Monrovia–Glendora (Pacific Electric)

Monrovia-Glendora was a route on the Pacific Electric Railway until 1951, serving the San Gabriel Valley.

Monrovia-Glendora
Overview
Type	Light rail
System	Pacific Electric
Locale	Southern California
Termini	6th & Main Terminal Glendora
Stations	39
Daily ridership	unknown
Operation
Opened	1902
Closed	1951
Owner	Pacific Electric
Operator(s)	Pacific Electric
Rolling stock	varied
Technical
Number of tracks	varied
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead lines
Route map Glendora La Fetra Citrus Avenue end of double track Azusa Puente Largo San Gabriel River Rivas Las Lomas Mount Olive East Duarte Duarte Glenney Greenwood Lexington Creek Monrovia Santa Anita Canyon Santa Fe RR Arcadia Arcadia Wash Santa Ana Golden West Avenue Sunnyslope Michillinda Eaton Canyon La Presa Sunnyslope Rose Avenue Rubio Wash Sierra Madre San Marino Las Rosas El Molino San Pasqual Wash Pasqualito Fletcher Avenue Pasadena Short Line Oneonta Park La Cresta 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

It ran from 1902 to 1951, supporting real estate development in the valley.

Route

The Monrovia-Glendora route ran from the 6th & Main Terminal in Downtown Los Angeles — through:

• San Marino,
• Arcadia,
• Monrovia
• Azusa
• to Glendora.

A four-mile proposed extension of the line from Glendora to Lone Hill was denied by the Railroad Commission of the State of California in March 1918, citing wartime conditions.[1]

A long section of the route was along present-day Huntington Drive. The Arcadia train station was the route's San Gabriel Valley transfer point for Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway passenger trains.

References

1. Staff, "P. E. EXTENSIONS DENIED", Los Angeles Evening Herald, Los Angeles, California, Thursday 14 March 1918, Volume XLIII, Number 114, Night Edition, page 3.

Monrovia 1903, Myrtle ave Pacific Electric Rail line

1926 Monrovia train station serviced by the Santa Fe Ry. until 1972, just east of the current Gold Line stop