Glendora station


Glendora station is an at-grade light rail station in the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is located near the intersection of South Vermont Avenue and Ada Avenue along the Pasadena Subdivision right of way in Glendora, California at the site of Glendora's original 1887 station on the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad. It is served by the A Line. As the first station on the Foothill Extension Phase 2B to Pomona project, it was officially dedicated with a ceremony on June 5, 2025, featuring regional politicians and a celebration for the general public. It opened on September 19, 2025.
The Glendora A Line station has a single island platform and four TAP to exit gates with validators, two at the Vermont Avenue entrance/exit and two at the Glendora Avenue entrance/exit.

Service

Connections

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History

Background

The new Metro Glendora station is located at the site of the original Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad station, which first opened in May 1887, a month after Glendora's founding. The arrival of this railway connected Glendora to broader markets, spurring growth and significantly contributing to the establishment and economic development of the city. The presence of the station helped early Glendora weather the storm of the collapse of the Southern California real estate boom of the 1880s.
City founder George D. Whitcomb played a crucial role in bringing rail to Glendora, leveraging his connections with the railroad industry to successfully lobby for the rail line to run north of the South Hills, where it would better serve Glendora's newly established town center rather than the more southerly Charter Oak area as was originally planned.
Between 1907 and 1951, Glendora was also served by the Pacific Electric Railway's Monrovia–Glendora Line, providing regular passenger service connecting downtown Glendora to the Pacific Electric Building at Sixth and Main in Downtown Los Angeles. After the discontinuation of Pacific Electric passenger service on September 30, 1951, Glendora was without passenger rail service for over seven decades.

Original station (1887–1962)

The original Glendora station of the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad, later part of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, opened in May 1887. It became a critical factor in Glendora's early economic growth and community development. In the 1940s, the Victorian station was rebuilt in a Streamline Moderne architectural style, reflecting contemporary trends, including the decline of passenger service in favor of cargo shipments, including from Glendora's agriculture industry. However, by the mid 1950s, the need for freight also declined as Glendora's citrus groves gave way to new suburban housing developments. With the popularity of cars and the local citrus industry on the wane, the Santa Fe Railroad stopped serving Glendora in 1960. The original station was fully decommissioned and demolished in 1962.