Lamanda Park Line facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Lamanda Park
Pasadena Electric car running along Colorado Street, 1903
Overview
Owner	Southern Pacific Railroad
Locale	Southern California
Termini	Downtown Pasadena, California Lamanda Park, Pasadena, California
Stations	3 (plus additional stops)
Service
Type	Streetcar
System	Pacific Electric
Operator(s)	Pacific Electric
Rolling stock	Birney 300 Class (last used)
History
Opened	November 9, 1886 (1886-11-09)
Closed	January 19, 1941 (1941-01-19)
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Old gauge	3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Electrification	600 V DC Overhead lines

The Lamanda Park Line was a local line of the Pacific Electric Railway serving Pasadena until 1941.

History

The original 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) horsecar line was established by the Colorado Street Railway on November 9, 1886. Along with other Pasadena horsecar lines, it was purchased by the Pasadena and Los Angeles Electric Railway in 1894. Pasadena Electric succeeded the Pasadena and Los Angeles in 1902 and by 1903 the line had been electrified and converted to standard gauge.

A horsecar (left of center) runs on Colorado near the intersection of Oakland Avenue, 1890.

The Pasadena Electric was absorbed into the Pacific Electric in 1911 under terms of the Great Merger. In March 1936, the tracks east of Lamanda Park Junction were abandoned. The final car ran over the line early in the morning of January 19, 1941. The route was sold to Pasadena City Lines, a subsidiary of National City Lines, and the rails were removed and service replaced with buses.

Route

The line operated on Colorado Boulevard between Daisy Avenue and the Pasadena Pacific Electric station on Fair Oaks Drive. Services throughout the line's life were through routed to other Pasadena local lines or terminated in Downtown Pasadena. Running along the route of the Tournament of Roses Parade caused annual operational issues on New Year's Day, usually resulting in rail replacement bus services.

List of major stations