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 Pacific Electric Building Northern Division J R S J S Sierra Vista-Watts South Pasadena Local U Amoco Vernon Avenue V Slauson Junction Fleming Florencito Park Florence Nadeau Graham Latin Watts several lines Centralia South Park Avenue Main Street South Los Angeles (Forest)7 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 Selby Hawthorne-El Nido 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.

The line was built and operated by the Los Angeles Pacific Railroad. On March 19, 1906, an agreement was reached to sell all the Los Angeles Pacific Railroad lines for $6 million to Henry Huntington’s Pacific Electric Railway.

List of Major Stations

See also

• Streetcar suburb
• Streetcars in North America
• List of California railroads
• History of rail transportation in California
• Union Station (Los Angeles)
• Los Angeles Motordrome
• Pacific Electric's Red Cars that connected

References

• Electric Railway Heritage Association
• Electric Railway Heritage Association Redondo Beach via Gardena