The Asbury Rapid Transit System Records afford a glimpse into the every day operations of the small, privately owned rapid transit systems that existed in Los Angeles prior to the ascendancy of public transit agencies in the late 1950's. The files preserved in the collection document how these ventures provided transit services by establishing a network of leases and contracts with local companies and individuals. This guide provides multi-level descriptions of records content and context. The collection can also be accessed via the Archives Catalog, which contains individual descriptions of many of the items.

Asbury Rapid Transit System (ARTS) was the inheritor of a tradition of small, privately held transit ventures that had been operating in Los Angeles since the turn of the Twentieth Century. These companies, such as Mount Wilson Stage Line, Original Stage Line, Pasadena-Ocean Park Stage Line, and Studio Stage Line, competed with and complimented rail passenger service by providing bus linkages between Pacific Electric's (PE) suburban and interurban routes and Los Angeles Railway's (LARy) local lines.

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