue, Willowbrook Avenue, private ROW	San Pedro	1958-12-07	MTA Line 202
S	Catalina Dock		6th & Main	Long Beach Avenue, Willowbrook Avenue, private ROW	Catalina Dock	1958-10-12 (also had service from Long Beach via the Long Beach-San Pedro Line until 1949-04-30)	N/A
S	Torrance		6th & Main	Long Beach Avenue, Lanzit Avenue, Vermont Avenue, 166th Street, Normandie Avenue, Torrance Boulevard	Torrance	1940-01-14	N/A
S	San Pedro via Gardena		6th & Main	Long Beach Avenue, Lanzit Avenue, Vermont Avenue, 166th Street, Normandie Avenue, Torrance Boulevard, Cabrillo Avenue, Plaza del Amo, Normandie Avenue, Gaffey Street, private ROW	San Pedro	1939-02-26 (cut back to Torrance; Carson Cutoff along Normandie Avenue had been abandoned on 1927-10-19, taking all trips through Torrance)	N/A
S	Redondo via Gardena		6th & Main	Long Beach Avenue, Lanzit Avenue, Athens Way, private ROW, Vermont Avenue, 166th Street, private ROW, 182nd Street, private ROW, Diamond Street, Catalina Avenue	Clifton	1940-01-14	N/A
S	Hawthorne-El Segundo		6th & Main	Long Beach Avenue, Lanzit Avenue, private ROW, Grand Avenue	El Segundo	1930-10-31	N/A
S	Hawthorne-El Nido		Hawthorne	Hawthorne Boulevard	El Nido	1933-10-25	N/A
N	South Pasadena Local		6th & Main	Aliso Street, private ROW, Daly Street, Pasadena Avenue, Figueroa Street, Pasadena Avenue, Mission Street, Fair Oaks Avenue	Pasadena	1935-01-02 (remained south of Mission Road until 1942-10-17)	MTA Line 176
N	Annandale		6th & Main	Aliso Street, private ROW, Daly Street, Pasadena Avenue, Figueroa Street, Avenue 64	Annandale	1928-04-03 (1926-11-13 north of Adelaide Place)	MTA Line 256
N	Pasadena Short Line		6th & Main	Aliso Street, private ROW, Soto Street, Huntington Drive, Fair Oaks Avenue	Pasadena	1951-09-30	MTA Line 260
N	Pasadena via Oak Knoll		6th & Main	Aliso Street, private ROW, Soto Street, Huntington Drive, Oak Knoll Avenue, Lake Avenue	Pasadena	1950-10-08	MTA Line 485
N	Mount Lowe		6th & Main	Aliso Street, private ROW, Soto Street, Huntington Drive, Fair Oaks Avenue, Colorado Boulevard, Lake Avenue, Mount Lowe Drive	Rubio Canyon (connecting with the Mount Lowe Railway)	1936-09-15	N/A
N	Sierra Vista Local		6th & Main	Aliso Street, private ROW, Soto Street, Huntington Drive	Sierra Vista	1951-09-30	MTA Lines 78 and 79
N	Lamanda Park		Pasadena	Colorado Boulevard	Lamanda Park	1941-01-19 (cut back several blocks from Lamanda Park on 1936-03-01)	MTA Line 181
N	Sierra Madre		6th & Main	Aliso Street, private ROW, Soto Street, Huntington Drive, Sierra Madre Boulevard	Sierra Madre	1950-10-06	MTA Line 487
N	Monrovia-Glendora		6th & Main	Aliso Street, private ROW, Soto Street, Huntington Drive, Olive Avenue, Royal Oaks Drive, private ROW, 9th Street, private ROW	Glendora	1950-09-30	MTA Line 79, Foothill Transit Line 494
N	Alhambra-San Gabriel		6th & Main	Aliso Street, private ROW, Soto Street, Huntington Drive, Main Street, Las Tunas Drive; loop through San Gabriel via Mission Drive, Junipero Serra Drive	Temple City	1941-11-30	MTA Line 78
N	Shorb		Pasadena	Fair Oaks Avenue, Huntington Drive, Main Street, Palm Avenue	Shorb	1924-04-16	N/A
N	El Monte-Baldwin Park		6th & Main	Aliso Street, private ROW, Ramona Boulevard	Baldwin Park	1950-10-15	MTA Line 490
