Los Angeles

Chronology

08.2025	Construction has begun on the new 18-mile North Hollywood – Pasadena Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line. The route has 22 stops and connects the following cities: North Hollywood, Burbank, Glendale, Eagle Rock and Pasadena. The route will have transfers to the G Line in North Hollywood and the A Line, Memorial Park stop. The route will be served by 16 units of 40-foot electric buses, located in Metro Division 9. Currently, construction is in the design and utility survey phase. The planned opening date is 2028.
25.07.2025	Metro Line D has reopened. Trains will run at intervals of 8 to 12 minutes, as was previously the custom. The express bus route has been canceled.
17.06.2025	J Line and electric bus services have been fully resumed. Metro Local bus routes are expected to return to service closer to June 20.
13.06.2025	Light rail service has been restored, and the Chinatown, Union Station, and Little Tokyo/Arts District stations have reopened. However, bus routes 4, 28, 33, 40, 45, 70, 78, and 92 remain suspended. J Line buses and electric buses continue to be rerouted around the downtown area.
08.06.2025	Union Station, Chinatown, and Little Tokyo/Arts District stations on the A and E light rail lines are temporarily closed due to migrant protests that have erupted in Downtown Los Angeles. Express buses and J Line electric buses are being rerouted, resulting in travel times increasing by approximately 20 minutes. Bus routes 4, 28, 33, 40, 45, 70, 78, and 92 are currently suspended.
	All Entries

Pacific Electric

×	Pacific Electric Railway Co. 1911 Pacific Electric Railway Co. → 1953–1958 Metropolitan Coach Lines	List of the models Vehicles without photos
V	Torrance Shops 1917–1955; this list contains only cars stored and/or rebuilt at Torrance before entering service	List of the models Vehicles without photos
V	Pacific Electric Railway (pre-1911) 1899–1911. Consolidated into new Pacific Electric Railway Co. in 1911	List of the models Vehicles without photos
	Entire list	List of the models Vehicles without photos

Metro Rail

•	Metro Rail Division 11 Blue(A) Line	List of the models Vehicles without photos
•	Metro Rail Division 14 Expo(E) Line	List of the models Vehicles without photos
•	Metro Rail Division 16 Green(C) and Pink(K) Line	List of the models Vehicles without photos
•	Metro Rail Division 21 Expo(E) Line	List of the models Vehicles without photos
•	Metro Rail Division 22 Pink(K) Line	List of the models Vehicles without photos
•	Metro Rail Division 24 Blue(A) Line	List of the models Vehicles without photos
	Entire list	List of the models Vehicles without photos

Los Angeles — City and Suburban Operators

×	Los Angeles Railway Co. 1895–1945. 1945 to Los Angeles Transit Lines	List of the models Vehicles without photos
×	Los Angeles Transit Lines 1945–1958. 1958 to Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority	List of the models Vehicles without photos
×	Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority 1958–1963	List of the models Vehicles without photos
×	Main, Fifth & San Pedro Street Railway Co. 1897–1899. In operation 1898. 1899 to Pacific Electric Co.	List of the models Vehicles without photos
×	Los Angeles Traction Co. 1896–1903. 1903 to Los Angeles Inter-Urban Electric Railway Co.	List of the models Vehicles without photos
×	Main Street & Agricultural Park Railroad Co. 1874–1898. In operation 1875. Electrified 1897. 1898 to Los Angeles Railway Co.	List of the models Vehicles without photos
×	Los Angeles Consolidated Electric Railway Co. 1890 Consolidated Electric Railway Co. → 1893–1895 Los Angeles Consolidated Electric Railway Co. 1895 to Los Angeles Railway Co.	List of the models Vehicles without photos
×	Los Angeles Cable Railway Co. 1887–1893. 1893 to Los Angeles Consolidated Electric Railway Co.	List of the models Vehicles without photos
×	City Railroad Co. 1883–1887.1887 to Los Angeles Cable Railway Co.	List of the models Vehicles without photos
×	Spring & West Sixth Street Railroad Co. 1873–1884. In operation 1874. 1884 to Central Railroad Co.	List of the models Vehicles without photos
×	Central Railroad Co. 1883–1887. In operation 1884. 1887 to Los Angeles Cable Railway Co.	List of the models Vehicles without photos
	Entire list	List of the models Vehicles without photos

