Ocean Shore Railroad

Ocean Shore Railroad
Ocean Shore Railroad along the present day Devil's Slide Trail between Pacifica and Half Moon Bay.
Ocean Shore Railroad along present day Devil's Slide Trail between Pacifica and Half Moon Bay.
Overview
Statuspermanently closed
LocaleNorthern California
Termini
Service
Services2
Operator(s)The San Francisco & Southern Railway Company
History
Opened1905
Closed1920
Technical
Line length54 mi (87 km)
Characterpassenger
Route map

San Francisco (12th & Mission)
0.8
Sixteenth Street
1.9
Twenty-Fourth Street
2.5
Shops
5.4
Onondago
7.1
Palmetto
7.3
Ocean View Park
7.6
Daly City
8.9
Crosby
9.9
Thornton
11.9
Mussel Rock
13.1
Edgemar
14.3
Salada
14.8
Brighton
16.0
Vallemar
Ebalstone
16.6
Rockaway
18.1
Pedro Valley
18.9
Ransome
21.1
Green Canon
22.5
McNee
22.8
Montara
23.0
Farallone
24.1
Moss Beach
24.4
Marine
26.0
Princeton
26.5
North Granada
27.1
Granada
27.6
South Granada
28.1
Miramar
29.3
Pilarcitos
30.2
Half Moon
30.8
Arleta
32.6
Fairhaven
34.3
Purisima
34.8
Sealrox
36.1
Lobitos
38.0
Tunitas
unbuilt segment
15.5
Swanton
13.9
Folger
13.4
Scott Junction
12.8
Scott
12.2
Davenport Landing
11.9
Bluegum
10.8
Davenport
9.6
Liddell
8.9
Yellowbank
8.0
Lagos
7.5
Enright
6.6
Scaroni
5.7
Parsons Beach
3.5
Wilders
2.0
Rapetti
0.9
Garfield Avenue
Santa Cruz
Route of the Ocean Shore Railroad as envisioned in 1908

The Ocean Shore Railroad was a railroad built between San Francisco and Tunitas Glen, and Swanton and Santa Cruz that operated along the Pacific coastline from 1905 until 1920. The route was originally conceived to be a continuous line between San Francisco and Santa Cruz, but the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, financial difficulties, and the advent of the automobile caused the line to never reach its goals, and remain with a Northern and Southern division.