1873-1910 The Street Railway History of Los Angeles 1873 Spring & Sixth Street Railroad Co. 1885-1889 Second Street Cable Railroad 1886 Pasadena Street Railroad Company North Fair Oaks Avenue Line (horsecar) 1886-1888 Colorado Street Railway Company East Colorado Street Line (horsecar), South Loop Line (horsecar) 1886-1898 Temple Street Cable Railway 1886-1894 Los Angeles Electric Railway (Pico Electric Railway), Electric Rapid Transit Company, The Belt Line Railway Company 1886-1894 Los Angeles and Pacific Railway (Los Angeles Ostrich Farm Railway Company, Los Angeles County Railway Company) 1886-1901 Santa Ana, Orange & Tustin Street Railway Company, The Santa Ana & Orange Motor Company, The International Railway Company 1886-1911 Riverside & Arlington (Crescent City Railway Company, Hall's Addition Railway Company, Riverside Railway Company, San Bernardino Interurban Railway Company) 1887-1893 City Railway Company of Pasadena North Fair Oaks Avenue Line 1887-1893 San Gabriel Valley Rapid Transit Railroad 1888 Highland Railroad Company North Lake Avenue Line, North Loop Line, Arroyo Seco Line 1888 West Second Street Cable Railway 1888 Pacific Railway Company 1889-1896 Los Angeles Cable Railway Company, Pacific Railway Company 1890-1895 Los Angeles Consolidated Electric Railway Company - LACE 1891 West Pasadena Railway Company West Colorado & Orange Grove Avenue Line 1892-1938 Pasadena & Mount Wilson Railway, Pasadena and Mount Lowe Railway, Pacific Electric Mt. Lowe Division 1894-1902 Pasadena & Los Angeles Electric Railway, Los Angeles & Pasadena Electric Railway Company, Electric Express & Storage Company 1895-1910 Los Angeles Railway Company - LARy 1895-1903 Los Angeles Traction Company 1897-1902 Los Angeles & Pasadena Electric Railway, Pasadena Electric 1896-1911 Los Angeles Pacific 1899-1953 Pacific Electric 1899-1903 Redlands Street Railway 1901-1908 Playa Del Rey Incline 1901-1911 Los Angeles & Redondo 1901-1969, 1996-2001, 2010- Angels Flight 1903-1910 Los Angeles Inter-Urban Railway (The Los Angeles & Glendale Electric Railway Company, The Los Angeles Traction Company) 1903-1911 Redlands Central Railway 1903-1911 San Bernardino Valley Traction Company 1904-1943 Court Flight 1904-1918, 1921-1923 Santa Catalina Incline Railway (Island Mountain Railway, Angel's Flight) 1905 Mount Hollywood Scenic Railway company 1907-1918 Montecito Railroad Company 1909-1919 Los Angeles & Mt. Washington Incline Railway 1909-1930 Glendale & Montrose (Glendale & Eagle Rock) 1910-1912 Laurel Canyon Utilities Company 1910-1929 Santa Monica—Ocean Park—Venice Electric Tram 1910-1945 Los Angeles Railway Corporation - LARy 1916-1953 White Bus Lines, Motor Transit Company, Pacific Electric Motor Transit Lines 1923-1949 Los Angeles Motor Bus Company, Los Angeles Motor Coach Company 1945-1958 Los Angeles Transit Lines - LATL 1953-1958 Metropolitan Coach Lines - MCL, Asbury Rapid Transit (1954-on) 1958-1963 Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority - LAMTA - MTA I 1963-1993 Southern California Rapid Transit District (No rail operations until Blue Line.) 1993-on Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority - LACMTA - MTA II - Metro 1999-on Los Angeles to Pasadena Blue Line Construction Authority on to Montclair Los Angeles Traction Color Chart    ERHA Site Map A word about the ERHA Archive   Other sites of related interest: Southern California History Sites Rail Interest Sites Privacy