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