California Passenger Rail Timeline

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2010 map

1860 1885 1910 1935 1960 1985 2010

25 years earlier (or press a) --- 25 years later (or press s)

Showing rail lines with at least three trains each weekday. Lines coloured by operator (key).
Local tramways (without priority at road crossings) and horse-drawn lines not shown.
Scale: ≈ 100 km (approximately 5 CSS pixels per km)

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See also: Northeast US passenger rail timeline
rapid transit timelines for San Francisco - Los Angeles - San Diego - Sacramento
other rapid transit timelines - miscellaneous timelines and maps

By Alexander Rapp (CC-BY-SA) based on map data by OpenStreetMap contributors and historical sources.