As we work to build a rail-based transit system to fully serve Los Angeles, it's hard not to take a look at the past, and what we once Had. The Big Map Blog has just published this 1906 map showing L.A.'s rail transit system. Five different lines are mapped out here, including the railroad and the city's interurban (streetcar).
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Map: Riding the Rails in Los Angeles, 1906
LAistory: The 1925 "Hollywood Subway"
Think LA's relationship with underground rail transit began with the first tunnels blasted out to make way for the Red Line? Think again! LA's first subterranean transit system was a short stretch of tunneling dubbed the "Hollywood Subway," which moved its first passengers under the city in 1925 via electric interurban rail cars.
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