Los Angeles — Interurbans

×	Los Angeles & Redondo Railway Co. 1902–1911. Merged into Pacific Electric Railway	List of the models Vehicles without photos
×	Los Angeles Pacific Railroad Co. 1894 Pasadena & Pacific Railway Co. → 1898–1911 Los Angeles Pacific Railroad Co. Merged into Pacific Electric Railway	List of the models Vehicles without photos
×	Los Angeles Inter-Urban Electric Railway Co. 1903–1910	List of the models Vehicles without photos
	Entire list	List of the models Vehicles without photos

Los Angeles — Miscellaneous

×	Pacific Electric Waterfront Red Car Line 19.07.2003 – 27.06.2015	List of the models Vehicles without photos
•	The Grove Shopping Center	List of the models Vehicles without photos
M	Travel Town	List of the models Vehicles without photos
M	Electric Railway Historical Association	List of the models Vehicles without photos
M	Red Car Museum	List of the models Vehicles without photos
×	20th Century Fox Studios	List of the models Vehicles without photos
×	Metro Goldwyn-Mayer Studios	List of the models Vehicles without photos
×	Warner Brothers Studios	List of the models Vehicles without photos
	Entire list	List of the models Vehicles without photos

Glendale

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Glendale & Montrose Railway Co. 1909 Glendale and Eagle Rock Railway Co. → 1914–1930 Glendale & Montrose Railway Co.

List of the models Vehicles without photos

All vehicles in the city

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×	Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority	List of the models Vehicles without photos
×	Laurel Canyon line 1910–1915	List of the models Vehicles without photos
	All vehicles in the city	List of the models Vehicles without photos

Metro Rail

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Metro Rail Division 20 Red and Purple Lines

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Disneyland Monorail Opened 14.07.1959

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•	Angels Flight Funicular Railway	List of the models Vehicles without photos
•	Getty Center Hovertrain Funicular Opened in december 1997.	List of the models Vehicles without photos
	All vehicles in the city	List of the models Vehicles without photos

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LAX Automated People Mover 9x4 car Bombardier Innovia APM 300 trains

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Educational institutions

•	Sun-Valley Bus Garage LAUSD	List of the models Vehicles without photos
•	San-Julian Bus Garage LAUSD	List of the models Vehicles without photos
•	UCLA Bruin Bus	List of the models Vehicles without photos
	Entire list	List of the models Vehicles without photos

•	Metro Division 1 Metro Local	List of the models Vehicles without photos
•	Metro Division 8 G(Orange) Line	List of the models Vehicles without photos
•	Metro Division 9 J(Silver) Line	List of the models Vehicles without photos
•	Metro Division 13 Metro Local	List of the models Vehicles without photos
•	Metro Division 18 J(Silver) Line	List of the models Vehicles without photos
•	Foothill Transit Serving Los Angeles and surrounding areas	List of the models Vehicles without photos
•	Transit Systems Unlimited	List of the models Vehicles without photos
•	Los Angeles Department of Transportation DASH & Commuter express	List of the models Vehicles without photos
•	Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)	List of the models Vehicles without photos
	Entire list	List of the models Vehicles without photos

All vehicles in the city

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Maps

• Maps
• Maps and Plans

City Photo Galleries

• Construction of Line D metro stations
• Electric Bus Infrastructure
• Reconstruction of Van-Nuys G Line station
• The Grove Trolley
• Tram lines and infrastructure
• Old photos
• Miscellaneous Photos PE
• Carhouses and Shops
• Lines and Stations
• Angels Flight Funicular Railway
• Getty Center Hovertrain Funicular
• Knott's Berry Farm Cable Cars 1955-1979
• Tickets
• Miscellaneous photos

Rapid Transit

• Metro Red and Purple Lines

New Photos

All updates

Information

Pacific Electric is now listed as a separate system.

Sources

1. Jim Walker. The Yellow Cars of Los Angeles: A Roster of Streetcars of Los Angeles Railway and Successors from the 1890s to 1963 (Interurbans Special #43). Published by Pentrex Media Group, 1977.

2. Alan Lind. From Horsecars to Streamliners: An Illustrated History of the St. Louis Car Company. Park Forest, IL: Transport History Press, 1978.

3. Harold E. Cox. The Birney Car. Forty Fort, PA: Author, 1966.

See also: a personal site of Dr. Harold E. Cox with author’s books and car builders’ order lists: http://streetcars.telcen.com/

Video

• The Los Angeles Subway is My Least Favorite Subway in the United States
• Getty Center Tram, Los Angeles
• The LightRail in Los Angeles, California
• The Subway in Los Angeles, California, 2018

Active Photographers of the City

1st place: Rifis — 397 photos
2nd place: Palal — 33 photos
3rd place: Ymtram — 13 photos

Full list of photographers