San Pedro via Gardena (Pacific Electric)

San Pedro via Gardena
Overview
Type	Light rail
System	Pacific Electric
Locale	Los Angeles, and the South Bay
Termini	Downtown Los Angeles San Pedro, California
Stations	37
Daily ridership	101,461 (last count)
Operation
Opened	1903
Closed	1939
Owner	Southern Pacific Railroad
Rolling stock	PE 1200 Class (last used)
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) 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 Redondo via Gardena Delta West Athens Amestoy Euclid Avenue Rosecrans Blackburn Redondo via Gardena Strawberry Park Gardena Hermosillo Redondo via Gardena Oliver SR 91 Compton Creek Southmoyd McKinley La Jota (Humphreys) Funston Dolanco Torranceterminus after 1939 Plaza del Amo Ocean Avenue Cuerna Joughins Weston Street Harbor City SR 1 Bixby (Hilldale) McDonald Long Beach-San Pedro Wilmington Road San Pedro via Dominguez San Pedro

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 ended as a result of San Pedro via Dominguez. Passenger service was cut back to Torrance in 1939 and discontinued in 1940. The route closely paralleled the present-day Harbor Transitway.

List of major stations