Alhambra station

Alhambra station was a train station in Alhambra, California. It was last served by the Amtrak Sunset Limited.

Alhambra, CA
The station in May 1973
Location2200 West Mission Road[1]
Alhambra, California
Coordinates34°04′48″N 118°09′0″W
Owned bySouthern Pacific Transportation Company
Line(s)SP Alhambra Subdivision
Tracks2
Train operatorsAmtrak
History
Opened1886 (1886)
Closed1975 (1975)
Rebuilt1940
Previous namesShorb
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Los Angeles
Terminus
 Sunset Limited Pomona
toward New Orleans
Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station
Los Angeles
Terminus
 Sunset Route Pomona
toward New Orleans
Preceding station Pacific Electric Following station
Shorb Road Junction
towards Pasadena
 Shorb
discontinued 1924		 Terminus

Hisory

Opened in 1886 as Shorb,[2][3]:25 the station was a stop on the transcontinental Southern Pacific Railroad Sunset Limited.[4]

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.[5]

The station building was reconstructed in 1940.[6]: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.[1][7] The tracks were depressed into a trench by the city with work starting in 1977,[2] and the station was subsequently destroyed in a fire.[6]:48

References
  1. "All-America Schedules". Amtrak. May 15, 1975. Retrieved 8 December 2020 – via The Museum of Railway Timetables.
  2. "History of Alhambra (1771 to Present)". City of Alhambra. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  3. Southern Pacific System: List of Officers, Agencies and Stations (PDF). Southern Pacific. 1899. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  4. Passenger Train Schedules (PDF). Southern Pacific. June 3, 1966 – via Streamliner Memories.
  5. 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). p. 49. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  6. Orzoco, Michael Anthony (2012). Images of America: Alhambra. Mount Pleasant, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738576077.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  7. "All-America Schedules". Amtrak. November 30, 1975. Retrieved 8 December 2020 – via The Museum of Railway Timetables.


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