Only a handful of electric train lines remained operating at the time the MTA took over the system and the last passenger line of the former Pacific Electric, from Los Angeles to Long Beach, closed on April 9,1961.
Only a handful of electric train lines remained operating at the time the MTA took over the system, and conventional wisdom held that their days were numbered. The last passenger line of the former Pacific Electric, the line from Los Angeles to Long Beach, continued until April 9,1961.