North Lake
Overview
Status	Defunct
Owner	Pacific Electric
Locale	Southern California
Termini	Downtown Pasadena Altadena
Stations	21
Service
Type	Streetcar
System	Pacific Electric
Operator(s)	Pacific Electric
History
Opened	1888
Closed	January 19, 1941 (1941-01-19)
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Route map Legend   Mount Lowe Railway Altadena Country Club Park Mendocino Street Branch Lake and Mendocino Altadena Substation Lake and Calaveras Lake and Alameda Lake and Morada Lake and New York Lake and Woodbury Lake and Atchison Lake and Elizabeth Lake and Howard Lake and Rio Grande Lake and Washington Lake and Claremont Lake and Belvidere Lake and Mountain Lake and Boylston Lake and Orange Grove Lake and Santa Barbara Lake and Villa Lake and Maple Santa Fe RR Lake and Hull ↑ Lamanda Park Pasadena via Oak Knoll → Colorado and Lake Colorado and Hudson Colorado and Oak Knoll Colorado and El Molino Colorado and Madison Colorado and Oakland Colorado and Los Robles Colorado and Euclid Colorado and Garfield Colorado and Marengo Colorado and Arroyo Santa Fe RR Colorado and Raymond Pasadena Pasadena Short Line North Orange Grove multiple lines   This diagram: view talk edit

The North Lake Line was a local streetcar line in Pasadena, California. It ran primarily on Lake Avenue and was mostly associated with the Pacific Electric Railway route which operated until 1941.

History

The first tracks on North Lake Avenue were constructed by the Highland Street Railway Company in early 1888.^[1] The extension to Orange Grove Avenue was built in 1904 by the Pasadena Electric.^[2] By 1911, inbound cars on the line were through routed to North Orange Grove Avenue. In January 1913, the line was rerouted via Mendocino Street to Allen Avenue; the branch to Country Club Park on Mendocino Street became the outer terminus that same year.^[3] Car 1602 suffered a runaway on the line in 1916, and a derail was installed on Lake south of Mariposa Street to mitigate future issues on the descent from Mt. Lowe. Through routing was changed in July 1923 to the Altadena via the North Fair Oaks Avenue Line, almost forming a loop service. The line north and east of Woodbury and Lake was abandoned on April 3, 1932, and the last car ran on the line on January 19, 1941.^[3][4] Tracks had been removed or paved over by 1981.

Route

The North Lake Line traveled on a double track system in pavement of Lake Avenue from Colorado Boulevard north to Woodbury Road. It then proceeded north on a single track to El Mendocino Street (Mendocino Street) where it turned east to its terminus at Allen Avenue in Altadena.