List of California street railroads

The following street, interurban, or other electric railways operated in California.

East Bay

  • Alameda, Oakland and Piedmont Railroad
  • Broadway, Berkeley and Piedmont Street Railroad
  • Brooklyn and Fruitvale Railroad
  • Claremont University and Ferris Street Railway
  • Fourteenth Street Railroad
  • Highland Park and Fruitvale Railway
  • Interurban Electric Railway
  • Key System
  • Oakland Cable Railway
  • Oakland Railroad
  • Oakland and Berkeley Rapid Transit Company
  • Oakland, Brooklyn and Fruitvale Railroad
  • Piedmont Cable Company
  • San Francisco, Oakland & San Jose Consolidated Railway
  • Alameda County Terminal Railway from part of the Alameda County Railway
  • East Shore and Suburban Railway
  • Oakland Traction Company 1906–1912
    • Berkeley Traction Company
    • Oakland Traction Consolidated 1904–1906
      • Oakland Transit Consolidated 1902–1904
        • Oakland Transit Company 1901
          • California Railway 1890–1901
            • Alameda and Oakland Horsecar Railroad 1870–1892
            • Oakland, Alameda and Laundry Farm Railroad 1888–1890
              • Alameda County Railway
          • Central Avenue Railway 1892–1898 narrow gauge Oakland
            • Central Avenue Railroad 1889–1892 narrow gauge proposed cable
          • Oakland Consolidated Street Railway
          • Central Avenue Railway
          • Piedmont and Mountain View Railway
          • East Oakland Street Railway
          • Highland Park and Fruitvale Railroad
          • Oakland Railroad
            • Oakland Cable Railway
            • San Pablo Railroad (San Pablo Avenue Horsecar Railroad)
        • Oakland, San Leandro and Hayward Electric Railway Consolidated
          • Oakland, San Leandro and Hayward Electric Railway
          • Twenty-Third Avenue Electric Railway
      • Webster Street and Park Railway/Webster and Lake Park Railroad

Los Angeles–San Bernardino

Main Street & Agricultural Park Railroad streetcar 21, 1896
  • Alhambra and Pasadena Street Railway
  • Anaheim Street Railway
  • Central and Boyle Heights Railroad
  • City Railway (Pasadena)
  • City Railway (San Bernardino)
  • Colorado Street Railway
  • Colton and San Bernardino Railway
  • Highland Railroad
  • Lake Shore Electric Railway
  • Los Angeles Consolidated Electric Railway
    • Consolidated Electric Railway
    • Depot Railway of Los Angeles
    • Electric Rapid Transit Company
      • Los Angeles Electric Railway
    • Los Angeles Cable Railway
    • Los Angeles and Vernon Street Railway
    • Mateo Street and Santa Fe Avenue Street Car Company
  • Main Street and Agricultural Park Railroad
  • Monrovia Street Railway
  • Ontario and San Antonio Heights Railway
  • Orange Grove Street Railroad
  • Pacific Railway
  • Pasadena Street Railroad
  • Redlands Street Railway
  • Riverside and Arlington Street Railway
  • San Antonio and Holt Avenue Railroad
  • San Bernardino, Arrowhead and Waterman Railway
  • Santa Ana, Orange and Tustin Street Railway
  • Second Street Cable Railroad
  • Southern California Motor Road Company
  • Temple Street Cable Railway
  • West Pasadena Railway
  • Los Angeles Railway a narrow gauge interurban
    • Central Railroad (of California)
      • City Railroad
        • Central and Boyle Heights Railroad Horsecar narrow gauge 1885
      • Spring and West Sixth Street Railroad 1874–1884 Horsecar narrow gauge
    • Los Angeles and Redondo Railway
      • Redondo Railway Company
        • Rosencrans Railroad Company
  • Pacific Electric Railway
    • Brooklyn Avenue Railway
    • East Ninth Street Railway
    • Los Angeles Inter-Urban Railway
      • California Pacific Railway narrow gauge 1899–1901 PE's Torrance Line
      • Los Angeles Traction
      • Los Angeles and Glendale Railway
      • California Pacific Railway
        • Santa Ana and Orange Motor Railway
        • San Gabriel Rapid Transit Railway
    • East Ninth Street Railway
    • Los Angeles and Pasadena Electric Railway/Los Angeles and Pasadena Railway
    • Los Angeles and Redondo Railway
    • Los Angeles Pacific Company
      • Pasadena and Pacific Railway Company of California
        • Los Angeles County Railroad
        • Ostrich Farm Railway
    • Pacific Electric Railway Company of Arizona
    • Pasadena and Mount Lowe Railway/Mount Lowe Railway
      • Pasadena and Mount Wilson Railway
    • Redlands Central Railway
    • Riverside and Arlington Railway
    • San Bernardino Interurban Railway
    • San Bernardino Valley Traction
      • Redlands Street Railway
      • San Bernardino and Highlands Electric Railway
    • Santa Ana and Orange Railway
    • Temple Street Cable Railway/Temple Street Railway narrow gauge 1885–1902
    • Terracina and Redlands Street Railway narrow gauge Mule Power 1892–1895 Property Sold to PE

