Venice–Playa del Rey Line

{{short description|Pacific Electric streetcar line (1905–1936)}}

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{{Infobox rail line

|name = Venice–Playa del Rey Line

|image = File:Route of Venice–Playa del Rey Line 1912.jpg

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|caption = Route of Venice–Playa del Rey Line (1912)

|color = {{rcr|Pacific Electric|Venice–Playa del Rey}}

|type = Interurban

|system = Pacific Electric

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|start = Playa del Rey

|end = Venice

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|open = 1905

|close = {{end date|1936|7|13}}

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|operator = Pacific Electric

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|gauge = {{RailGauge|sg|allk=on}}

|electrification = {{600 V DC|conductor=overhead}}

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|map = {{PE W Venice–Playa del Rey Line}}

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The Venice–Playa del Rey Line was a streetcar line of the Pacific Electric. It operated along the Pacific Ocean between Playa del Rey and Venice, California. It was also referred to as the Lagoon Line.

Tracks connecting to the Redondo Beach via Playa del Rey Line were built by the Los Angeles Pacific Railroad in 1905.{{cite web |title=Lagoon Line |url=http://erha.org/pewll.htm |publisher=Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California |access-date=25 July 2022}} At the time of the Great Merger of 1911, the line was through-routed with the Third Street Local line in Santa Monica. Briefly in 1916, the line was operated as an extension of the Santa Monica via Beverly Hills Line, providing service through to Downtown Los Angeles. This was quickly replaced with independent cars operated between Playa del Rey and the corner of Pacific and Windward. Service along the line was abandoned on July 13, 1936.{{Veysey-PE-1958 |pages=90}}{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=David Asper |title=Playa del Rey's first 2000 years full of historic variety |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-argonaut-playa-del-reys-first-2000/140533333/ |access-date=8 February 2024 |agency=The Argonaut |via=Newspapers.com |date=March 10, 1988 |location=Marina del Rey, California |pages=6, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-argonaut/140533483/ 7], [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-argonaut/140533550/ 8], [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-argonaut/140533593/ 9]}} {{free access}}