San Pedro via Dominguez (Pacific Electric)

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San Pedro via Dominguez
Overview
Type Light rail
System PE Bolt.svg Pacific Electric
LocaleLos Angeles, and the South Bay
Termini Downtown Los Angeles
San Pedro, California
Stations30
Daily ridership1,002,051 (last count)
Operation
Opened1904
Closed1958
Owner Southern Pacific Railroad
Operator(s) PE Bolt.svg Pacific Electric
Rolling stockPE 1200 Class (last used)
Technical
Line length25.39 miles
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Electrification Overhead lines
Route map

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Pacific Electric Building
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Amoco
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Vernon Avenue
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Slauson Junction
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Fleming
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Florencito Park
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Florence
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Nadeau
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Graham
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Latin
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Watts
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Abila
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Springdale
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Willowbrook
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Sativa
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Winona
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Compton
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Dominguez
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Dominguez Junction
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223rd Street
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Elfman
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Dolores
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Watson
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Thenard
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Wilmington Park
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Wilmington
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Wilmington Road
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San Pedro

San Pedro via Dominguez was a 25-mile light rail transport route, part of the Pacific Electric system in Los Angeles, United States. Its termini were Pacific Electric Building and San Pedro and it operated between 1904 and 1958, after which the light rail service was replaced by buses. [1]

List of major stations

StationMajor ConnectionsDate OpenedDate ClosedCity
Pacific Electric Building Alhambra-San Gabriel, Annandale, Balboa, Fullerton, Hawthorne-El Segundo, La Habra-Yorba Linda, Long Beach, Monrovia-Glendora, Mount Lowe, Pasadena Short Line, Pasadena via Oak Knoll, Pomona, Redlands, Redondo via Gardena, Riverside-Rialto, San Pedro via Gardena, Santa Ana, Santa Monica Air Line, Sierra Madre, Soldiers' Home, South Pasadena Local, Upland-San Bernardino, Whittier, LAR Routes B, H, J, R, 7, and 8 19051961Los Angeles
Amoco Balboa, Fullerton, Hawthorne-El Segundo, La Habra-Yorba Linda, Long Beach, Redondo via Gardena, San Pedro via Gardena, Santa Ana, Santa Monica Air Line, Soldiers' Home, Whittier 19021961
Slauson Junction Balboa, Fullerton, Hawthorne-El Segundo, La Habra-Yorba Linda, Long Beach, Redondo via Gardena, San Pedro via Gardena, Santa Ana, Whittier 19021961
Watts Balboa, Hawthorne-El Segundo, Long Beach, Redondo via Gardena, San Pedro via Gardena, Santa Ana 19021961
Compton Long Beach, Balboa 19051961 Compton
Dominguez Junction Long Beach, Balboa 19051961 Rancho Dominguez
Wilmington19051961 Wilmington
San Pedro San Pedro via Gardena, San Pedro Local Lines19051961 San Pedro

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References

  1. San Pedro via Dominguez Line, Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California, accessed 2 June 2016.