Sacramento Valley

San Diego

A portion of the remaining abandoned track, and a sign placed by SANDAG after removal of a portion of the historical track was removed during the construction of the Bayshore Bikeway. Picture taken in Imperial Beach.
  • Coronado Railroad
  • Electric Rapid Transit Street Car Company
  • Los Angeles and San Diego Beach Railway
  • National City Street Car Company
  • San Diego Cable Railway
  • San Diego Electric Railway
  • San Diego Street Car Company
  • San Diego Street Railway
  • San Diego and Old Town Street Railway
  • San Diego, Old Town and Pacific Beach Railroad
  • San Diego and Pacific Beach Railway
  • San Diego, Pacific Beach and La Jolla Railway

San Francisco

Name From To Successor Notes
Bay Shore and South San Francisco Street Railway Ferries and Cliff House Railway
California Street Railroad 1884 California Street Cable Railroad
California Street Cable Railroad 1884[1] 1951 San Francisco Municipal Railway
Central Railroad 1863[2] 1893[3] Market Street Railway
City Railroad 1863[2] 1893[3] Market Street Railway
Clay Street Hill Railroad Ferries and Cliff House Railway
Ferries and Cliff House Railway 1887[3] 1893[3] Market Street Railway
Front Street. Mission and Ocean Railroad 1863 Sutter Street Railway
Geary Street, Park and Ocean Railroad 1878[2] 1912[1] San Francisco Municipal Railway
Gough Street Railroad
Market Street Cable Railway 1882[2] 1893[3] Market Street Railway
Market Street Railway San Francisco Municipal Railway
Market Street Railway 1893[3] 1902[1] United Railroads of San Francisco
Market Street Railway 1882 Market Street Cable Railway
Market Street and Fairmount Railway 1886[3] 1893[3] Market Street Railway
Metropolitan Railway 1891[3] Market Street Railway
North Beach and Mission Railroad 1862[3] 1893[3] Market Street Railway
Ocean Beach Railway 1885[2] 1893[3] Market Street Railway
Ocean Shore Railroad 1911[1]
Ocean Shore Railway 1911[1] Ocean Shore Railroad
Omnibus Cable Company 1888[3] 1893[3] Market Street Railway
Omnibus Railroad Omnibus Railroad and Cable Company
Omnibus Railroad and Cable Company Omnibus Cable Company
Park and Cliff House Railway 1888 Ferries and Cliff House Railway
Park and Ocean Railroad 1883[2] 1893[3] Market Street Railway
Parkside Transit Company 1909[1] San Francisco Electric Railways
Potrero and Bay View Railroad 1866[2] 1893[3] Market Street Railway
Presidio and Ferries Railroad 1882[3] 1914[1] San Francisco Municipal Railway
San Francisco Electric Railways 1909[1] Gough Street Railroad[4]
San Francisco Municipal Railway
San Francisco and San Mateo Railway 1896[3] San Francisco and San Mateo Electric Railway
San Francisco and San Mateo Electric Railway 1896[3] 1902[1] United Railroads of San Francisco
South San Francisco Railroad and Power Company 1903[1]
Southern Heights and Visitacion Railway 1892[3] 1893[3] Market Street Railway
Sutro Railroad 1902[1] United Railroads of San Francisco
Sutter Street Railway 1879[3] 1902[1] United Railroads of San Francisco
Telegraph Hill Railroad 1886 N/A
United Railroads of San Francisco 1902[1] Market Street Railway

