San Pedro via Gardena (Pacific Electric)
San Pedro via Gardena (also known as San Pedro via Torrance was a line of the Pacific Electric Railway. This was the original route to San Pedro, built by the Los Angeles Interurban Railway in 1903 and Pacific Electric assumed control in 1911. The line was essential in the establishment of light industry in Torrance. While freight on the line continued until 1965, passenger service dropped off as a result of San Pedro via Dominguez. Passenger service was cut back to Torrance in 1939 and discontinued altogether in 1940. The route closely paralleled the present-day Harbor Transitway.
List of Major Stations
Station |
Major Connections |
Date Opened |
Date Closed |
City |
San Pedro 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, Redondo via Gardena, Riverside-Rialto, San Pedro via Dominguez, 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, Redondo via Gardena, San Pedro via Dominguez, Santa Ana, Santa Monica Air Line, Soldiers' Home, Whittier |
1902 |
1961 |
Slauson Junction |
Balboa, Fullerton, Hawthorne-El Segundo, La Habra-Yorba Linda, Long Beach, Redondo via Gardena, San Pedro via Dominguez, Santa Ana, Whittier |
1902 |
1961 |
Watts |
Balboa, Hawthorne-El Segundo, Long Beach, Redondo via Gardena, San Pedro via Dominguez, Santa Ana |
1902 |
1961 |
Forest |
Hawthorne-El Segundo, Redondo via Gardena, LARy route 7 |
1903 |
1940 |
Delta |
Hawthorne-El Segundo |
1903 |
1940 |
Gardena |
Redondo via Gardena |
1903 |
1940 |
Gardena |
Dolanco |
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1903 |
1940 |
Carson |
Torrance |
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1903 |
1940 |
Torrance |
San Pedro |
La Rambla, Long Beach-San Pedro, Point Fermin, San Pedro via Dominguez |
1902 |
1961 |
San Pedro |
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