Alhambra station

Alhambra, CA
The station in May 1973
General information
Location	2200 West Mission Road [1] Alhambra, California
Coordinates	34°04′46.7″N118°08′55.7″W / 34.079639°N 118.148806°W / 34.079639; -118.148806
Owned by	Southern Pacific Transportation Company
Line(s)	SP Alhambra Subdivision
Tracks	2
Train operators	Amtrak
History
Opened	1886 (1886)
Closed	1975 (1975)
Rebuilt	1940
Previous names	Shorb
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Los Angeles Terminus Sunset Limited Pomona toward New Orleans Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station Los Angeles Terminus Sunset Route Pomona toward New Orleans Central Station 1914–1939 Terminus Arcade Depot until 1914 Terminus Naud Junction toward Arcade Depot Pasadena Branch San Gabriel Winery toward Pasadena Preceding station Pacific Electric Following station Shorb Road Junction towards Pasadena SP Shorb Terminus

Alhambra station was a train station in Alhambra, California. It was last served by the Amtrak Sunset Limited .

History

Opened in 1886 as Shorb, ^{[2] [3] : 25} the station was a stop on the transcontinental Southern Pacific Railroad Sunset Limited . ^[4] The first building was located at Garfield Avenue and Mission Road. ^[5] A separate Alhambra station operated two route miles (3.2 km) to the east. ^[6]

Pacific Electric built their route for the Shorb Line spur here in 1912 to connect their interurban system to the transcontinental passenger network; their passenger service ceased in 1924. ^[7]

The station building was reconstructed in 1940. ^{[5] [8] : 48} Passenger services were commuted to Amtrak in 1971, who took over operations at the depot. Trains ceased to stop in 1975 as the station was bypassed. ^{[5] [1] [9]} The tracks were depressed into a trench by the city with work starting in 1977. ^[2] The tracks currently run in the trench below surface grade throughout Alhambra, rejoining grade-level tracks in El Monte adjacent to Metrolink’s El Monte station, served by the San Bernardino Line. The station was subsequently destroyed by a fire in 1984. ^{[8] : 48}

References

1. "All-America Schedules". Amtrak. May 15, 1975. Retrieved December 8, 2020– via The Museum of Railway Timetables.
2. "History of Alhambra (1771 to Present)". City of Alhambra. Archived from the original on December 1, 2020. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
3. Southern Pacific System: List of Officers, Agencies and Stations (PDF). Southern Pacific. 1899. Retrieved July 20, 2016.
4. Passenger Train Schedules (PDF). Southern Pacific. June 3, 1966 – via Streamliner Memories.
5. Orozco, Michael Anthony; Alhambra Historical Society (2012). Alhambra. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 41–44. ISBN   9780738576077.
6. Southern California Arizona and New Mexico (PDF). Southern Pacific. January 7, 1913. p. 6. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
7. 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). Los Angeles, California: Interurbans. p. 49. ASIN   B0007F8D84. OCLC   6565577.
8. Orzoco, Michael Anthony (2012). Images of America: Alhambra. Mount Pleasant, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN   9780738576077.
9. "All-America Schedules". Amtrak. November 30, 1975. Retrieved December 8, 2020– via The Museum of Railway Timetables.