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street A street is a public thoroughfare in a built environment. It is a public parcel of land adjoining buildings in an urban context, on which people may freely assemble, interact, and move about. A street can be as simple as a level patch of dirt, ...
, 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 Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, behi ...
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Claremont University and Ferris Street Railway Claremont may refer to: Places Australia *Claremont, Ipswich, a heritage-listed house in Queensland * Claremont, Tasmania, a suburb of Hobart * Claremont, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth ** Claremont Football Club, West Australian Footbal ...
* Fourteenth Street Railroad * Highland Park and Fruitvale Railway *
Interurban Electric Railway The East Bay Electric Lines were a unit of the Southern Pacific Railroad that operated electric interurban-type trains in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area.Tufveson.Ford (1977). Beginning in 1862, the SP and its predecessors opera ...
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Key System The Key System (or Key Route) was a privately owned company that provided mass transit in the cities of Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda, Emeryville, Piedmont, San Leandro, Richmond, Albany, and El Cerrito in the eastern San Francisco Bay Area fr ...
* Oakland Cable Railway * Oakland Railroad * Oakland and Berkeley Rapid Transit Company * Oakland, Brooklyn and Fruitvale Railroad *
Piedmont Cable Company it, Piemontese , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = , demographics1_footnotes = , demographics1_title1 = , demographics1_info1 = , demographics1_title2 ...
* San Francisco, Oakland & San Jose Consolidated Railway *
Alameda County Terminal Railway An alameda is a street or path lined with trees () and may refer to: Places Canada * Alameda, Saskatchewan, town in Saskatchewan ** Grant Devine Dam, formerly ''Alameda Dam'', a dam and reservoir in southern Saskatchewan Chile * Alameda (Santia ...
from part of the Alameda County Railway *
East Shore and Suburban Railway The Eastshore and Suburban Railway (E&SR) was a formerly independent unit of the historic San Francisco Bay Area Key System which ran streetcar trains in Richmond, California, San Pablo, and El Cerrito. There were several lines with terminals ...
* 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 Highlands or uplands are areas of high elevation such as a mountainous region, elevated mountainous plateau or high hills. Generally speaking, upland (or uplands) refers to ranges of hills, typically from up to while highland (or highlands) is ...
***** 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 * Shipyard Railway


