Redondo Beach via Gardena Line

Redondo via Gardena was a line of the Pacific Electric Railway. One of two routes to Redondo Beach, this one was faster than Redondo Beach via Playa del Rey as a result of its routing along the Watts 4-track main line.

Redondo via Gardena
Overview
Owner	Southern Pacific Railroad
Locale	Los Angeles, and the South Bay
Termini	Downtown Los Angeles Torrance, California
Stations	40
Service
Type	Light rail
System	Pacific Electric
Operator(s)	Pacific Electric
Rolling stock	PE 1000 Class (last used)
Daily ridership	319,602 (last count)
History
Opened	1911
Closed	1940
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead lines
Route map Pacific Electric Building to Northern Division  J   R   S   J   S  to Sierra Vista–Watts & South Pasadena Local Amoco Vernon Avenue  V  Slauson Junction to Whittier, Fullerton Fleming Florencito Park Florence Nadeau Graham Latin Watts multiple lines Centralia South Park Avenue Main Street South Los Angeles (Forest)  7  Athens Delphi 143rd Street San Pedro via Gardena Strawberry Park Gardena Hermosillo San Pedro via Gardena Broadacres Moneta Bridgedale La Fresa Perry Hickman Selby Hawthorne–El Nido El Nido Monterey Park Maddex Coyote Avenue Redondo Beach via Playa del Rey Redondo Beach Clifton

The line was built and operated by the Los Angeles Pacific Railroad. On March 19, 1906, an agreement was reached to sell all the Los Angeles Pacific Railroad lines for $6 million to Henry Huntington’s Pacific Electric Railway.