N	Covina		6th & Main	Aliso Street, private ROW, Ramona Boulevard, Badillo Street	Covina	1947-03-28 (cut back to Baldwin Park)	MTA Line 490
N	San Dimas		6th & Main	Aliso Street, private ROW, Ramona Boulevard, Badillo Street	Lone Hill	1941-11-01 (cut back to Covina)	MTA Line 490, Foothill Transit Line 492
N	San Dimas Local		Lone Hill	Private ROW	San Dimas	1924-07-04	N/A
N	Pomona		6th & Main	Aliso Street, private ROW, Ramona Boulevard, Badillo Street, private ROW, White Avenue	Pomona	1941-11-01 (cut back to Covina)	MTA Line 490, Foothill Transit Line 492
N	Pomona-Claremont		Pomona	Garey Avenue, private ROW, 1st Street	Claremont	1933-01-01	Foothill Transit Line 492
N	Ontario-Upland		Ontario		Upland	1928-10-06	N/A
N	Ontario-San Antonio Heights		Ontario		San Antonio Heights	1924-11-01 (cut back from San Antonio Heights to La Cima on 1924-07-03)	N/A
N	Upland-San Bernardino		6th & Main		San Bernardino	1941-11-01	MTA Line 190, Foothill Transit Line 492, Omnitrans Lines 66, 14
N	Redlands		6th & Main		Redlands	1936-07-20	MTA Line 190, Foothill Transit Line 492, Omnitrans Lines 66, 14, 8
N	Highland		San Bernardino		Highland	1933-09-01 (branch to Patton on 1924-06-01)	N/A
N	Arrowhead		San Bernardino		Arrowhead Springs	1932-09-01	N/A
N	San Bernardino-Riverside		San Bernardino		Riverside	1938-02-01	Omnitrans Line 215
N	Riverside-Rialto		6th & Main		Riverside	1940-06-09	N/A
N	Riverside-Arlington		Riverside		Arlington	1943-01-10	Riverside Transit Agency Line 1
N	Arlington-Corona		Arlington		Corona	1931-08-11	Riverside Transit Agency Line 1
W	Redondo Beach via Playa del Rey		Hill Street	Hill Street, Venice Boulevard, Culver Boulevard, Vista del Mar Avenue, The Strand, Hermosa Avenue, Harbor Drive, Catalina Avenue	Clifton	1940-05-12	Culver CityBus Line 7 (MTA Line 220 until 2006)
W	West 16th Street		Hill Street	Hill Street, Venice Boulevard (16th Street), San Vicente Boulevard	Vineyard (extended 1940-07-07 to Genesee Street)	1950-09-17 (Vineyard-Genesee Street shuttle remained until 1950-10-01)	MTA Line 733
W	Venice Short Line		Hill Street	Hill Street, Venice Boulevard, Pacific Avenue, Neilson Way, Ocean Avenue	Santa Monica	1950-09-17	MTA Line 733
W	Sawtelle		Hill Street	Hill Street, Venice Boulevard, San Vicente Boulevard, Burton Way, Santa Monica Boulevard	Santa Monica	1940-07-07	MTA Line 4; also Line 27 (Burton Way) until 2002
W	Venice-Inglewood		Ocean Park	Private ROW, Ballona Street	Inglewood	1919	N/A
W	Venice-Playa del Rey		Venice	Pacific Avenue	Playa del Rey	1936-07-13	N/A
W	Westgate		Hill Street	Hill Street, Venice Boulevard, San Vicente Boulevard, Burton Way, Santa Monica Boulevard, private ROW, San Vicente Boulevard, Ocean Avenue	Santa Monica	1940-06-30	Big Blue Bus Line 4 (MTA Line 22 until 2003)
W	Santa Monica Air Line		6th & Main	Long Beach Avenue, private ROW, Exposition Boulevard, private ROW	Santa Monica	1953	Expo Line in 2016-5-20
W	Beverly Hills		Subway Terminal or Hill Street	Glendale Boulevard or Hill Street, Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood Boulevard, Marshfield Way, private ROW, Santa Monica Boulevard	Beverly Hills	1954-09-26	MTA Line 217
W	Venice via Hollywood		Subway Terminal	Glendale Boulevard, Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood Boulevard, Marshfield Way, private ROW, Santa Monica Boulevard, Ocean Avenue, Neilson Way, Pacific Avenue	Venice	1941-08-23	N/A
