Redondo Beach via Gardena Line

Redondo via Gardena
Overview
Owner	Southern Pacific Railroad
Locale	Los Angeles, and the South Bay
Termini	Downtown Los Angeles Torrance, California
Stations	40
Service
Type	Light rail
System	Pacific Electric
Rolling stock	PE 1000 Class (last used)
Daily ridership	319,602 (last count)
History
Opened	1911
Closed	1940
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead lines
Route map Pacific Electric Building to Northern Division  J   R   S   J   S  to Sierra Vista–Watts & South Pasadena Local Amoco Air Line Vernon Avenue  V  Slauson Junction Whittier / Fullerton Fleming Florencita Park Florence Nadeau Graham Latin Watts multiple lines Centralia South Park Avenue Main Street South Los Angeles (Forest)  7  Delta  F  Athens Hawthorne–El Nido / Hawthorne–El Segundo Delphi 143rd Street 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 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

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

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