Riverside–Rialto (Pacific Electric)

Riverside-Rialto
Overview
Type	Light rail
System	Pacific Electric
Locale	Los Angeles, San Gabriel Valley, Inland Empire
Termini	Pacific Electric Building; Downtown Riverside
Stations	71
Operation
Opened	1914
Closed	1940
Owner	Union Pacific Railroad
Operator(s)	Pacific Electric
Rolling stock	1300 class (last used)
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead lines
Route map
	Lone Hill
	(San Dimas Junction)
	terminus
	after 1940

Riverside-Rialto was a line operated by the Pacific Electric Railway from 1914 to 1940, running from Downtown Los Angeles to Downtown Riverside. This was the longest line in the Pacific Electric, and the only line to have exclusive trackage owned by the Union Pacific instead of the Southern Pacific Railroad. The line reached its highest ridership the year it opened, but never recovered at a time when the Inland Empire was far less populated and a commute of that distance was rare.

List of Major Stations

Station	Major Connections	Date Opened	Date Closed	City
Riverside-Rialto
Riverside	Arlington-Corona, Riverside-San Bernardino	1914	1940	Riverside
Upland	Upland-San Bernardino	1914	1940	Upland
Claremont	Pomona-Claremont, Upland-San Bernardino	1914	1940	Claremont
San Dimas	Pomona, Upland-San Bernardino	1914	1940	San Dimas
Covina	Pomona, Upland-San Bernardino	1914	1947	Covina
El Monte	Pomona, Upland-San Bernardino	1914	1950	El Monte
Covina Junction	Alhambra-San Gabriel, Monrovia-Glendora, Mount Lowe, Pasadena Short Line, Pasadena via Oak Knoll, Pomona, Sierra Madre, Upland-San Bernardino	1902	1951	Los Angeles
Echandia Junction	Alhambra-San Gabriel, Annandale, Monrovia-Glendora, Mount Lowe, Pasadena Short Line, Pasadena via Oak Knoll, Pomona, Sierra Madre, South Pasadena Local, Upland-San Bernardino	1895	1951
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, 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	1905	1961

Sources

Electric Rail Heritage Association

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