Whittier Line

Whittier Line
The first Pacific Electric Car to Whittier, 1904
Overview
OwnerSouthern Pacific Railroad
LocaleSouthern California
Termini
Service
TypeInterurban
SystemPacific Electric
Operator(s)Pacific Electric
Ridership1,139,480 (peak, 1923)[1]
History
OpenedNovember 7, 1903
ClosedJanuary 22, 1938 (to Whittier)
March 6, 1938 (to Walker)
Technical
Line length17.35 mi (27.92 km)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
ElectrificationOverhead line600 V DC
Route map

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Pacific Electric Building
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multiple
lines
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Amoco
Vernon Avenue
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Slauson Junction
multiple
lines
Dozier
Huntington Park
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Miles
Fruitland
Bell
Greening
Baker
Walker
Laguna
Gage
Rio Hondo
McCampbell
Downey Road
Rivera
Burke
Guirado
Los Nietos
King
Eli
Rose Hedge
State School
Whittier

The Whittier Line was a Pacific Electric interurban line which traveled between Los Angeles and Whittier via Huntington Park, Rivera, and Los Nietos.[2] A branch of the company's original Long Beach Line, operations along the line began in 1903. Due to its indirect route, passenger operations were eventually replaced by bus service on Whittier Boulevard after 1938.[3] Tracks were largely retained for use by freight trains, eventually becoming the Union Pacific La Habra Subdivision. A short segment of the route is expected to be reactivated for passenger service as part of the Southeast Gateway Line.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference ERHA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Smith, O.A. (1931). Railway Time Table: Whittier Line, La Habra Line (August 26, 1931 ed.). Los Angeles: Pacific Electric. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  3. ^ Walker 1976, p. 172