Opened in 1886 as Shorb,[2][3]:25 the station was a stop on the transcontinental Southern Pacific RailroadSunset Limited.[4] The first building was located at Garfield Avenue and Mission Road.[5] A separate Alhambra station operated two route miles (3.2km) to the east.[6]
Pacific Electric built their route for the Shorb Linespur here in 1912 to connect their interurban system to the transcontinental passenger network; their passenger service ceased in 1924.[7]
The station building was reconstructed in 1940.[5][8]: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.[5][1][9] The tracks were depressed into a trench by the city with work starting in 1977.[2] The tracks currently run in the trench below surface grade throughout Alhambra, rejoining grade-level tracks in El Monte adjacent to Metrolink’s El Monte station, served by the San Bernardino Line. The station was subsequently destroyed by a fire in 1984.[8]:48
References
12"All-America Schedules". Amtrak. May 15, 1975. Retrieved December 8, 2020– via The Museum of Railway Timetables.