Los Angeles–San Bernardino

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Alhambra and Pasadena Street Railway The Alhambra (, ; ar, الْحَمْرَاء, Al-Ḥamrāʾ, , ) is a palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Andalusia, Spain. It is one of the most famous monuments of Islamic architecture and one of the best-preserved palaces of the ...
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Anaheim Street Railway Anaheim ( ) is a city in northern Orange County, California, part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States Census, the city had a population of 346,824, making it the most populous city in Orange County, the 10th-most p ...
* Central and Boyle Heights Railroad * City Railway (Pasadena) * City Railway (San Bernardino) *
Colorado Street Railway Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the ...
* Colton and San Bernardino Railway * Highland Railroad *
Lake Shore Electric Railway The Lake Shore Electric Railway (LSE) was an interurban electric railway that ran primarily between Cleveland, Ohio, Cleveland and Toledo, Ohio by way of Sandusky, Ohio, Sandusky and Fremont, Ohio, Fremont. Through arrangements with connecti ...
* Los Angeles Consolidated Electric Railway **
Consolidated Electric Railway Consolidated may refer to: * Consolidated (band) **''¡Consolidated!'', a 1989 extended play *Consolidated Aircraft The Consolidated Aircraft Corporation was founded in 1923 by Reuben H. Fleet in Buffalo, New York, the result of the Gallaude ...
** Depot Railway of Los Angeles ** Electric Rapid Transit Company *** Los Angeles Electric Railway **
Los Angeles Cable Railway LOS, or Los, or LoS may refer to: Science and technology * Length of stay, the duration of a single episode of hospitalisation * Level of service (transportation), Level of service, a measure used by traffic engineers * Level of significance, a ...
** Los Angeles and Vernon Street Railway ** Mateo Street and Santa Fe Avenue Street Car Company *
Main Street and Agricultural Park Railroad Main may refer to: Geography * Main River (disambiguation) **Most commonly the Main (river) in Germany * Main, Iran, a village in Fars Province *"Spanish Main", the Caribbean coasts of mainland Spanish territories in the 16th and 17th centuries ...
* Monrovia Street Railway * Orange Grove Street Railroad * Pacific Railway * Pasadena Street Railroad *
Redlands Street Railway Redland or Redlands may refer to: Places Australia * Redland City, a local government area in South East Queensland **Electoral district of Redlands *SCECGS Redlands, an independent school in Cremorne, New South Wales Canada * Redland, Albe ...
* 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 Streetcars in Los Angeles over history have included horse-drawn streetcars and cable cars, and later extensive electric streetcar networks of the Los Angeles Railway and Pacific Electric Railway and their predecessors. Also included are modern lig ...
* West Pasadena Railway * Los Angeles Railway ''a narrow gauge interurban'' **
Central Railroad (of California) Central Railway or Central Railroad can refer to the following: Africa *Central East African Railways, in Malawi *Central South African Railways, in South Africa Asia *Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway, in India *Central Asian Railway, als ...
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City Railroad A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
**** 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 __NOTOC__ Redondo (''rounded'' in Spanish and Portuguese) may refer to: Places Philippines *Redondo Peninsula, on the island Luzon Portugal *Redondo, Portugal, a municipality in southeastern Portugal United States * Redondo, Des Moines, Washingto ...
**** Rosecrans Railroad Company * Pacific Electric Railway **
Brooklyn Avenue Railway Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, behin ...
** East Ninth Street Railway **
Los Angeles Inter-Urban Railway LOS, or Los, or LoS may refer to: Science and technology * Length of stay, the duration of a single episode of hospitalisation * Level of service, a measure used by traffic engineers * Level of significance, a measure of statistical significance ...
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California Pacific Railway California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
narrow gauge 1899–1901 PE's Torrance Line *** Los Angeles Traction *** Los Angeles and Glendale Railway ***
California Pacific Railway California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
**** Santa Ana and Orange Motor Railway **** San Gabriel Rapid Transit Railway ** Los Angeles and Pasadena Electric Railway/
Los Angeles and Pasadena Railway LOS, or Los, or LoS may refer to: Science and technology * Length of stay, the duration of a single episode of hospitalisation * Level of service, a measure used by traffic engineers * Level of significance, a measure of statistical significan ...
*** Pasadena and Los Angeles Electric Railway **** West Pasadena Railway 1887–1894 *****
Colorado Street Railway Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the ...
** Los Angeles and Redondo Railway *** Redondo Railway *** Redondo and Hermosa Beach Railroad **
Los Angeles Pacific Company LOS, or Los, or LoS may refer to: Science and technology * Length of stay, the duration of a single episode of hospitalisation * Level of service (transportation), Level of service, a measure used by traffic engineers * Level of significance, a ...
*** Pasadena and Pacific Railway Company of California ****
Los Angeles County Railroad LOS, or Los, or LoS may refer to: Science and technology * Length of stay, the duration of a single episode of hospitalisation * Level of service, a measure used by traffic engineers * Level of significance, a measure of statistical significanc ...
**** Ostrich Farm Railway ** Ontario and San Antonio Heights Railway ** Pacific Electric Railway Company of Arizona ** Pasadena and Mount Lowe Railway/ Mount Lowe Railway ***
Pasadena and Mount Wilson Railway Pasadena ( ) is a city in Los Angeles County, California, northeast of downtown Los Angeles. It is the most populous city and the primary cultural center of the San Gabriel Valley. Old Pasadena is the city's original commercial district. ...
** Redlands Central Railway ** Riverside and Arlington Railway ** San Bernardino Interurban Railway ** San Bernardino Valley Traction ***
Redlands Street Railway Redland or Redlands may refer to: Places Australia * Redland City, a local government area in South East Queensland **Electoral district of Redlands *SCECGS Redlands, an independent school in Cremorne, New South Wales Canada * Redland, Albe ...
*** San Bernardino and Highlands Electric Railway ** Santa Ana and Orange Railway **
Temple Street Cable Railway Streetcars in Los Angeles over history have included horse-drawn streetcars and cable cars, and later extensive electric streetcar networks of the Los Angeles Railway and Pacific Electric Railway and their predecessors. Also included are modern lig ...
/ Temple Street Railway narrow gauge 1885–1902 ** Terracina and Redlands Street Railway narrow gauge Mule Power 1892–1895 Property Sold to PE


