Alhambra–San Gabriel (Pacific Electric)

Alhambra-San Gabriel was a line operated by the Pacific Electric Railway from 1901 to 1941, running from Downtown Los Angeles to Temple City.

Alhambra-San Gabriel
Overview
Type	Light rail
System	Pacific Electric
Locale	Los Angeles, San Gabriel Valley
Termini	Pacific Electric Building Temple City, California
Stations	18
Daily ridership	1,063,529 (last count)
Operation
Opened	1901
Closed	1941
Owner	Southern Pacific Railroad
Operator(s)	Pacific Electric
Rolling stock	1300 class (last used)
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead lines
Route map Temple City East San Gabriel Rubio Wash San Gabriel Alhambra Wash San Pasqual Wash Alhambra West Alhambra multiple lines Sierra Vista Newton Titus Happy Valley Soto Street Viaduct El Sereno Lincoln Park Southern Pacific RR Charlotte Street Marengo Street Upland–San Bernardino Valley Junction State Street Echandia Brooklyn Avenue Union Pacific RR Los Angeles River Santa Fe RR  P  Southern Division 6th/Main Terminal  F

Route

Between the 6th & Main Terminal and Sierra Vista Junction, the line followed the Northern District main line. At Sierra Vista Junction (where Huntington Drive and Main Street meet near the western border of Alhambra), the line diverged due east along the median of Main Street, continuing down Main through Alhambra (with a freight spur running south on Palm Avenue to the Southern Pacific's Alhambra depot on Mission Road), into San Gabriel (where Main Street becomes Las Tunas Drive) and finally into Temple City, where the line had an off-street terminal at the northeast corner of Las Tunas Drive and Kauffman Avenue. Additionally, there was a branch that turned south on Mission Drive in San Gabriel, passed along the southern edge of Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, then turned north on Junipero Serra Drive before rejoining the main line at Junipero Serra and Las Tunas drives.[1]

List of Major Stations

Station	Major connections	Date opened	Date closed	City
San Gabriel	Southern Pacific Railroad	1901	1941	San Gabriel
Alhambra		1901	1941	Alhambra
Sierra Vista	Monrovia-Glendora, Mount Lowe, Pasadena Short Line, Pasadena via Oak Knoll, Shorb, Sierra Madre	1901	1951
Covina Junction	Monrovia-Glendora, Mount Lowe, Pasadena Short Line, Pasadena via Oak Knoll, Pomona, Riverside-Rialto, Sierra Madre, Upland-San Bernardino	1901	1951	Los Angeles
Echandia Junction	Annandale, Monrovia-Glendora, Mount Lowe, Pasadena Short Line, Pasadena via Oak Knoll, Pomona, Riverside-Rialto, 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, Riverside-Rialto, San Pedro via Dominguez, San Pedro via Gardena, Santa Ana, Santa Monica Air Line, Sierra Madre, Soldiers' Home, South Pasadena Local, Whittier	1905	1961

References

1. Lines of Pacific Electric: Northern & Eastern Districts. Interurbans. 1976. pp. 48–51. ISBN 0-916374-21-1.

• "Alhambra-San Gabriel Line". Electric Rail Heritage Association.