San Jose

  • Peninsular Railway Company
    • Peninsular Railroad
    • San Jose-Los Gatos Interurban Railway Company
    • Santa Clara Interurban Railroad
  • San Jose Railroads
    • San Jose and Santa Clara County Railway
      • Alum Rock Railway Company
        • San Jose and Alum Rock Park Motor Company
      • First Street and San Pedro Street Railroad
      • First Street and Willow Glen Railroad
      • North Side Horse Railroad
      • People's Railroad
      • South East Side Horse Railroad Company<!-–?-->
    • San Jose Railway Company
      • San Jose Railroad Company
      • Willow Glen Railroad Company

Other cities and towns

Eureka
  • Eureka Street Railroad
Fresno
Paso Robles
  • Paso Robles Street Railway
Sacramento
  • Central Electric Railway
  • Central Street Railway
  • Highland Park Railway
  • Sacramento City Street Railroad
San Luis Obispo
  • San Luis Street Railway
  • San Luis Obispo Street Railway
Santa Barbara
  • Santa Barbara Street Railroad
  • Santa Barbara and Citizens' Street Railroad
Santa Cruz
  • East Santa Cruz Street Railway
  • Pacific Avenue Railroad
  • Santa Cruz, Garfield Park and Capitola Electric Railway
Santa Rosa
  • Santa Rosa Street Railway
  • South Side Street Railway
Stockton

Proposed lines

  • Bakersfield and Ventura Railway Electric 1902
  • Bay and Coast Railway 1899 narrow gauge Electric & Common Carrier
  • Bay Counties Electric Railroad 1905–1907
  • Bay Counties Power Company Electric 1902
  • Benicia Land and Terminal Railway 1914 Electric
  • Big Four Electric Railway 1912–1914
  • California Electric Railway 1909
  • California Pacific Railroad (of 1901) Los Angeles–San Pedro
  • California Rapid Transit Railroad 1907 San Francisco–San Jose–Monterey & San Jose–Martinez
  • California Terminal Railway 1914–1915/1916 San Francisco-Marin/Sonoma/Napa/Yolo/Sacramento Counties
  • Sausalito Incline Street Railway 1914 Cable/Electric Sausalito
  • Scotts Creek Railway 1908 Santa Cruz County
  • Sierra County Railroad 1911 Sacramento–Sierra
  • Sonoma and Lake County Electric Railway Lakeport–Cloverdale 1907
  • Sonoma and Lake County Railroad (of 1907) Lakeport–Cloverdale
  • Highland Pacific Railroad 1909
    • Sonoma and Lake County Railway 1909 Lakeport–Cloverdale–Preston
  • Southern California Beach Railway 1912–1914 Colton–San Diego
  • Stockton and Bay City Short Line Railroad 1911–1912 Stockton–Byron–Antioch–Oakland
  • Stockton and Lodi Terminal Railroad 1895 Stockton–Lodi
  • Tidewater Northern Railway 1909–1910 Santa Monica–Ventura
  • Tulare County Power Company 1911–1912
  • Turlock Traction Company 1911 Turlock–Denair
  • Union Belt Railway 1906 Sacramento
  • University Heights Motor Road 1886–1888 San Diego
  • Vallejo Traction Company 1910 Vallejo
  • Valley Railroad 1912 Red Bluff–Woodland–Davis–Dixon to connect with Oakland, Antioch and Eastern Railway
  • Ventura Terminal Railway 1907/1908
  • Yosemite Park Electric Railway 1904
  • Yucaipa and Oak Glen Railroad 1908 Standard or narrow gauge Electric Yucaipa–Redlands

References

  1. McGraw Publishing Company, McGraw Electric Railway Manual, 1914, pp. 11-26
  2. Henry V. Poor, Manual of the Railroads of the United States, 1891, pp. 1157-1163
  3. McGraw Publishing Company, American Street Railway Investments, 1903, pp. 9-14
  4. Report - San Francisco (Calif.). Bureau of Engineering - Google Boeken. 1929. Retrieved 2012-09-14.
  5. "Ojai Valley Museum History Timeline". Ojaivalleymuseum.org. 1917-04-07. Archived from the original on 2012-07-27. Retrieved 2012-09-15.

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