Sacramento Valley

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Sacramento Northern Railway The Sacramento Northern Railway (reporting mark SN) was a electric interurban railway that connected Chico in northern California with Oakland via the California capital, Sacramento. In its operation it ran directly on the streets of Oakland ...
1925–1983 (
Chico Chico () means ''small'', ''boy'' or ''child'' in the Spanish language. It is also the nickname for Francisco in the Portuguese language (). Chico may refer to: Places *Chico, California, a city *Chico, Montana, an unincorporated community *Chic ...
to Sacramento to Oakland after purchase of the Oakland Antioch and Eastern/San Francisco–Sacramento Railroad in 1928.) ** Sacramento Northern Railroad 1918–1925 (Chico to Sacramento.) Purchased by WP in 1921. *** Northern Electric Railway 1907–1918 (Chico to Sacramento.) Name changed to SN in 1918. ****
Northern Electric Company Nortel Networks Corporation (Nortel), formerly Northern Telecom Limited, was a Canadian multinational telecommunications and data networking equipment manufacturer headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in Montreal, Quebec, ...
1905–1907 *****
Chico Electric Railway The Sacramento Northern Railway (reporting mark SN) was a electric interurban railway that connected Chico in northern California with Oakland via the California capital, Sacramento. In its operation it ran directly on the streets of Oakland, ...
1904–1905 ***** Marysville and Yuba City Street Railway 1889–1906 ****
Shasta Southern Railway Shasta or Shastan may refer to: Native American * Shasta Costa, a people group native to southwestern Oregon * Shasta language, extinct language of the Shasta people * Shasta people, a people group native to northern California and southern Or ...
1905–1907 **** Vallejo and Northern Railroad 1910–1912 ***** Vallejo and Northern Railway 1909–1910 *** Sacramento Terminal Company 1908–1918 *** Northern Electric Railway—Marysville and Colusa Branch 1910–1918 ***
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1911–1918 ** San Francisco–Sacramento Railroad 1920–1928 ***
Oakland, Antioch and Eastern Railway The Sacramento Northern Railway (reporting mark SN) was a electric interurban railway that connected Chico, California, Chico in northern California with Oakland, California, Oakland via the California capital, Sacramento, California, Sacramen ...
1911–1920 ****
Sacramento Valley West Side Electric Railway The Sacramento Valley Electric Railroad was a short-lived electric interurban railway in the U.S. state of California. It began operation on October 10, 1914, and ran for 11.8 miles between Dixon and Rio Junction (or Dixon Junction). The line was ...
1915–1917 Dixon ****
Oakland and Antioch Railway Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third largest city overall in the Bay ...
1909–1911 *** West Side Railroad 1911–1921 proposed to build to Rio Vista * Woodland Street Railway


San Diego

* 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


San Jose


Interurban Railways

* Peninsular Railway Company ** Peninsular Railroad ** San Jose-Los Gatos Interurban Railway Company **
Santa Clara Interurban Railroad Santa Claus, also known as Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Kris Kringle, or simply Santa, is a legendary figure originating in Western Christian culture who is said to bring children gifts during the late evening and overnight ...


Streetcar Companies

* San Jose Railroads ** San Jose and Santa Clara County Railway ***
Alum Rock Railway Company An alum () is a type of chemical compound, usually a hydrated double sulfate salt of aluminium with the general formula , where is a monovalent cation such as potassium or ammonium. By itself, "alum" often refers to potassium alum, with t ...
**** 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 The People's Railroad was a street railway chartered in 1887 and opened for business in 1889 in Syracuse, New York Syracuse ( ) is a City (New York), city in and the county seat of Onondaga County, New York, Onondaga County, New York, United ...
*** South East Side Horse Railroad Company ** San Jose Railway Company *** San Jose Railroad Company ***
Willow Glen Railroad Company Willows, also called sallows and osiers, from the genus ''Salix'', comprise around 400 speciesMabberley, D.J. 1997. The Plant Book, Cambridge University Press #2: Cambridge. of typically deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist so ...


