Redlands Line

{{Short description|Former interurban railway line in California, US}}

{{About|a former Pacific Electric interurban railway route|the modern commuter rail service formerly known as the Redlands Passenger Rail Project|Arrow (rail service)}}

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|caption = Tracks and trolley wire run down the center of Third Street in San Bernardino looking west, 1905

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|type = Interurban

|system = Pacific Electric

|locale = Inland Empire

|start = San Bernardino

|end = Redlands

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The Redlands Line is a former Pacific Electric interurban railway line in the Inland Empire. The route provided suburban service between San Bernardino and Redlands.

History

Constructed by the San Bernardino Valley Traction Company starting in 1902, the line began regular service on March 10, 1903.{{cite news |title=Shake! Redlands ain't you glad? |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113788750/ |access-date=28 November 2022 |newspaper=The San Bernardino County Sun |via=Newspapers.com |date=10 March 1903 |page=1}} {{free access}} Cars initially operated into San Bernardino under trackage rights via the Redlands Street Railway until the two merged in June after opening. Cars initially terminated at Urbita Springs. The San Bernardino Valley Traction Company was absorbed into Pacific Electric under the Great Merger in 1911.{{cite web |title=Riverside-Redlands Line |url=http://erha.org/peerr.htm |website=Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California |access-date=17 January 2021}} By March 1913 the inbound terminus was changed from Urbita Springs to the San Bernardino station.

By January 1916 through-routing with the San Bernardino–Riverside Line had begun, forming the Redlands–Riverside Line.{{Harvnb|Veysey|1958|p=65-66}} The line also supported heavy usage by freight trains transporting fruit.{{cite news |title=Dedication of Fruit House is Held |newspaper=The San Bernardino County Sun |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94973054/ |access-date=14 February 2022 |agency=San Bernardino County Sun |via=Newspapers.com |date=January 7, 1916 |page=6}} {{free access}} On November 1, 1920, through service was provided to Los Angeles for the first time, with Redlands cars appended to Upland–San Bernardino Line trains. The 2 hour 50 minute journey was the longest single service ever offered by the Pacific Electric.{{Harvnb|Veysey|1958|p=66}} Between April and June 1928 through-routing was discontinued with the San Bernardino–Riverside Line as part of a scheme developed by the California Railroad Commission;{{cite news |title=New P.E Schedules Effective Today on All Interurban Lines |newspaper=The San Bernardino County Sun |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23491239/ |access-date=14 February 2022 |agency=San Bernardino County Sun |via=Newspapers.com |date=April 1, 1928 |page=8}} {{free access}} this was reverted after proving unsuccessful. Service ended after July 19, 1936,{{cite news |title=Rail Service on Interurban Lines Dropped |newspaper=The San Bernardino County Sun |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94173437/ |access-date=4 February 2022 |agency=San Bernardino County Sun |via=Newspapers.com |date=July 19, 1936 |page=13}} {{free access}} leaving Redlands as the largest city in the Pacific Electric system served exclusively by buses.

References

=Bibliography=

{{Veysey-PE-1958}}

External links

[https://www.raremaps.com/gallery/detail/34188df/pacific-electric-ry-co-redlands-pacific-electric-railway Pacific Electric Ry. Co. Redlands 1911 Map]

Category:Pacific Electric routes

Category:Light rail in California

Category:Railway lines opened in 1903

Category:1903 establishments in California

Category:Railway lines closed in 1936

Category:1936 disestablishments in California

Category:Redlands, California

Category:Closed railway lines in the United States