Rialto
The former Rialto Depot, seen in 2008.
General information
LocationRiverside Avenue
Rialto, California
Coordinates34°06′05″N 117°22′12″W / 34.10138°N 117.37002°W / 34.10138; -117.37002
Construction
ArchitectThornton Fitzhugh
History
Opened1914
ClosedMarch 28, 1947 (March 28, 1947)
Former services
Preceding station Pacific Electric Following station
Cactus Avenue
towards Pacific Electric Building
 Upland–San Bernardino Acacia
towards San Bernardino
Riverside–Rialto
1931–1938
 Pooele
towards Riverside
Terminus Riverside–Rialto
(discontinued 1940)[1]
Location

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.[2] The concrete structure cost the railway roughly $10,000 for construction (equivalent to $289,276 in 2022 adjusted for inflation).[3] Direct passenger service to Los Angeles ended in 1947 when the San Bernardino Line was truncated to Baldwin Park.[4]

After freight service to the station ended, the building was sold and had been operated as a restaurant.[5]

References

  1. ↑ 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. 58. ASIN B0007F8D84. OCLC 6565577.
  2. ↑ "Pacific Electric Railway, Depot, Rialto, CA". Pacific Coast Architecture Database. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  3. ↑ Pacific Electric Trail Master Plan (PDF) (Report). San Bernardino Associated Governments. November 2000. p. 5. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
  4. ↑ Freericks, Charles (June 2022). "Ghosts of the Pacific Electric". Railfan & Railroad. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
  5. ↑ "History of Rialto". City of Rialto. Retrieved September 9, 2021.


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