Redondo Beach via Gardena (Pacific Electric)

Redondo via Gardena
Overview
Type Light rail
System Pacific Electric
Locale Los Angeles, and the South Bay
Termini Downtown Los Angeles
Torrance, California
Stations 40
Daily ridership 319,602 (last count)
Operation
Opened 1911
Closed 1940
Owner Southern Pacific Railroad
Rolling stock PE 1000 Class (last used)
Technical
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
(standard gauge)
Electrification Overhead lines
Route map

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 Pacific Electric Building
H, J, R
H
U
Santa Monica Air Line
Vernon Avenue
V
Slauson Junction
Whittier, La Habra-Yorba Linda
Ascot Park
Watts end local service
several lines
Centralia
South Park Avenue
Main Street
South Los Angeles (Forest) 7
Hawthorne-El Segundo, San Pedro via Gardena
Athens
Delphi
143rd Street
San Pedro via Gardena
Strawberry Park
Gardena
Hermosillo
San Pedro via Gardena
Broadacres
Moneta
Bridgedale
La Fresa
Perry
Hickman
Hawthorne-El Nido
Monterey Park
Maddex
Coyote Avenue
Redondo Beach via Playa del Rey
Redondo Beach
Clifton

Redondo via Gardena was a line of the Pacific Electric Railway. One of two routes to Redondo Beach, this one was faster than Redondo Beach via Playa del Rey as a result of its routing along the Watts 4-track main line.

List of Major Stations

Station Major Connections Date Opened Date Closed City
Redondo via Gardena
Pacific Electric Building Alhambra-San Gabriel, Annandale, Balboa, Fullerton, Hawthorne-El Segundo, La Habra-Yorba Linda, Long Beach, Monrovia-Glendora, Mount Lowe, Pasadena Short Line, Pasadena via Oak Knoll, Pomona, Redlands, Riverside-Rialto, San Pedro via Dominguez, San Pedro via Gardena, Santa Ana, Santa Monica Air Line, Sierra Madre, Soldiers' Home, South Pasadena Local, Upland-San Bernardino, Whittier, LAR Routes B, H, J, R, 7, and 8 1905 1961 Los Angeles
Amoco Balboa, Fullerton, Hawthorne-El Segundo, La Habra-Yorba Linda, Long Beach, San Pedro via Dominguez, San Pedro via Gardena, Santa Ana, Santa Monica Air Line, Soldiers' Home, Whittier 1902 1961
Slauson Junction Balboa, Fullerton, Hawthorne-El Segundo, La Habra-Yorba Linda, Long Beach, San Pedro via Dominguez, San Pedro via Gardena, Santa Ana, Whittier 1902 1961
Watts Balboa, Hawthorne-El Segundo, Long Beach, San Pedro via Dominguez, San Pedro via Gardena, Santa Ana 1902 1961
Forest Hawthorne-El Segundo, San Pedro via Gardena, LARy route 7 1911 1940
Gardena San Pedro via Gardena 1911 1940 Gardena
Belvidere Hawthorne-El Nido 1911 1940 Lawndale
Redondo Beach Hawthorne-El Nido, Redondo Beach via Playa del Rey 1911 1940 Redondo Beach
Clifton Hawthorne-El Nido, Redondo Beach via Playa del Rey 1911 1940 Torrance
Routes
Northern Division
Alhambra-San Gabriel • Annandale • Arlington-Corona • Arrowhead • Covina • East Washington • El Monte-Baldwin Park • Highland • Lamanda Park • Monrovia-Glendora • Mount Lowe • North Lake • Pasadena Short Line • Pasadena via Oak Knoll • Ontario-San Antonio Heights • Ontario-Upland • Pomona • Pomona-Claremont • Redlands • Riverside-Arlington • Riverside-Rialto • San Bernardino-Riverside • San Dimas • San Dimas Local • Shorb • Sierra Madre • Sierra Vista Local • South Pasadena Local • Upland-San Bernardino
Western Division
Beverly Hills • Brush Canyon • Coldwater Canyon • Echo Park Avenue • Edendale Local • Glendale-Burbank • Lankershim-Van Nuys • Laurel Canyon • Owensmouth • Redondo Beach via Playa del Rey • San Fernando • Santa Monica Air Line • Sawtelle • Sherman • Soldiers' Home • Venice-Inglewood • Venice-Playa del Rey • Venice Short Line • West 16th Street • Western and Franklin Avenue • Westgate
Southern Division
American Avenue • Balboa • Bellflower • Catalina Dock • East Seventh Street • East Third Street • Fullerton • Hawthorne-El Nido • Hawthorne-El Segundo • Huntington Beach-La Bolsa • La Habra-Yorba Linda • Long Beach • Long Beach-San Pedro • Redondo via Gardena • San Pedro via Dominguez • San Pedro via Gardena • Santa Ana • Santa Ana-Huntington Beach • Santa Ana-Orange • Seal Beach • Seal Beach-Huntington Beach-Newport Beach • Terminal Island • Torrance • Watts • Whittier
System Features
Associated Systems
Predecessors
Los Angeles Inter-Urban Electric Railway • Monrovia Rapid Transit Company • Mount Lowe Railway • Pasadena and Pacific • Santa Ana, Orange & Tustin Street Railway
Connecting
Successors