Santa Ana (Pacific Electric)

Santa Ana
Overview
Type	Light rail
System	Pacific Electric
Locale	Los Angeles, and Orange County, California
Termini	Downtown Los Angeles Santa Ana, California
Stations	30
Daily ridership	1,046,974 (last count)
Operation
Opened	1905
Closed	1950
Owner	Southern Pacific Railroad
Rolling stock	PE 300-400 Class (last used)
Technical
Line length	34 miles
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead lines
Route map Legend Pacific Electric Building J R S J S Amoco Vernon Avenue V Slauson Junction Fleming Florencito Park Florence Nadeau Graham Latin Wattsend local service Long Beach San Pedro Palomar Modjeska Park Lynwood Lugo Morton Los Angeles River Michigan Avenue Paramount New York Avenue Crutcher Rendalia Bellflowerterminus 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 Santa Ana Santa Ana SP Depot

Santa Ana was a route of the Pacific Electric Railway, constructed in 1905 and bought by Pacific Electric in 1911, running from the Pacific Electric Building in Los Angeles to the Southern Pacific depot in Santa Ana, California. Santa Ana's location as the premier city of Orange County allowed the route to be the most heavily trafficked in the region by far. By 1950, service had halved from its peak only five years earlier and cut back to a minor station in Bellflower. This service was appropriated by the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority in 1958, the same year it was discontinued.

List of major stations

Pacific Electric Routes Northern Division Alhambra-San Gabriel Annandale Arlington-Corona Arrowhead Covina East Washington El Monte-Baldwin Park Highland Lamanda Park Monrovia-Glendora Mount Lowe North Lake Pasadena Short Line Pasadena via Oak Knoll Ontario-San Antonio Heights Ontario-Upland Pomona Pomona-Claremont Redlands Riverside-Arlington Riverside-Rialto San Bernardino-Riverside San Dimas San Dimas Local Shorb Sierra Madre Sierra Vista Local South Pasadena Local Upland-San Bernardino Western Division Beverly Hills Brush Canyon Coldwater Canyon Echo Park Avenue Edendale Local Glendale-Burbank Lankershim-Van Nuys Laurel Canyon Owensmouth Redondo Beach via Playa del Rey San Fernando Santa Monica Air Line Sawtelle Sherman Soldiers' Home Venice-Inglewood Venice-Playa del Rey Venice Short Line West 16th Street Western and Franklin Avenue Westgate Southern Division American Avenue Balboa Bellflower Catalina Dock East Seventh Street East Third Street Fullerton Hawthorne-El Nido Hawthorne-El Segundo Huntington Beach-La Bolsa La Habra-Yorba Linda Long Beach Long Beach-San Pedro Redondo via Gardena San Pedro via Dominguez San Pedro via Gardena Santa Ana Santa Ana-Huntington Beach Santa Ana-Orange Seal Beach Seal Beach-Huntington Beach-Newport Beach Terminal Island Torrance Watts Whittier Notable Belmont Tunnel / Toluca Substation and Yard Pacific Electric Building Pacific Electric Railroad Bridge Substation No. 8 Strike of 1903 Subway Terminal Building Watts Station Related Predecessors Los Angeles Inter-Urban Electric Railway Monrovia Rapid Transit Company Mount Lowe Railway Pasadena and Pacific Santa Ana, Orange & Tustin Street Railway Los Angeles and Independence Railroad Connecting Glendale and Montrose Railway Los Angeles Railway Successors Los Angeles Metro LAMTA OCTA Omnitrans Port of LA Waterfront Red Car SCRTD