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Whittier (Pacific Electric)

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Type
  
Light rail

Locale
  
Southern California

Opened
  
November 7, 1903

Line length
  
27,922 m

System
  
Pacific Electric

Daily ridership
  
1,139,480 (peak, 1923)

Closed
  
1935

Electrification
  
Overhead line

Owner
  
Southern Pacific Transportation Company

Terminis
  
Whittier, Pacific Electric Building

The Whittier line was a line on the Pacific Electric Railway that operated between 1904 and 1935. The line served Downtown Los Angeles and Whittier via Huntington Park, Rivera, and Los Nietos. Due to its roundabout route, the line quickly lost out to bus and automobile service along Whittier Boulevard.

Mileages

Times as of 1931

References

Whittier (Pacific Electric) Wikipedia