Other cities and towns

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Bakersfield Bakersfield is a city in Kern County, California, United States. It is the county seat and largest city of Kern County. The city covers about near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley and the Central Valley region. Bakersfield's populat ...
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Bakersfield and Kern Electric Railway The Bakersfield and Kern Electric Railway was a streetcar company which operated between Bakersfield and Sumner (later Kern City), in California. Later, after Kern City was annexed by Bakersfield, the streetcar company operated completely in Ba ...
; Eureka * Eureka Street Railroad ; Fresno * Fresno Railroad * Fresno City Railway * Fresno City, Belmont and Yosemite Railroad *
Fresno Traction Company Fresno Traction Company operated electric trams in Fresno, California, from 1903 to 1939. Earlier horsecar tracks were improved and electrified under consolidated ownership which passed to Southern Pacific Transportation Company operation in 1910 ...
;North Bay Area * San Francisco and Napa Valley Railroad ''abandoned, in phases during period 1938–1956'' ** San Francisco, Napa and Calistoga Railway ''1911–1936'' electric interurban Napa city to Calistoga. *** San Francisco, Vallejo and Napa Valley Railroad ''1906–1911'' **** Vallejo, Benicia and Napa Valley Railroad ''1902–1910'' * Santa Rosa Railroad 1903–1923 (Later Northwestern Pacific Railroad part of SP) **
Santa Rosa Street Railway Santa Claus, also known as Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Kris Kringle, or simply Santa, is a legendary figure originating in Western Christian culture who is said to bring children gifts during the late evening and overnight ...
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Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad was a 600 volt DC electric interurban railway in Sonoma County, California, United States. It operated between the cities of Petaluma, Sebastopol, Forestville, and Santa Rosa. Company-owned steamboats provided ...
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Union Street Railway Union commonly refers to: * Trade union, an organization of workers * Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets Union may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * Union (band), an American rock group ** Union ...
narrow gauge (Sonoma County) 1893–1897 **** South Side Street Railway/
South Side Railway South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz ...
narrow gauge Horsecar 1888–1893 ;
Paso Robles Paso Robles ( ), officially El Paso de Robles (Spanish for "The Pass of Oaks"), is a city in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. Located on the Salinas River approximately north of San Luis Obispo, the city is known for its hot ...
* Paso Robles Street Railway ; Sacramento * Central Electric Railway *
Central Street Railway Central is an adjective usually referring to being in the center of some place or (mathematical) object. Central may also refer to: Directions and generalised locations * Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known as ...
* Highland Park Railway * Sacramento City Street Railroad * Sacramento Valley Electric 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 County * Pacific Avenue Street Railroad (1876 – 1892) *
City Railroad A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
(1877 – 1881) * East Santa Cruz Street Railroad (1889 – 1902) * Santa Cruz, Garfield Park and Capitola Electric Railway (1891 – 1892) *
Santa Cruz Electric Railway Santa Claus, also known as Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Kris Kringle, or simply Santa, is a legendary figure originating in Western Christian culture who is said to bring children gifts during the late evening and overnight ...
(1892 – 1904) * Santa Cruz, Capitola and Watsonville Railway (1902 – 1904) * Watsonville Transportation Company (1903 – 1907) *
Union Traction Company The Union Traction Company was a trolley line that ran from Hackensack through Carlstadt to Rutherford, New Jersey. The line was conceived by Delos E. Culver. Originally the line was to run from Hackensack to Kearny, New Jersey but the company ...
(1904 – 1926) * Watsonville Railway and Navigation Company (1911 – 1914) ;
Santa Rosa Santa Rosa is the Italian, Portuguese and Spanish name for Saint Rose. Santa Rosa may also refer to: Places Argentina *Santa Rosa, Mendoza, a city * Santa Rosa, Tinogasta, Catamarca * Santa Rosa, Valle Viejo, Catamarca *Santa Rosa, La Pampa * Sa ...
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Santa Rosa Street Railway Santa Claus, also known as Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Kris Kringle, or simply Santa, is a legendary figure originating in Western Christian culture who is said to bring children gifts during the late evening and overnight ...
* South Side Street Railway ;
Stockton Stockton may refer to: Places Australia * Stockton, New South Wales * Stockton, Queensland, a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region New Zealand *Stockton, New Zealand United Kingdom *Stockton, Cheshire *Stockton, Norfolk *Stockton, Chirbu ...
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Stockton Electric Motor Railway Stockton may refer to: Places Australia * Stockton, New South Wales * Stockton, Queensland, a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region New Zealand *Stockton, New Zealand United Kingdom *Stockton, Cheshire *Stockton, Norfolk *Stockton, Chirbu ...
