La Habra–Fullerton–Yorba Linda Line

Pacific Electric interurban route in California

La Habra–Fullerton–Yorba Linda Line

Yorba Linda Depot, 1912

Overview
Owner| Southern Pacific Railroad
Locale| Los Angeles, the Gateway Cities and Orange County
Termini|

* Downtown Los Angeles
* Yorba Linda, California

Stations| 34
Service
Type| Interurban
System| Pacific Electric
Operator(s)| Pacific Electric
Rolling stock| PE 220 Class (last used)
Ridership| 100,105 (1926)
History
Opened| November 12, 1911 (1911-11-12) (to Stern)
Closed| January 22, 1938 (1938-1-22)
Technical
Track gauge| 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification| Overhead line, 600 V DC

Route map

Legend

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Sierra Vista

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|  B F G O

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|  | Pacific Electric Building
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| Edendale

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H J R S

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B F G O

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| multiple

lines

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|  | Amoco
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Air Line

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|  | Vernon Avenue

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|  | Slauson Junction
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| multiple

lines

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|  | Dozier
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|  | Huntington Park

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|  | Miles
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|  | Fruitland
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|  | Bell
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|  | Greening
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|  | Baker
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|  | Walker
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Los Angeles River

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|  | Laguna
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|  | Gage
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|  | Rio Hondo
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Rio Hondo

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|  | McCampbell
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|  | Downey Road

SR 19

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|  | Rivera
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|  | Burke
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San Gabriel River

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|  | Guirado
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Santa Fe RR

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|  | Los Nietos
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Whittier

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|  | Valla
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|  | Hazzard
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|  | Walnut Avenue
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|  | Adams
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|  | Bethel
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|  | Colima
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|  | Scott
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|  | Leffingwell
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|  | Toler
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|  | Des Moines
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|  | Leuhm
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|  | La Habra
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|  | Laon Junction
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Fullerton

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|  | Fullerton Road
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|  | Stewart
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|  | Pillsbury
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|  | Brea
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|  | Oleo
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|  | Loftus
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|  | Valencia Avenue
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|  | Rose Drive
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|  | Casa Loma
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|  | Yorba Linda

| terminus

after 1930

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|  | Edmore
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|  | Gillett
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|  | Stern
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La Habra–Fullerton–Yorba Linda Line was a Pacific Electric interurban line which traveled between Los Angeles and Yorba Linda.[1] Passenger services ran between 1911 and 1938. Initial plans were for the route to continue further east to form a second main line between Los Angeles and San Bernardino, though these would go unfulfilled. After passenger service ended, much of the route was retained for freight service, eventually becoming the Union Pacific La Habra Subdivision.

## History

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Construction on the line began under the Los Angeles Inter-Urban Electric Railway between 1906 and 1908 with Pacific Electric assuming control and completing the line between 1909 and 1911.[2][3] The route was not originally intended to start passenger service until a connection to Corona was complete. Despite that, the line opened as a branch of the Whittier Line by 1911 with service reaching Stern on November 12.[4] Service beyond Yorba Linda was abandoned after August 1, 1930.[4] The route ceased service after January 22, 1938, due to low ridership.[4]

The rails through Yorba Linda were removed in 1951,[5] though much of the route remains in service for freight trains. The line between Slauson and Los Nietos forms the Union Pacific La Habra Subdivision, and the segment east of there is an industrial spur which continues as far as Brea.[6] The Southeast Gateway Line light rail project is expected to use a section of the line between Slauson and the former Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad right of way.

## Route

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The La Habra–Fullerton–Yorba Linda Line followed the Long Beach Line from Los Angeles south to Slauson Junction (south of Slauson Boulevard) where it branched off in an easterly direction to Whittier and Yorba Linda. From there, the double track line ran easterly, in private way between dual roadways of Randolph Street, through Huntington Park, Vernon, Bell, and Maywood to reach the Los Angeles River. Crossing the river, the double track in private way followed intermittent sections of Randolph Street through Bell Gardens and Commerce, and crossed the Rio Hondo south of Slauson Avenue.

