Monrovia–Glendora Line
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The Monrovia–Glendora Line was a route on the
History
The route was established in 1902. Passenger service at Monrovia began on March 1, 1903.[1] The extension to Glendora followed in December 1907.[2][3]
The Los Angeles terminal was moved to the elevated viaduct at Main Street Station after February 11, 1917.[4] A proposed four-mile (6.4 km) extension of the line from Glendora to Lone Hill was denied by the Railroad Commission of the State of California in March 1918, citing wartime conditions.[5]
Special runs to
Route
From the
At Sierra Vista (Main Street and Huntington Drive) the Alhambra–San Gabriel Line branched easterly from the four track section and proceeded on Main Street, while the Monrovia–Glendora Line continued north and then east still between dual roadways on Huntington Drive, to Oneonta Park (Huntington Drive and Fair Oaks Avenue). Here, the Pasadena Short Line turned north on Fair Oaks Avenue.[7] The line then continued on a four track system as far as "El Molino" (El Molino Street) where the system returned to dual trackage. It continued northeasterly still between the dual roadways of Huntington Drive, passed Oak Knoll Avenue, (where the Oak Knoll Line proceeded north into Pasadena), and in a mile or so passed what is now known as Sierra Madre Boulevard (where the local Sierra Madre Line turned north) in San Marino.
Proceeding east, the Monrovia–Glendora Line passed southerly of
Stations
Station | Mile[8] | Major connections | Date opened | Date closed | City |
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Glendora | 26.21 | 1907 | 1951 | Glendora | |
Azusa | 23.40 | 1951 | Azusa | ||
Duarte | 21.47 | 1951 | Duarte | ||
Monrovia | 17.99 | 1903 | 1951 | Monrovia | |
Arcadia | 16.30 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | 1951 | Arcadia | |
San Marino | 11.39 | 1951 | San Marino | ||
El Molino | 10.11 | Pasadena via Oak Knoll, Sierra Madre | 1902 | 1951 | |
Oneonta Park[9] | 8.56 | Pasadena via Oak Knoll, Mount Lowe, Pasadena Short Line, Shorb, Sierra Madre | 1901 | 1951 | South Pasadena |
Sierra Vista | 7.65 | Alhambra–San Gabriel, Pasadena via Oak Knoll, Mount Lowe, Pasadena Short Line, Shorb, Sierra Madre | 1901 | 1951 | Alhambra |
Covina Junction | 3.37 | 1901 | 1951 | Los Angeles | |
Echandia Junction | 1895 | 1951 | |||
Pacific Electric Building | 0 | 1905 | 1961 | ||
References
- ^ Crump (1977), p. 66.
- ^ Crump (1977), p. 103.
- ^ Castrejon, Aaron (March 4, 2016). "BLAST FROM THE PAST: Electric Rail Has Deep Roots In SoCal". Glendora City News. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
- ^ OCLC 6565577.
- ^ ""P. E. EXTENSIONS DENIED"". Vol. XLIII, no. 114 (Night ed.). Los Angeles, California: Los Angeles Evening Herald. March 14, 1918. p. 3.
- ^ "PE Trolley Lines Yielded to Buses". Los Angeles Times. September 30, 1951. p. 26. Retrieved February 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Pasadena History: Oneonta Park station". San Gabriel Valley Tribune. February 7, 2009. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
- ^ "Pacific Electric Time Tables" (PDF). wx4's Dome of Foam. Pacific Electric. September 1, 1934. p. 14. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
- ^ "Pasadena History: Oneonta Park station". San Gabriel Valley Tribune. February 7, 2009. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
Bibliography
- Crump, Spencer (1977). Ride the big red cars: How trolleys helped build southern California. Trans-Anglo Books. p. 103. OCLC 3414090.