San Pedro via Dominguez (Pacific Electric)

San Pedro via Dominguez
Overview
Type Light rail
System Pacific Electric
Locale Los Angeles, and the South Bay
Termini Downtown Los Angeles
San Pedro, California
Stations 30
Daily ridership 1,002,051 (last count)
Operation
Opened 1904
Closed 1958
Owner Southern Pacific Railroad
Rolling stock PE 1200 Class (last used)
Technical
Line length 25.39 miles
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Electrification Overhead lines
Route map
Legend
Pacific Electric Building
J R S
J S
Amoco
Vernon Avenue
V
Slauson Junction
Fleming
Florencito Park
Florence
Nadeau
Graham
Latin
Wattsend local service
Abila
Springdale
Willowbrook
Sativa
Winona
Compton
Dominguez
Dominguez Junction
223rd Street
Elfman
Dolores
Bangle
Watson
Thenard
Wilmington Park
G Street
Wilmington
Canal Street
bridge destroyed 1955
Wilmington Road
San Pedro

San Pedro via Dominguez was a 25-mile light rail transport route, part of the Pacific Electric system in Los Angeles, United States. Its termini were Pacific Electric Building and San Pedro and it operated between 1904 and 1958, after which the light rail service was replaced by buses.[1]

List of major stations

Station Major Connections Date Opened Date Closed City
San Pedro via Dominguez
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 Gardena, 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 Gardena, 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 Gardena, Santa Ana, Whittier 1902 1961
Watts Balboa, Hawthorne-El Segundo, Long Beach, Redondo via Gardena, San Pedro via Gardena, Santa Ana 1902 1961
Compton Long Beach, Balboa 1905 1961 Compton
Dominguez Junction Long Beach, Balboa 1905 1961 Rancho Dominguez
Wilmington 1905 1961 Wilmington
San Pedro San Pedro via Gardena, San Pedro Local Lines 1905 1961 San Pedro

References

  1. San Pedro via Dominguez Line, Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California, accessed 2 June 2016.


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