The line continued easterly, south and parallel to, Slauson Avenue. Across the Pico Rivera area and the San Gabriel River into Los Nietos, where the line crossed the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Third District main line (Los Nietos) at Norwalk Boulevard. The single track La Habra–Fullerton–Yorba Linda Line branched easterly in private way off the Whittier Line at Los Nietos, crossed Norwalk Boulevard and went through Whittier at the south edge of the city limits. After crossing Mills Avenue the track ran adjacent to and north of Lambert Road until crossing 1st Street. Here the line turned easterly through La Habra to Laon Junction (3rd Avenue at College Street), where the single track Fullerton Line branched to the south.

After crossing Harbor Boulevard the line turned southeasterly still in private way crossed Puente Avenue in Brea, then turned easterly to run through Brea north of the Imperial Highway. The line then turned southeasterly (where the Orange Freeway now crosses over the track) and crossed the Imperial Highway west of Valencia Avenue and ran through Yorba Linda just south of and parallel to Imperial Highway to the terminus at Yorba Linda Boulevard. Prior to 1930, the line continued further southeast to an area known as Stern, located near the present interchange of Imperial Highway and Kellogg Drive.

### Unbuilt connection to Corona

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Henry E. Huntington, owner of the Pacific Electric, intended to connect the Whittier Line to the Arlington–Corona Line via Stern and the Santa Ana Canyon. After the Great Merger of 1911, surveys were carried out to establish two routes through the canyon — one on each side of the Santa Ana River.[7]

## List of major stations

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Station  | Mile[8][4] | Major connections  | Date opened  | Date closed  | City

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Pacific Electric Building | 0  | Alhambra–San Gabriel, Annandale, Balboa, Fullerton, Hawthorne–El Segundo, Long Beach, Monrovia–Glendora, Mount Lowe, Pasadena Short Line, Pasadena via Oak Knoll, Pomona, Redlands, Redondo Beach via Gardena, Riverside–Rialto, San Pedro via Dominguez, San Pedro via Gardena, Santa Ana, Santa Monica Air Line, Sierra Madre, Soldiers' Home, South Pasadena Local, Upland–San Bernardino, Whittier
Los Angeles Railway B, H, J, R, 7, and 8 | 1905  | 1961  | Los Angeles
Amoco[dubious - discuss] |  | Balboa, Fullerton, Hawthorne–El Segundo, Long Beach, Redondo Beach via Gardena, San Pedro via Dominguez, San Pedro via Gardena, Santa Ana, Santa Monica Air Line, Soldiers' Home, Whittier | 1902  | 1961
Slauson Junction | 4.27  | Balboa, Fullerton, Hawthorne–El Segundo, Long Beach, Redondo Beach via Gardena, San Pedro via Dominguez, San Pedro via Gardena, Santa Ana, Whittier | 1902  | 1961
Huntington Park | 5.42  | Fullerton, Whittier
Los Angeles Railway J |  | 1938  |
Baker  | 7.66  | Fullerton, Whittier |  | 1938  |
Laguna  | 10.08  | Fullerton, Whittier |  | 1938  |
Rio Hondo  | 11.40  | Fullerton, Whittier |  | 1938  |
Rivera  | 12.39  | Fullerton, Whittier |  | 1938
Los Nietos  | 14.50  | Fullerton, Whittier | 1903  | 1938  | Santa Fe Springs
Leffingwell  | 19.39  | Fullerton |  | 1938  |
Des Moines  | 20.92  | Fullerton |  | 1938  |
La Habra  | 22.19  | Fullerton | 1911  | 1938  | La Habra
Brea  | 25.00  |  | 1911  | 1938  |
Oleo  | 26.00  |  | 1911  | 1938  |
Loftus  | 27.20  |  | 1911  | 1938  |
Yorba Linda | 30.63  |  | 1911  | 1938  |
Stern  | 32.08  |  | 1911  | 1930  |

## References

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This article incorporates text from a free content work. Licensed under the public domain as a work of the State of California. (license statement/permission). Text taken from 1981 Inventory of Pacific Electric Routes​, California Department of Transportation. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

