A PE train on San Pedro Street, Los Angeles, en route to Santa Ana in the 1940s
Overview
Owner
Los Angeles Inter-Urban Electric Railway (1905–1911)Pacific Electric (1911–1953)Metropolitan Coach Lines (1953–1958)Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority (1958)
Line number
11 (to 1958) 34 (1958)
Locale
Los Angeles and Orange County, California
Termini
Downtown Los Angeles
Santa Ana, California Bellflower, California (after 1950)
Stations
30
Service
Type
Interurban
System
Pacific Electric
Operator(s)
Pacific Electric
Rolling stock
PE 300–400 Class (last used)
History
Opened
November 6, 1905
Closed
July 2, 1950 (to Santa Ana) May 24, 1958
Technical
Line length
34 mi (55 km)
Number of tracks
1–4[1]
Track gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification
600 V DC Overhead lines
Route map
Legend
Pacific Electric Building
to Northern Division
JRS
JS
to
Sierra Vista–Watts &
South Pasadena Local
Amoco
Air Line
Vernon Avenue
V
Slauson Junction
Whittier / Fullerton
Fleming
Florencita Park
Florence
Nadeau
Graham
Latin
Watts
end of
local service
to Long Beach & San Pedro
Palomar
Modjeska Park
Lynwood
Lugo
Morton
Los Angeles River
Michigan Avenue
Paramount
New York Avenue
Crutcher
Rendalia
Bellflower
terminus
after 1950
Woodruff Avenue
Palo Verde
San Gabriel River
Gallina
Dolley
Artesia
Thornton
Crescenta
Coyote Creek
Bingham
Moody
Cypress
Halcon
Shirley
Hanson
Lobo
Stanton
Vignolo
Cordoniz
Harperville
Mesto
Metate
Garden Grove
Dueno
Buaro
Willowick Golf Course
Santa Ana River
West Santa Ana
to Orange
Santa Ana
to Huntington Beach
Substation No. 14
Santa Ana SP Depot
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The Santa Ana Line was an interurban railway route connecting Los Angeles and Santa Ana in Orange County. It ran between 1905 and 1958 (with the southern end truncated to Bellflower in 1950) and was predominantly operated by the Pacific Electric Railway for its history.
^"1981 Inventory of Pacific Electric Routes" (PDF). Caltrans. February 1982. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
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