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The following excerpt if from "Ride the Red Cars - The Pacific Electric Story."Whittier Line:
Passenger service to Whittier began November 7, 1903 and was discontinued
south of Walker on January 22, 1938,
and over the remainder of the line on March 6, 1938.
Route: The line followed the one to Long Beach to Slauson Junction, where
it turned east in a private right-of-way
dividing Randolph Street in Huntington Park. After leaving Randolph
Street at Greenwood Avenue in Downey,
the private right-of-way continued in a south-easterly direction to Los
Nietos, where shortly after crossing Norwalk Boulevard, it turned
northward. The right-of-way
was approximately midway between
Gretna and Lynalan Avenues from approximately Mines Boulevard to Whittier
Boulevard.
The tracks then turned onto Whittier, continuing to Philadelphia Avenue,
and went down Philadelphia to the Southern Pacific-Pacific Electric station
at Comstock Avenue. The tracks continued one block eastward to
Greenleaf Avenue.
MILEAGES:
Slauson Junction 4.27 Huntington Park 5.42 Maywood Avenue 6.73 Bell 7.19 Baker 7.66 Laguna 10.07 Rio Hondo 11.40 Rivera 12.39 Los Nietos 14.50 State School 16.68 Whittier 17.35
FREQUENCY OF SERVICE: 1911: every 15 to 60 minutes(33 outbound and 31 inbound trips daily)
1935: 1 round trip daily
RUNNING TIME:1911 - 16 minutes to Huntinton Park, 31 minutes to Rivera,
35 minutes to Los Nietos, and 47 minutes to Whittier.
