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Redondo. Through-routing changed to the East Long Beach-North Long Beach line between 1914 and 1916 before becoming an independent service. (East Long Beach-North Long Beach line routing was attempted again briefly in 1920.) It operated until February 24, 1940, when service was reduced to a single daily franchise car and discontinued outright that October.
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in 1913. The new private trestle over Alamitos Bay extended service into
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753:Veysey, Laurence R. (June 1958).
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442:. March 11, 1904. p. 19
409:. March 29, 1904. p. 19
102:Los Angeles Traction Company
48:First generation (1902–1961)
1140:Western & Franklin Ave.
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607:– via Newspapers.com.
574:– via Newspapers.com.
561:"Railways cut use of power"
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350:– via Newspapers.com.
212:Downtown Long Beach station
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1014:Upland–San Antonio Heights
632:. June 17, 1909. p. 1
599:. June 17, 1909. p. 1
403:"Long Beach Short on Cash"
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630:Long Beach Press-Telegram
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235:Streetcars in Los Angeles
171:East Seventh Street Local
1608:Streetcars in California
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974:San Bernardino–Riverside
314:"Long Beach Local Lines"
29:Pacific Electric Railway
1603:Pacific Electric routes
1576:Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1231:San Pedro via Dominguez
1110:South Hollywood–Sherman
768:Los Angeles, California
716:Crump, Spencer (1977).
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593:"Car service commenced"
436:"Whispering with death"
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1226:San Pedro local lines
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894:El Monte–Baldwin Park
722:. Trans-Anglo Books.
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407:The Los Angeles Times
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1191:Hawthorne–El Segundo
1135:Venice via Hollywood
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1004:South Pasadena Local
959:Redlands local lines
934:Pasadena local lines
859:Alhambra–San Gabriel
515:"Local and Personal"
180:Municipal Docks Line
81:Long Beach Boulevard
1565:(Disneyland Resort)
1486:Los Angeles Railway
1474:Connecting services
1065:Lankershim–Van Nuys
964:Riverside–Arlington
924:Pasadena Short Line
210:Blue Line train at
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