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Rail
Roads Operating in Los Angeles County |
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In
1995, Burlington Northern
merged with the Atchinson Topeka
& Santa Fe Railway to
form Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway. The following year, Southern Pacific Lines
was acquired by Union Pacific
Railroad. |
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| Amtrak |
Passengers |
Union
Station, 800 N Alameda St, LA 90012;
(800) 872-7245 |
Metrolink
(Southern California Regional Rail Authority) |
Passengers |
700
S Flower St, Ste 2600, Los Angeles 90017;
(800) 371-LINK |
| Burlington
Northern & Santa Fe Railway |
Freight |
3770 E 26th St, Los Angeles 90023;
(323) 267-4140 |
Los
Angeles Junction Railway
(owned by Burlington Northern Santa Fe
Railway) |
Freight |
4433
Exchange Ave, Los Angeles 90058;
(323) 277-2001 |
| Union
Pacific Railroad Company |
Freight |
13181 Crossroads Parkway North #500,
City of Industry 91746
(626) 935-7602 |
The first rail transportation into Los Angeles
was the Los Angeles & San Pedro
Railroad, built by General Phineas Banning in 1869. The first rail station
in the city was located at Alameda and Commercial streets. The station burned
down in 1924.
Over 4,000 Chinese construction workers built
the first rail line into Los Angeles from San Francisco for the
Southern Pacific Railroad. The line was completed on September 5, 1876, when
a gold spike was driven into the final railroad tie at the now extinct town of
Lang in the Santa Clarita Valley.
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