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Hawthorne–El Nido
Overview
Termini	Hawthorne El Nido
Service
System	Pacific Electric
Operator(s)	Pacific Electric
History
Opened	1902
Closed	October 25, 1933 (1933-10-25)
Technical
Line length	3.66 mi (5.89 km)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)standard gauge
Old gauge	3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Electrification	Overhead line, 600 V DC
Route map Legend Pacific Electric Building to Northern Division  J  R  S   J  S  to Sierra Vista–Watts & South Pasadena Local Amoco Air Line Vernon Avenue  V  Slauson Junction Whittier /Fullerton Fleming Florencita Park Florence Nadeau Graham Latin Watts multiple lines Centralia South Park Avenue Main Street South Los Angeles (Forest)  7  Redondo via Gardena Delta  F  San Pedro via Gardena Westbridge Compton Creek Cypave Hawthorne  5  Hawthorne–El Segundo Freeman Burleigh El Poso Lawndale Virginia Ave. Vail Culler Redondo via Gardena El Nido Monterey Park Maddex Coyote Avenue Redondo via Playa del Rey Redondo Beach Cliffton This diagram: view talk edit

Hawthorne–El Nido was a line of thePacific Electric Railway. It initially hosted local services betweenHawthorne andEl Nido, though services were eventually routed through toDowntown Los Angeles and as far south as Clifton andRedondo Beach.

The route was constructed byLos Angeles and Redondo Railway in 1902.^[1][2] Service was operating between Los Angeles and Redondo Beach by September 22.^[3] That line was split up after the Great Merger of 1911, with the segment between Hawthorne and El Nido going to the Pacific Electric and the tracks north of Hawthorne becoming theLos Angeles RailwayE Line.^[4] The PE segment was converted tostandard gauge the following year.^[2] Between 1914 and 1916, some trips were through-routed to El Segundo on the north end. As that ended, the line began to see service through to thePacific Electric Building via Watts and Delta interspersed with a complicated schedule of other routings. At that time, select trips made the full run from Los Angeles to Clifton over the Hawthorne–El Nido segment with most trips beingshort turns at South Los Angeles.^[5] By 1931, all trips were running the length from Los Angeles to Redondo or El Nido. Service ceased after October 25, 1933, and more service was directed to theRedondo Beach via Gardena Line to serve Delta-area passengers.^[6]

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