Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad

Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad
Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad
	The Petaluma & Santa Rosa Railroad Station at Railroad Square, Santa Rosa
Overview
Status	dismantled
Locale	Sonoma County, California
Service
Type	interurban
History
Opened	December 1, 1904
Closed	July 1, 1932 (passenger)
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead line, 600 V DC
Route map
Route map
	Legend
	23.4 mi
	37.7 km
	23.8 mi
	38.3 km
	Battle of
	Sebastopol Road
	20.9 mi
	33.6 km
	22.6 mi
	36.4 km
	20.2 mi
	32.5 km
	16.7 mi
	26.9 km
	14.9 mi
	24 km
	13.2 mi
	21.2 km
	11.3 mi
	18.2 km
	10.9 mi
	17.5 km
	9.6 mi
	15.4 km
	9.4 mi
	15.1 km
	10.4 mi
	16.7 km
	7.9 mi
	12.7 km
	7.7 mi
	12.4 km
	5.1 mi
	8.2 km
	3.6 mi
	5.8 km
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Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad was a 600 volt DC electric interurban railway^[1] in Sonoma County, California, United States. It operated between the cities of Petaluma, Sebastopol, Forestville, and Santa Rosa. Company-owned steamboats provided service between Petaluma and San Francisco.

Portions of the original right-of-way have been acquired by Sonoma County government for the West County Trail and Joe Rodota Trail, managed by the Sonoma County Regional Parks Department.^[2] A portion of the original right-of-way can be found along the waterfront in Petaluma. Efforts have been made by volunteers to re-activate this line to become a trolley line once again.^[3]

^ Demoro 1986, p. 15
^ "West County and Joe Rodota Trails". Retrieved December 10, 2007.
^ Carter, Lori A. (December 1, 2014). "Petaluma trolley dream pursued by pair". Press Democrat. Retrieved November 10, 2017.