Santa Monica Air Line

The Santa Monica Air Line was an interurban railroad operated by the Pacific Electric between Santa Monica and downtown Los Angeles. Electric passenger service operated over the line between 1908 and 1953. After abandonment as a freight railroad, most of the route was converted to light rail for use by the Metro E Line.

Santa Monica Air Line
The Air Line looking west from Ivy station (later Culver Junction), with the junction and station building in the foreground, 1905
Overview
OwnerSouthern Pacific Railroad
LocaleLos Angeles
Termini
Stations15
Service
TypeInterurban
SystemPacific Electric
Operator(s)Pacific Electric
Daily ridership39 (weekdays, 1948)
History
OpenedJuly 1908
ClosedOctober 26, 1953
Technical
Line length16.88 mi (27.17 km)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification600 V DC Overhead lines
Route map

mi
0.00
Pacific Electric Building
Northern Division
 J   R   S 
 S 
Amoco
 7   8 
 F   5   9 
5.40
University
 V 
7.68
11th Avenue
Cienega
Airville
10.04
Sentous
11.16
Culver Junction
Winslow
12.20
Palms
Winship
14.87
Home Junction
Soldier's Home
15.25
Bergamot
16.18
Sunset
16.88
Santa Monica
19.20
Ocean Park
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