Whittier (Pacific Electric)

The Whittier line was a line on the Pacific Electric Railway that operated between 1904 and 1935. The line served Downtown Los Angeles and Whittier via Huntington Park, Rivera, and Los Nietos. Due to its roundabout route, the line quickly lost out to bus and automobile service along Whittier Boulevard.

Whittier
Overview
Type	Light rail
System	Pacific Electric
Locale	Southern California
Termini	Pacific Electric Building Whittier, California
Daily ridership	1,139,480 (peak, 1923)
Operation
Opened	November 7, 1903
Closed	1935
Owner	Southern Pacific Railroad
Operator(s)	Pacific Electric
Technical
Line length	17.35 miles
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead lines
Route map to Sierra Vista &  B   F   G   O  Pacific Electric Building Edendale Local  H   J   R   S   B   F   G   O  multiple lines  U  Amoco to Santa Monica Air Line Vernon Avenue  V  Slauson Junction multiple lines Dozier Huntington Park  J  Miles Fruitland Bell Greening Baker Walker terminus after 1930 Los Angeles River Laguna Gage Rio Hondo Rio Hondo McCampbell Downey Road SR 19 Rivera Burke San Gabriel River Guirado Santa Fe RR Los Nietos to Fullerton & La Habra–Yorba Linda King Eli Rose Hedge State School Whittier

Mileages

Times as of 1931[1]

station	Mi. EB	Mi. WB	Time EB	Time WB
Los Angeles	0.00	17.35	0:00	0:45
Slauson Junction	4.27	13.08	0:16	0:33
Huntington Park	5.42	11.93	0:20	0:28
Bell (Maywood Ave.)	6.73	10.62
Bell (Gifford Ave)	7.20	10.15	0:23	0:21
Walker			0:28	0:19
Edgewater	9.20	8.15
Laguna	10.28	7.07
Rio Hondo	11.40	5.95
Rivera	12.58	4.77	0:35	0:10
Los Nietos	14.50	2.85	0:39	0:08
State School	16.71	0.94	0:43	0:02
Whittier	17.35	0.00	0:47	0:00

References

1. "Pacific Electric Railway Time Table". Metro Library and Archive. August 26, 1931.

Sources

• Electric Rail Heritage Association