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.

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
Operator(s)	Pacific Electric
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 to Northern Division  J   R   S   J   S  to Sierra Vista-Watts & South Pasadena Local Amoco Vernon Avenue  V  Slauson Junction Fleming Florencito Park Florence Nadeau Graham Latin Watts multiple 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 Compton Creek Southmoyd McKinley La Jota (Humphreys) Funston Dolanco Torrance terminus after 1939 Plaza del Amo Ocean Avenue Cuerna Joughins Weston Street Harbor City Bixby (Hilldale) McDonald Long Beach-San Pedro Wilmington Road San Pedro via Dominguez San Pedro

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

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		1903	1940	Carson
Torrance		1903	1940	Torrance
San Pedro	La Rambla, Long Beach-San Pedro, Point Fermin, San Pedro via Dominguez	1902	1961	San Pedro