Los Angeles Red Cars

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Los Angeles Red Cars were a historic electric streetcar and interurban railway system that once formed a vast public transit network across Los Angeles and Southern California.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf electric railway ⓘ
interurban railway system ⓘ
public transit network ⓘ
streetcar system ⓘ
alsoKnownAs PE ⓘ
Pacific Electric Railway ⓘ
color red ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
declineFactors highway construction ⓘ
rise of automobile use ⓘ
shift to bus transit ⓘ
electrification overhead line ⓘ
endDate 1961 ⓘ
fareSystem flat fare on many lines ⓘ
finalService remaining suburban lines closed in 1961 ⓘ
founder Henry E. Huntington ⓘ
heritagePreservation routes commemorated in historical studies of Los Angeles transit ⓘ
some cars preserved in railway museums ⓘ
legacy influenced modern Los Angeles Metro Rail routes ⓘ
symbol of historic transit in Southern California ⓘ
location Los Angeles ⓘ
Southern California ⓘ
networkType interurban and streetcar ⓘ
notableLine Hollywood line ⓘ
linked to: Hollywood Line

Los Angeles–Long Beach line ⓘ
linked to: Long Beach Line

Pasadena Short Line ⓘ
San Bernardino line ⓘ
Santa Monica Air Line ⓘ
operator Pacific Electric Railway Company ⓘ
ownedBy Southern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
peakRouteLength over 1,000 miles ⓘ
over 1,600 kilometers ⓘ
servedCity Burbank ⓘ
linked to: Burbank, California

Glendale ⓘ
Long Beach ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ
Pasadena ⓘ
Redlands ⓘ
Riverside ⓘ
San Bernardino ⓘ
Santa Monica ⓘ
servedRegion Los Angeles County ⓘ
Orange County ⓘ
Riverside County ⓘ
San Bernardino County ⓘ
Ventura County ⓘ
serviceType commuter rail-like service ⓘ
interurban express service ⓘ
local streetcar service ⓘ
startDate 1901 ⓘ
trackGauge standard gauge ⓘ
traction electric ⓘ

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Red Car Trolley → inspiredBy → Los Angeles Red Cars ⓘ