Redondo Beach via Gardena (Pacific Electric)

Redondo via Gardena
Overview
Type	Light rail
System	Pacific Electric
Locale	Los Angeles, and the South Bay
Termini	Downtown Los Angeles Torrance, California
Stations	40
Daily ridership	319,602 (last count)
Operation
Opened	1911
Closed	1940
Owner	Southern Pacific Railroad
Rolling stock	PE 1000 Class (last used)
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead lines
Route map Legend Pacific Electric Building Northern Division J R S J S Sierra Vista-Watts South Pasadena Local U Amoco Vernon Avenue V Slauson Junction Fleming Florencito Park Florence Nadeau Graham Latin Watts several lines Centralia South Park Avenue Main Street South Los Angeles (Forest)7 San Pedro via Gardena Athens Delphi 143rd Street San Pedro via Gardena Strawberry Park Gardena Hermosillo San Pedro via Gardena Broadacres Moneta Bridgedale La Fresa Perry Hickman Selby Hawthorne-El Nido El Nido Monterey Park Maddex Coyote Avenue Redondo Beach via Playa del Rey Redondo Beach Clifton

Redondo via Gardena was a line of the Pacific Electric Railway. One of two routes to Redondo Beach, this one was faster than Redondo Beach via Playa del Rey as a result of its routing along the Watts 4-track main line.

The line was built and operated by the Los Angeles Pacific Railroad. On March 19, 1906, an agreement was reached to sell all the Los Angeles Pacific Railroad lines for $6 million to Henry Huntington’s Pacific Electric Railway.

List of Major Stations

See also

• Streetcar suburb
• Streetcars in North America
• List of California railroads
• History of rail transportation in California
• Union Station (Los Angeles)
• Los Angeles Motordrome
• Pacific Electric's Red Cars that connected

References

• Electric Railway Heritage Association
• Electric Railway Heritage Association Redondo Beach via Gardena

Pacific Electric
Routes	Northern Division Alhambra-San Gabriel Annandale Arlington-Corona Arrowhead Covina East Washington El Monte-Baldwin Park Highland Lamanda Park Monrovia-Glendora Mount Lowe North Lake Pasadena Short Line Pasadena via Oak Knoll Ontario-San Antonio Heights Ontario-Upland Pomona Pomona-Claremont Redlands Riverside-Arlington Riverside-Rialto San Bernardino-Riverside San Dimas San Dimas Local Shorb Sierra Madre Sierra Vista Local South Pasadena Local Upland-San Bernardino Western Division Beverly Hills Brush Canyon Coldwater Canyon Echo Park Avenue Edendale Local Glendale-Burbank Lankershim-Van Nuys Laurel Canyon Owensmouth Redondo Beach via Playa del Rey San Fernando Santa Monica Air Line Sawtelle Sherman Soldiers' Home Venice-Inglewood Venice-Playa del Rey Venice Short Line West 16th Street Western and Franklin Avenue Westgate Southern Division American Avenue Balboa Bellflower Catalina Dock East Seventh Street East Third Street Fullerton Hawthorne-El Nido Hawthorne-El Segundo Huntington Beach-La Bolsa La Habra-Yorba Linda Long Beach Long Beach-San Pedro Redondo via Gardena San Pedro via Dominguez San Pedro via Gardena Santa Ana Santa Ana-Huntington Beach Santa Ana-Orange Seal Beach Seal Beach-Huntington Beach-Newport Beach Terminal Island Torrance Watts Whittier
Notable	Belmont Tunnel / Toluca Substation and Yard Pacific Electric Building Pacific Electric Railroad Bridge Substation No. 8 Strike of 1903 Subway Terminal Building Watts Station
Related	Predecessors Los Angeles Inter-Urban Electric Railway Monrovia Rapid Transit Company Mount Lowe Railway Pasadena and Pacific Santa Ana, Orange & Tustin Street Railway Los Angeles and Independence Railroad Connecting Glendale and Montrose Railway Los Angeles Railway Successors Los Angeles Metro LAMTA OCTA Omnitrans Port of LA Waterfront Red Car SCRTD