
From Red Car to Purple Line: The History of Rail in Los Angeles & the New West LA VA’s Stop
...once, Los Angeles was the bona fide King of the Rail Towns...At their peak, trolleys in Los Angeles covered more mileage than even New York City does today by as much as 51 percent. Depending on whom you believe, this covers more than 1,100 or 1,300 miles of track: that’s more track than London, Paris, Seoul, and Beijing combined.