* California Midland Railroad (of 1905) Marysville *
California Terminal Company California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
1911 ** Lakeport and Richardson's Bay Railroad * Central California Traction Route downtown Sacramento to Stockton and competed directly with SP and WP between the two cities. Later owned by WP. Converted to diesel. Currently an active Class III freight railroad. Trackage in rural Sacramento County in year 1995 was in nearly inoperable condition. Electric interurban operation ended in 1933.'' * Stockton Electric Railway 1881/1891–1905 **
Stockton Street Railway Stockton may refer to: Places Australia * Stockton, New South Wales * Stockton, Queensland, a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region New Zealand * Stockton, New Zealand United Kingdom *Stockton, Cheshire *Stockton, Norfolk * Stockton, Chi ...
1874–1881/1891 horsecar *
Stockton Terminal and Eastern Railroad Established in 1908, the Stockton Terminal and Eastern Railroad provides service to several companies around the Stockton area, in San Joaquin County, California. OmniTRAX acquired the ST&E in 2011. Service The railroad operates of track con ...
now a freight railroad, 1908–present * Tidewater Southern Railway (TS) Stockton to Modesto. Later owned by WP and electric operation converted to diesel. Still active trackage. ** Tidewater and Southern Transit Company ''1912'' *** Tidewater and Southern Railroad ''1910–1912'' ;Various *
Glendale and Montrose Railway The Glendale and Montrose Railway Company (G&M) was an interurban electrified railway in Southern California, in the United States. It was unique among the Los Angeles local railways, as it was among the area's only interurban line never absorbed ...
* Holton Interurban Railway ''later SP'' * Modesto Interurban Railway 1909–1911 ''later MET'' * Monterey, Fresno and Eastern Railroad *
Mount Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railway The Mount Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway was a scenic tourist railway operating between Mill Valley and the east peak of Mount Tamalpais in Marin County, California, covering a distance of , with a spur line to the Muir Woods. The railroad was ...
''abandoned 1930'' **
Mill Valley and Mount Tamalpais Scenic Railway Mill may refer to: Science and technology * * Mill (grinding) * Milling (machining) * Millwork * Textile mill * Steel mill, a factory for the manufacture of steel * List of types of mill * Mill, the arithmetic unit of the Analytical Engine ear ...
1896–1913 * Nevada County Traction Company * Orange Grove Street Railway 1888–1896 * Second Street Railroad narrow gauge horsecar Pomona *
Pacific Gas and Electric Company The Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is an American investor-owned utility (IOU). The company is headquartered in the Pacific Gas & Electric Building, in San Francisco, California. PG&E provides natural gas and electricity to 5.2 milli ...
** West Sacramento Electric Company 1914 (proposed) *
Second Street Cable Railway The Second Street Cable Railway was the first cable car system to open in Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, largest city in th ...
''closed in 1890'' * Shasta Springs Scenic Railroad 1888 cable * Sierra Madre Street Railway 1887–1890/1891 narrow gauge Mule car Los Angeles * South Beach and Mission Railway c. 1862 San Francisco * Southern California Motor Road Company narrow gauge 1886–1892 leased to SP San Bernardino-Colton *
Southern California Rapid Transit District The Southern California Rapid Transit District (almost always referred to as ''RTD'' or rarely as ''SCRTD'') was a public transportation agency established in 1964 to serve the Greater Los Angeles area. It was the successor to the original Los ...
Metro Rail 1975–1986 now part of
Los Angeles Metro Rail The Los Angeles Metro Rail is an urban rail transit system serving Los Angeles County, California, United States. It consists of seven lines, including five light rail lines (the A Line (Los Angeles Metro), A, C Line (Los Angeles Metro), C, E Li ...
* Tuscan Mineral Springs Corporation Electric Railway 1903–? Red Bluff–Tuscan Springs *
Ventura and Ojai Railway Ventura (Italian language, Italian, Portuguese language, Portuguese and Spanish language, Spanish for "fortune") may refer to: Places ; Brazil * Boa Ventura de São Roque, a municipality in the state of Paraná, southern Brazil * Boa Ventura, ...
1887 - connected to SP coastal line and owned by SP soon afterwards. Abandoned and railbanked in two sections: Ojai Valley Trail and
Ventura River Trail The Ventura River Parkway Trail is a southern California rail trail along the Ventura River in Ventura County. Roughly paralleling California State Route 33 for from Ventura to Ojai, it follows the route of the former Ventura and Ojai Valley ...
. * Visalia and Tulare Railroad ''abandoned 1900'' *
Visalia Electric Railroad The Visalia Electric Railroad, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Southern Pacific Railroad (SP), began as an electric interurban railroad in Tulare County, in the U.S. State of California. The railroad was incorporated on 22 April 1904. Passenger ...
1904–1992, to SP in 1992. ** Chowchilla Pacific Railway *
Volcano Northern Railroad A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface. On Earth, volcanoes are most often found where tectonic plates are ...
1903 (Amador County) * Visalia Rail Road ''to SP in 1899'' * West Coast Land Company aka San Luis Street Railway narrow gauge horsecar 1890–1906 ** San Luis Obispo Street Railway


