Before the Expo Line… Before the Santa Monica Air Line… There was the Los Angeles and Independence Railroad. It ran on steam, and terminated at Fifth Street and San Pedro in Santa Monica. A trip from L.A. set you back $1.00.
The year was 1895.
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