Pacific Electric Railway

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electric railway interurban railway system public transit operator

The Pacific Electric Railway was a vast early 20th-century interurban electric rail system centered in Los Angeles, famed for its iconic “Red Cars” that once formed one of the largest electric railway networks in the world.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Pacific Electric Railway (controlling interest) 1
Pacific Electric Railway system 1

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf electric railway ⓘ
interurban railway system ⓘ
public transit operator ⓘ
colorScheme red ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dissolved 1960s ⓘ
electrification overhead line ⓘ
founder Henry E. Huntington NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart Glendale–Burbank Line NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hollywood Line NERFINISHED ⓘ
Long Beach Line NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pasadena Short Line NERFINISHED ⓘ
San Bernardino Line NERFINISHED ⓘ
Santa Monica Air Line NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation Los Angeles, California NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritage precursor to modern Los Angeles Metro Rail routes ⓘ
inception 1901 ⓘ
influenced Los Angeles urban development ⓘ
locatedIn Los Angeles, California NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pacific Electric Building, downtown Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ
networkType interurban ⓘ
streetcar ⓘ
nicknamed Red Cars NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor being one of the largest electric railway systems in the world ⓘ
extensive interurban passenger service ⓘ
iconic red streetcars and interurban cars ⓘ
operator Southern Pacific Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ
ownedBy Southern Pacific Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ
passengerServiceEnd 1961 ⓘ
peakEra 1920s ⓘ
peakRouteLength over 1,000 miles of track ⓘ
primaryHub Pacific Electric Building NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryTerminal Pacific Electric Building NERFINISHED ⓘ
railGauge standard gauge ⓘ
rollingStockType interurban cars ⓘ
streetcars ⓘ
servedCity Burbank NERFINISHED ⓘ
Glendale NERFINISHED ⓘ
Huntington Beach NERFINISHED ⓘ
Long Beach NERFINISHED ⓘ
Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ
Newport Beach NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pasadena NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pomona NERFINISHED ⓘ
Redlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Riverside NERFINISHED ⓘ
San Bernardino NERFINISHED ⓘ
San Gabriel Valley communities ⓘ
San Pedro NERFINISHED ⓘ
Santa Ana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Santa Monica NERFINISHED ⓘ
Whittier NERFINISHED ⓘ
servedRegion Greater Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ
serviceArea Los Angeles County NERFINISHED ⓘ
Orange County NERFINISHED ⓘ
Riverside County NERFINISHED ⓘ
San Bernardino County NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ventura County NERFINISHED ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
successor Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southern Pacific freight operations ⓘ
traction electric ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Los Angeles Railway → competedWith → Pacific Electric Railway ⓘ
Red Car Trolley → inspiredBy → Pacific Electric Railway ⓘ
former Pacific Electric Santa Monica Air Line → operator → Pacific Electric Railway ⓘ
subject surface form: Pacific Electric Santa Monica Air Line
SP → owned → Pacific Electric Railway ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Pacific Railroad
this entity surface form: Pacific Electric Railway (controlling interest)
former Pacific Electric Santa Monica Air Line → partOf → Pacific Electric Railway ⓘ
subject surface form: Pacific Electric Santa Monica Air Line
this entity surface form: Pacific Electric Railway system