Santa Ana (Pacific Electric)

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, on the West Santa Ana Branch. Santa Ana's status as the county seat and largest city in Orange County (more than triple the size of Anaheim in the 1900 and 1910 censuses)[1][2] 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.

Santa Ana
A PE train on San Pedro Street, Los Angeles, en route to Santa Ana in the 1940s
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
Operator(s)
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 Pacific Electric Building to Northern Division  J   R   S   J   S  to Sierra Vista-Watts & South Pasadena Local Amoco Vernon Avenue  V  Slauson Junction Fleming Florencito Park Florence Nadeau Graham Latin Watts end of local service to Long Beach & San Pedro Palomar Modjeska Park Lynwood Lugo Morton Los Angeles River Michigan Avenue Paramount New York Avenue Crutcher Rendalia Bellflower terminus 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

List of major stations

Station	Major connections	Date opened	Date closed	City
Pacific Electric Building	Alhambra-San Gabriel, Annandale, Balboa, Fullerton, Hawthorne-El Segundo, La Habra-Yorba Linda, Long Beach, Monrovia-Glendora, Mount Lowe, Pasadena Short Line, Pasadena via Oak Knoll, Pomona, Redlands, Redondo via Gardena, Riverside-Rialto, San Pedro via Dominguez, San Pedro via Gardena, Santa Monica Air Line, Sierra Madre, Soldiers' Home, South Pasadena Local, Upland-San Bernardino, Whittier, LARy Routes B, H, J, R, 7, and 8	1905	1961	Los Angeles
Amoco	Balboa, Fullerton, Hawthorne-El Segundo, La Habra-Yorba Linda, Long Beach, Redondo via Gardena, San Pedro via Dominguez, San Pedro via Gardena, Santa Monica Air Line, Soldiers' Home, Whittier	1902	1961
Slauson Junction	Balboa, Fullerton, Hawthorne-El Segundo, La Habra-Yorba Linda, Long Beach, Redondo via Gardena, San Pedro via Dominguez, San Pedro via Gardena, Whittier	1902	1961
Watts	Balboa, Hawthorne-El Segundo, Long Beach, Redondo via Gardena, San Pedro via Dominguez, San Pedro via Gardena	1902	1961
Artesia		1911	1950	Artesia
Santa Ana	Santa Ana-Huntington Beach, Santa Ana-Orange	1911	1950	Santa Ana

References

1. http://worldpopulationreview.com/us-cities/santa-ana-population/
2. http://worldpopulationreview.com/us-cities/anaheim-population/