1. ^ Smith, O.A. (1931). Railway Time Table: Whittier Line, La Habra Line (August 26, 1931 ed.). Los Angeles: Pacific Electric. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
2. ^ "La Habra-Yorba Linda-Fullerton Line". Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
3. ^ Crump, Spencer (1977). Ride the big red cars: How trolleys helped build southern California. Trans-Anglo Books. p. 100\. ISBN 0-87046-047-1. OCLC 3414090.
4. ^ a b c d 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. pp. 29, 30, 114. ASIN B0007F8D84. OCLC 6565577.
5. ^ "National Register Information System – Pacific Electric Railway Company Depot (#79000517)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
6. ^ "Train-watchers guide to LA" (PDF). Trains. 2016. pp. 66–67. Retrieved December 2, 2022.66-67&rft.date=2016&rft_id=https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/sunshineandpower.pdf&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:La+Habra–Fullerton–Yorba+Linda+Line" class="Z3988">
7. ^ "Riverside Corona Line". Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
8. ^ "Pacific Electric Time Tables" (PDF). wx4's Dome of Foam. Pacific Electric. September 1, 1934. p. 16. Retrieved September 1, 2021.

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Pacific Electric

Routes|

| Northern Division|

* Alhambra–San Gabriel
* Annandale
* Arlington–Corona
* Arrowhead
* Colton
* Covina
* East Washington
* El Monte–Baldwin Park
* Highland
* Lamanda Park
* Monrovia–Glendora
* Mount Lowe
* North Lake
* Pasadena Short Line
* Pasadena via Oak Knoll
* Pomona
* Pomona–Claremont
* Redlands
* Redlands local lines
* Riverside–Arlington
* Riverside–Rialto
* San Bernardino–Riverside
* San Dimas
* Shorb
* Sierra Madre
* Sierra Vista
* South Pasadena Local
* Upland–Ontario
* Upland–San Antonio Heights
* Upland–San Bernardino

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Western Division|

* Brush Canyon
* Coldwater Canyon
* Echo Park Avenue
* Edendale Local
* Glendale–Burbank
* Hollywood
* Lankershim–Van Nuys
* Laurel Canyon
* Owensmouth
* Redondo Beach via Playa del Rey
* San Fernando
* Santa Monica Air Line
* Sawtelle
* Soldiers' Home
* South Hollywood–Sherman
* Venice Boulevard
* Venice–Inglewood
* Venice–Playa del Rey
* Venice Short Line
* Venice via Hollywood
* Western & Franklin Ave.
* Westgate

Southern Division|

* American Avenue
* Balboa
* Bellflower
* Catalina Dock
* Fullerton
* Hawthorne–El Nido
* Hawthorne–El Segundo
* Huntington Beach–La Bolsa
* La Habra–Fullerton–Yorba Linda
* Long Beach
* Long Beach local lines
* Long Beach–San Pedro
* Redondo Beach via Gardena
* San Pedro local lines
* San Pedro via Dominguez
* San Pedro via Gardena
* Santa Ana
* Santa Ana–Huntington Beach
* Santa Ana–Orange
* Seal Beach–Huntington Beach–Newport Beach
* Terminal Island
* Torrance
* Watts
* Whittier

History|

* Strike of 1903
* 1919 streetcar strike
* General Motors streetcar conspiracy

Infrastructure|

| Stations|

* Etiwanda
* Lynwood
* Pacific Electric Building
* Picover
* Subway Terminal Building
* Watts
* Yorba Linda

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* Hill Street Tunnel
* Hollywood Subway
* Ivy Substation
* Pacific Electric Railroad Bridge
* Redlands Trolley Barn
* Substation No. 8
* Sub-Station No. 14
* West Santa Ana Branch

Predecessors|

* Mount Lowe Railway
* Ontario and San Antonio Heights Railroad Company
* Pasadena and Pacific
* Los Angeles and Independence Railroad
* Los Angeles Pacific Railroad

Connecting services|

* Glendale and Montrose Railway
* Los Angeles Railway

Successors|

* LA Metro
* MTA [1951–1964]
* RTD [1964–1993]
* LACTC [1976–1993]
* OCTA
* Omnitrans
* Waterfront Red Car [2003–2015]

Legacy|

* Culver Boulevard Median Bike Path
* Red Car Trolley (Disneyland Resort)
* Waterfront Red Car (San Pedro)
* Who Framed Roger Rabbit

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