Pasadena Short Line

Pasadena Short Line
Overview
Owner	Southern Pacific Railroad
Locale	Southern California
Termini	Pacific Electric Building Downtown Pasadena
Stations	14
Service
Type	Light rail
System	Pacific Electric
Operator(s)	Pacific Electric
Rolling stock	PE 5050 Class (last used)
Daily ridership	7,693 (last counting)
History
Opened	1894 (Pasadena & Los Angeles Electric Railway) 1902 (Pacific Electric)
Closed	September 30, 1951
Technical
Line length	11.6 mi (18.7 km)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Old gauge	narrow gauge
Electrification	Overhead line, 600 V DC
Route map Legend Altadena via North Fair Oaks Ave. Pasadena North Orange Grove Lamanda Park reroute 1940 Arroyo Seco Santa Fe RR Raymond Hill South Pasadena South Pasadena Monrovia–Glendora / Pasadena via Oak Knoll Oneonta Park La Cresta Alhambra–San Gabriel / Shorb Sierra Vista Newton Titus Happy Valley Soto Street Viaduct El Sereno Lincoln Park Southern Pacific RR Upland–San Bernardino / Riverside–Rialto Valley Junction South Pasadena Echandia Union Pacific RR Los Angeles River Santa Fe RR  P  6th & Main Edendale loop terminus 1942–1947 6th/Main Terminal  F  ground floor until 1942 elevated terminal after 1947 Southern Division This diagram: view talk edit

The Pasadena Short Line was a passenger railway line of the Pacific Electric Railway. It ran between Downtown Los Angeles and Downtown Pasadena, California, through Eastside Los Angeles along the foot of the eastern San Rafael Hills to the western San Gabriel Valley.^[1][2] It was in service under the company between 1902 until 1951, though it had operated under different companies back to its beginnings as a horsecar line. The route, designated by the company as line 2, was the key component of the company's Northern Subdivision.^[3]