Proposed lines

* Bakersfield and Ventura Railway Electric 1902 *
Bay and Coast Railway A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a gulf, sea, sound, or bight. A cove is a small, circular bay with a nar ...
1899 narrow gauge Electric & Common Carrier *
Bay Counties Electric Railroad A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a gulf, sea, sound, or bight. A cove is a small, circular bay with a narr ...
1905–1907 *
Bay Counties Power Company A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a gulf, sea, sound, or bight. A cove is a small, circular bay with a narr ...
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 California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
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 Scotts or Scott's may refer to: Businesses and brands *Scott's (restaurant), in London *Scott's Food & Pharmacy, an American supermarket chain *Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, an American multinational corporation *Scott's Porage Oats, a Scottish bre ...
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 Southern may refer to: Businesses * China Southern Airlines, airline based in Guangzhou, China * Southern Airways, defunct US airline * Southern Air, air cargo transportation company based in Norwalk, Connecticut, US * Southern Airways Express, M ...
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 The Sacramento Northern Railway (reporting mark SN) was a electric interurban railway that connected Chico, California, Chico in northern California with Oakland, California, Oakland via the California capital, Sacramento, California, Sacramen ...
* Ventura Terminal Railway 1907/1908 *
Yosemite Park Electric Railway Yosemite National Park ( ) is an American national park in California, surrounded on the southeast by Sierra National Forest and on the northwest by Stanislaus National Forest. The park is managed by the National Park Service and covers an ar ...
1904 * Yucaipa and Oak Glen Railroad 1908 Standard or narrow gauge Electric Yucaipa–Redlands


References


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''Manual of the Railroads of the United States''
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Poor's Manual of Railroads Poor's ''Manual of the Railroads of the United States'', later shortened to Poor's ''Manual of Railroads'', was a reference book by Henry Varnum Poor intended for investors and published annually from 1868 to 1924. History Each volume detailed th ...
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Poor's Directory of Railroad Officials and Manual of American Street Railways
August 1890, pp. 1183–1187 *'' Poor's Railroad Manual''
Poor's Directory of Railroad Officials
1892, pp. 249–254 Passenger rail transportation in California Interurban railways in California Street California
Street railroad A tram (called a streetcar or trolley in North America) is a rail vehicle that travels on tramway tracks on public urban streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way. The tramlines or networks operated as public transport are ...