Rialto station (Pacific Electric)

For the modern commuter rail station, see Rialto station.

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 $310,822 in 2024 adjusted for inflation).^[3] Direct passenger service to Los Angeles ended in 1947 when the San Bernardino Line was truncated to Baldwin Park.^[4]

Rialto
The former Rialto Depot, seen in 2008. The former ticket booth remains, seen protruding from the building left of center frame.
General information
Location	Riverside Avenue Rialto, California
Coordinates	34.10138°N 117.37002°W / 34.10138; -117.37002
Construction
Architect	Thornton Fitzhugh
History
Opened	1914
Closed	March 28, 1947 (1947-03-28)
Former services
Preceding station Pacific Electric Following station Cactus Avenue toward Pacific Electric Building Upland–San Bernardino Acacia toward San Bernardino Riverside–Rialto 1931–1938 Pooele toward Riverside Terminus Riverside–Rialto (discontinued 1940)[1]
Location

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