Santa Monica Air Line

Santa Monica Air Line
The Air Line looking west from Ivy station (later Culver Junction), with the junction and station building in the foreground, 1905[dubious – discuss]
Overview
Owner	Southern Pacific Railroad
Locale	Los Angeles
Termini	Pacific Electric Building Santa Monica, California
Stations	15
Service
Type	Interurban
System	Pacific Electric
Operator(s)	Pacific Electric
Daily ridership	39 (weekdays, 1948)[1]
History
Opened	July 1908
Closed	October 26, 1953
Technical
Line length	16.88 mi (27.17 km)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead line, 600 V DC
Route map Legend mi 0.00 Pacific Electric Building Northern Division  J   R   S   S  Southern Pacific Clement Junction Amoco to Bellflower, Long Beach & San Pedro  7   8   F   5   9  5.40 University  V  7.68 11th Avenue Cienega Airville 10.04 Sentous Venice Short Line 11.16 Culver Junction Winslow 12.20 Palms Winship 14.87 Home Junction Sawtelle Soldier's Home 15.25 Bergamot 16.18 Sunset 16.88 Santa Monica Port Los Angeles 19.20 Ocean Park Venice–Inglewood Venice Short Line This diagram: view talk edit

The Santa Monica Air Line was an interurban railroad operated by the Pacific Electric between Santa Monica and downtown Los Angeles. Electric passenger service operated over the line between 1908 and 1953.^[2] After abandonment as a freight railroad, most of the route was converted to light rail for use by the Metro E Line.