Riverside–Rialto (Pacific Electric)

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.

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 Arlington-Corona Riverside Santa Ana River Southern Pacific Santa Fe East River Ranura Cement Plant Crestmore (Cedar Street) Curtisolo (Slover Street) Bloomington Southern Pacific Pooele Upland–San Bernardino Rialto Cactus Avenue Linden Avenue Locust Alder Fontana Muscat Sansevain Los Minos Etiwanda Milligan (Grapeland) Los Uvas East Alta Loma Alta Loma Carnelian Carillo Upland Euclid Avenue Mountain Avenue West Upland Santa Fe Claremont Santa Fe Baldy View North Pomona Fulton Road Pomona La Verne (Lordsburg) San Dimas Lone Hill (San Dimas Junction) terminus after 1940 Charter Oak Ruddock Masonic Home Hayler Barranca Street Covina Hollenbeck Avenue Azusa Avenue Lark Ellen Vincent Irwindale Orange Avenue Meadowview Vineland Baldwin Park La Rica Vista Del Valle Gravel Pit San Gabriel River San Gabriel River Maxson Cogswell Hayes Southern Pacific El Monte Rio Hondo Niobe Eaton Wash SR 19 Rosemead San Gabriel Wash Garvey (Amarillo) South San Gabriel Alhambra Wash Wilmar Alhambra Avenue (Gaston) Garfield Avenue (Ramona Park) Ynez Street Ramona Convent Campbell Avenue Granada Park Floral Park City Terrace (La Borde) Wallace Park multiple lines Valley Junction State Street Echandia Brooklyn Avenue Union Pacific Los Angeles River Santa Fe Southern Pacific Northern Division  P   P   B   F   O   9   D   U   3  6th/Main Terminal Edendale Local multiple lines

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