Orange County, California
Orange County Rail
The town's first rail service, the Santa Ana,
Orange & Tustin Street Railway, was
a 4.04 mile (6.5 km) long horse car line that ran between Santa Ana and
Orange, beginning in 1886. One
year later the Santa Ana & Orange
Motor Road Company purchased the line, using a steam "dummy" car and a
single gasoline motorcar as its means of conveyance. In 1906 Henry E.
Huntington acquired the company under the auspices of the Los Angeles
Inter-Urban Railway and electrified the line.
The Santa Fe, under its affiliate the Southern
California Railway, laid its first tracks through
Orange County in 1886 and
established its first depot the following year. The route would become
part of the railroad's famous "Surf Line" and by 1925 sixteen daily
passenger trains (the Santa Fe's San Diegan) made stops all over
Orange County. During peak growing seasons, as many as 48 carloads
of citrus fruits, olives, and walnuts were shipped daily from the
Orange depot as well.
Rail connections to Los Angeles, the Inland Empire,
and Northern San Diego County by the Metrolink regional commuter rail
network. The Metrolink platform is situated adjacent to the former Santa
Fe depot in the downtown Historic District, which is also home to an
Orange County Transportation
Authority (OCTA) bus station. The former Santa Fe mainline links the
cities of Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Diego via a junction north of
the station.
Orange County Airports
John Wayne Airport (SNA) in nearby Santa Ana,
California provides daily scheduled airline service for the area of
Orange County.
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