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Pacific Electric Railway

Californian transit company
Organization railway_company Q2107112
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Pacific Electric Railway

Summary

Pacific Electric Railway is a railway company[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of railway_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,302 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pacific Electric Railway is located in Greater Los Angeles[3].
  • Pacific Electric Railway is in the country of United States[4].
  • Pacific Electric Railway's instance of is recorded as railway company[5].
  • Pacific Electric Railway's instance of is recorded as Q12162186[6].
  • Pacific Electric Railway is operated by Southern Pacific Transportation Company[7].
  • Pacific Electric Railway's Commons category is recorded as Pacific Electric Railway[8].
  • January 1, 1901 marks the founding of Pacific Electric Railway[9].
  • Pacific Electric Railway's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pacific Electric Railway[10].
  • Pacific Electric Railway's replaced by is recorded as Southern Pacific Transportation Company[11].
  • Pacific Electric Railway's reporting mark is recorded as PE[12].
  • Pacific Electric Railway's date of official opening is recorded as 1901[13].
  • Pacific Electric Railway's state of use is recorded as decommissioned[14].

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Founding

January 1, 1901 marks the founding of Pacific Electric Railway[9].

Operations

Pacific Electric Railway is operated by Southern Pacific Transportation Company[7].

Why It Matters

Pacific Electric Railway ranks in the top 2% of railway_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,302 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Operator → —
    Replaced by → —
    Citizenship → —
    Instance of → railway company, Q12162186
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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