For public transportation in Bakersfield after 1973, see Golden Empire Transit. For regional public transportation in Kern County, see Kern Regional Transit.
Bakersfield and Kern Electric Railway
Overview
Locale
Bakersfield, California
Transit type
Streetcar, Bus
Number of lines
5 streetcar, 3 bus (1915)
Annual ridership
1.4 million (1915)
Operation
Began operation
May 1888 (1888-05)
Ended operation
February 28, 1942 (1942-02-28) (Streetcar)
Number of vehicles
23 (Total number of streetcars)
Train length
1 Car
Headway
15–20 minutes
Technical
System length
10.51 mi (16.91 km)
Track gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification
550-volt DC Overhead lines
Average speed
25 mph (40 km/h)
The Bakersfield and Kern Electric Railway was a streetcar company which operated between Bakersfield and Sumner (later Kern City), in California. Later, after Kern City was annexed by Bakersfield, the streetcar company operated completely in Bakersfield. The company was originally formed in 1887, under the name Bakersfield and Sumner Railroad. At its height, in 1915, the company operated five streetcar lines, totaling 10.5 miles (16.9 km). It also operated three feeder bus lines, one of the first companies in the nation to offer that type of service. Also, with the exception of one-way sections, the entire system was double tracked.
The company discontinued streetcar service in 1942, having replaced them with buses. The current provider of mass transit for Bakersfield, Golden Empire Transit, is the latest of an unbroken line of owners of the company.
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