In 1953, Pacific Electric sold its remaining Red Cars to a private bus line, which was bought out five years later by the state-owned Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority for $33.3 million.

In 1911, Pacific Electric Railway Company rolled out service to the Valley, ... Weeks and several friends departed the Subway Terminal Building behind the last Van Nuys passenger car at 1:20 a.m.

Ninety years ago today, the Pacific Electric Subway opened in Los Angeles, connecting the city’s growing transit network with a 1.9-mile tunnel. The Pacific Electric system—nicknamed the ...

Pacific Electric renovation -- A Nov. 5 Business section story on the renovation of the former Pacific Electric building in Los Angeles stated that the last car left the Main Street terminal in 1950.

Explore the depths of L.A.'s forgotten railway tunnels and learn why they were abandoned. As automobile ownership was on a steady rise in 1920s Los Angeles, Pacific Electric Railway developers ...

But while the current setup isn't too impressive, it does have some noble ancestry: the Pacific Electric Red Car and Los Angeles Railway Yellow Car lines, which ran from the end of the 19th ...

Next summer, when the first phase of the project is scheduled to be complete, there will be a Route 66 themed bridge to replace the 81-year-old Pacific Electric […] Skip to content All Sections ...