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Highland
Overview
Status	Defunct
Owner	Pacific Electric
Locale	San Bernardino, California
Termini	San Bernardino Highland
Service
Type	Streetcar
System	Pacific Electric
Operator(s)	Pacific Electric
History
Opened	1903
Closed	July 20, 1936 (1936-07-20)
Technical
Line length	6.56 mi (10.56 km)
Number of tracks	1–2
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Old gauge	3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Electrification	Overhead line, 600 V DC

The Highland Line was a 6.56-mile (10.56 km) local streetcar route of the Pacific Electric Railway. It ran from the San Bernardino Depot to Highland. A short branch line served the Southern California State Asylum for the Insane and Inebriates at Patton.

History

A franchise for the line's construction was requested by the San Bernardino Valley Traction Company in 1902. Constructed by the San Bernardino, Arrowhead & Waterman Railway in 1903, the line was sold to Pacific Electric the following year. Passenger service to Patton ended in June 1924. By September 1934, the line was only served by a single trip, primarily for use by schoolchildren. This was discontinued on July 20, 1936 with parallel bus routes being in service as a replacement.

References

1. ^ Robertson, Donald B. (1998). Encyclopedia of Western Railroad History. Vol. IV. Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers. p. 202. ISBN 0-87004-385-4. OCLC 13456066. OL 2716499M.
2. Pacific Electric Railway Time Table (PDF). Pacific Electric. March 26, 1932. Retrieved January 17, 2021 – via wx4's Dome of Foam.
3. "Pacific Electric Highland Line". erha.org. Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California. June 10, 2014. Retrieved August 19, 2021. ... between San Bernardino and Highland, covering the 6.56 miles in an average time of 25 minutes
4. ^ Veysey, Laurence R. (June 1958). A History Of The Rail Passenger Service Operated By The Pacific Electric Railway Company Since 1911 And By Its Successors Since 1953 (PDF). LACMTA (Report). Los Angeles, California: Interurbans. p. 65. ASIN B0007F8D84. OCLC 6565577.
5. "San Bernardino-Highland Line". San Francisco Chronicle. October 14, 1902. p. 3. Retrieved December 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Hilton, George W.; Due, John F. (2000) . The Electric Interurban Railways in America. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. p. 410. ISBN 0-8047-4014-3.
7. "Rail Service on Interurban Lines Dropped". San Bernardino County Sun. July 19, 1936. p. 13. Retrieved February 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

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History	Strike of 1903 1919 streetcar strike General Motors streetcar conspiracy
Infrastructure	Stations Etiwanda Lynwood Pacific Electric Building Picover Subway Terminal Building Watts Yorba Linda Hill Street Tunnel Hollywood Subway Ivy Substation Pacific Electric Railroad Bridge Redlands Trolley Barn Substation No. 8 Sub-Station No. 14 West Santa Ana Branch
Predecessors	Los Angeles Inter-Urban Electric Railway Monrovia Rapid Transit Company Mount Lowe Railway Ontario and San Antonio Heights Railroad Company Pasadena and Pacific Santa Ana, Orange & Tustin Street Railway Los Angeles and Independence Railroad Los Angeles Pacific Railroad
Connecting services	Glendale and Montrose Railway Los Angeles Railway
Successors	LA Metro MTA RTD LACTC OCTA Omnitrans Waterfront Red Car
Legacy	Culver Boulevard Median Bike Path Red Car Trolley (Disneyland Resort) Waterfront Red Car (San Pedro) Who Framed Roger Rabbit

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