South Pasadena Local

South Pasadena Local was an interurban line operated by the Pacific Electric Railway between Downtown Los Angeles and Downtown Pasadena, California by way of the Arroyo Seco Route. This was one of four interurban lines that connected the 6th & Main Terminal and the Pasadena Terminal.

South Pasadena Local
Pacific Electric passenger rail car no.212 passes over the Daly Street Bridge, c. 1906
Overview
Owner	Southern Pacific Railroad
Locale	Southern California
Termini	Pacific Electric Building Downtown Pasadena
Stations	7
Service
Type	Light rail
System	Pacific Electric
Operator(s)	Pacific Electric
Rolling stock	Birney 300 Class (last used)
History
Opened	1895
Closed	July 30, 1933
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead lines
Route map   Pasadena Short Line South Pasadena Santa Fe RR Ostrich Farm Mineral Park Arroyo Seco Santa Fe RR Arroyo Seco  9   O  Southern Pacific RR General Hospital terminus after 1935 Echandia multiple lines

History

This line was originally built in 1895 as the Pasadena and Los Angeles Railway. Originally operated as a local streetcar line, the tracks were incorporated into the Pacific Electric interurban system. Cars running between the Los Angeles Southern Pacific station and the Pasadena Southern Pacific station began on May 1, 1912. By August 11, 1932, service had been reduced to a single franchise car and the service was entirely abandoned July 30 the next year.[1]

List of major stations

Station	Major connections	Date opened	Date closed	City
South Pasadena Local
Pasadena	East California, East Orange Grove, East Washington, Lamanda Park, Lincoln, Mount Lowe, North Fair Oaks, North Lake, Pasadena Short Line, Pasadena via Oak Knoll, West California, West Colorado and Orange Grove	1902	1951	Pasadena
South Pasadena	Mount Lowe, Pasadena Short Line	1902	1951	South Pasadena
Echandia Junction	Alhambra–San Gabriel, Annandale, Monrovia–Glendora, Mount Lowe, Pasadena Short Line, Pasadena via Oak Knoll, Pomona, Riverside-Rialto, Sierra Madre, Upland–San Bernardino	1895	1951	Los Angeles
Pacific Electric Building	Alhambra–San Gabriel, Annandale, Balboa, Fullerton, Hawthorne-El Segundo, La Habra–Fullerton–Yorba Linda, Long Beach, Monrovia–Glendora, Mount Lowe, Pasadena Short Line, Pasadena via Oak Knoll, Pomona, Riverside–Rialto, San Pedro via Dominguez, San Pedro via Gardena, Santa Ana, Santa Monica Air Line, Sierra Madre, Soldiers' Home, Whittier	1905	1961

References

1. Veysey, Laurence R. (June 1958). A History Of The Rail Passenger Service Operated By The Pacific Electric Railway Company Since 1911 And By Its Successors Since 1953 (PDF). LACMTA (Report). Retrieved 19 September 2020.