Rialto station (Pacific Electric) explained

Rialto
Style:Pacific Electric
Address:Riverside Avenue
Borough:Rialto, California
Coordinates:34.1014°N -117.37°W
Architect:Thornton Fitzhugh
Opened:1914
Other Services Header:Former services
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Rialto station was a Pacific Electric train station in Rialto, California. It is located on Riverside Avenue at crossing of the Union Pacific (formerly Pacific Electric and Southern Pacific) tracks. This was the point where the Riverside–Rialto Line branched south from the Upland–San Bernardino Line. The station building was designed by Thornton Fitzhugh, who also designed the railroad's main downtown terminal: the Pacific Electric Building.[1] The concrete structure cost the railway roughly $10,000 for construction (adjusted for inflation).[2] Direct passenger service to Los Angeles ended in 1947 when the San Bernardino Line was truncated to Baldwin Park.[3]

After freight service to the station ended, the building was sold and had been operated as a restaurant.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pacific Electric Railway, Depot, Rialto, CA . . 8 September 2021.
  2. Pacific Electric Trail Master Plan . 9 September 2021 . San Bernardino Associated Governments . November 2000 . 5.
  3. Freericks . Charles . Ghosts of the Pacific Electric . 15 December 2022 . Railfan & Railroad . June 2022.
  4. Web site: History of Rialto . City of Rialto . 9 September 2021.