Riverside–Rialto Line

Riverside–Rialto
Riverside–Rialto
	The former Rialto Depot, seen in 2008. The ticket window is still intact, but unused.
Overview
Owner	Union Pacific Railroad
Locale	Los Angeles, San Gabriel Valley, Inland Empire
Termini	Pacific Electric Building; Downtown Riverside;
Stations	71
Service
Type	Interurban
System	Pacific Electric
Operator(s)	Pacific Electric
Rolling stock	1300 class (last used)
History
Opened	May 1, 1908
Closed	November 18, 1940
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	600 V / 1200 V DC Overhead lines
Route map
	Lone Hill
	(San Dimas Junction)
	1200 V
	600 V

Riverside–Rialto was an interurban train service operated by the Pacific Electric Railway from 1914 to 1940, running from Downtown Los Angeles to Downtown Riverside. This was the longest service in the Pacific Electric system, and the only line to have exclusive trackage owned by the Union Pacific instead of the Southern Pacific Railroad. The line reached its highest ridership the year it opened but never recovered at a time when the Inland Empire was far less populated and a commute of that distance was rare.

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