W	Laurel Canyon		Hill Street	Hill Street, Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood Boulevard, Marshfield Way, private ROW, Sunset Boulevard	Laurel Canyon	1924-03-10	N/A
W	Soldiers' Home		Sawtelle	Private ROW	Soldiers' Home	1920	N/A
W	Coldwater Canyon		Beverly Hills	Rodeo Drive	Coldwater Canyon (Beverly Hills Hotel)	1923-01-15	N/A
W	South Hollywood-Sherman		Subway Terminal	Glendale Boulevard, Sunset Boulevard, Santa Monica Boulevard	Sherman	1953-05-31	MTA Line 4
W	Western and Franklin Avenue		Hill Street	Hill Street, Sunset Boulevard, Santa Monica Boulevard, Western Avenue, Franklin Avenue	Hollywood (Hollywood and Vine)	1940-03-17	MTA Line 26 (removed from Franklin Avenue in 2006)
W	Brush Canyon		Hollywood	Bronson Avenue, Canyon Drive	Brush Canyon	1918-08-06	N/A
W	Lankershim-Van Nuys		Subway Terminal	Glendale Boulevard, Sunset Boulevard, Santa Monica Boulevard, Highland Avenue, Hollywood Freeway, Vineland Avenue, Chandler Boulevard, Van Nuys Boulevard	Van Nuys	1952-12-28	MTA Line 156
W	Owensmouth		Subway Terminal	Glendale Boulevard, Sunset Boulevard, Santa Monica Boulevard, Highland Avenue, Hollywood Freeway, Vineland Avenue, Chandler Boulevard, Van Nuys Boulevard, Sherman Way	Canoga Park (Owensmouth)	1938-05-30	MTA Line 163
W	San Fernando		Subway Terminal	Glendale Boulevard, Sunset Boulevard, Santa Monica Boulevard, Highland Avenue, Hollywood Freeway, Vineland Avenue, Chandler Boulevard, Van Nuys Boulevard, Parthenia Street, Sepulveda Boulevard, Brand Boulevard	San Fernando	1938-05-30	MTA Line 234
W	Echo Park Avenue		Hill Street	Hill Street, Sunset Boulevard, Echo Park Avenue	Elysian Heights	1950-10-01	Downtown Area Short Hop Pico Union/Echo Park
W	Edendale Local		Subway Terminal	Glendale Boulevard	Edendale	1955-06-17 (served Arcade Station via 6th Street, Figueroa Street, 2nd Street rather than Subway Terminal until 1940-09-08)	MTA Line 92
W	Glendale		Subway Terminal	Glendale Boulevard, Brand Boulevard	North Glendale	1955-06-19	MTA Line 92
W	Burbank		Subway Terminal	Glendale Boulevard, Brand Boulevard, Glenoaks Boulevard	Burbank	1955-06-19 (cut back from Eton Drive on 1940-11-24)	MTA Line 92
W	East Broadway		Subway Terminal	Glendale Boulevard, Brand Boulevard, Broadway	Glendale	1946-12-24	N/A

Local lines

The Los Angeles Railway operated most local lines in central Los Angeles, but the Pacific Electric had local systems in a number of other areas:

East Washington

Long Beach

Pasadena

Pomona

Redlands

Riverside

San Bernardino

San Pedro

Santa Monica

Dual gauge track

The PE and the Los Angeles Railway shared some dual gauge 4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm)/3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) track along Hawthorne Boulevard, on Main Street and on 4th Street.

References

• Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California: Pacific Electric . accessed January 2008.
• ,Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California: "A Chronology of Changes in Rail Passenger Operations of the Pacific Electric Railway Company" . accessed January 2008.
• Line names primarily from the McGraw Transit Directory, 1920, p. 11.