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Cable car street railways in Los Angeles first began operating up Bunker Hill in 1885, with a total of three companies operating in the period through 1902, [2] when the lines were electrified and electric streetcars were introduced largely following the cable car routes.
The last remaining lines were taken over by the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority (a predecessor to the current agency, The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority ) along with the remains of the Pacific Electric Railway in 1958. The agency removed the remaining five streetcar lines (J, P, R, S and V) and two trolley ...
Los Angeles: Transit type: Streetcar Interurban Local bus (including trolleybuses) Bus rapid transit: Number of lines: 10 Light rail 2 Trolley bus-- Bus routes: Number of stations-- Rail: Daily ridership-- (Weekdays) Operation; Began operation: July 24, 1951; 73 years ago () Ended operation: November 5, 1964; 60 years ago () Operator(s) Los ...
The few remaining trolley-coach routes and narrow gauge streetcar routes of the former Los Angeles Railway "Yellow Cars" were removed in early 1963. The public transportation system continued to be operated by the Los Angeles MTA until the agency was reorganized and relaunched as the Southern California Rapid Transit District in September 1964 ...
Red cars at the Pacific Electric Building, c. 1910. In the first half of the 20th century, Southern California had an extensive privately owned rail transit network with over 1,200 miles (1,900 km) of track at its peak, used by the interurban cars of the Pacific Electric ("Red Cars") and streetcars of the Los Angeles Railway ("Yellow Cars").
The V was one of six routes that survived closure and passed into control of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority. It was the only cross-town route in the LAMTA era. Streetcar service over the former Los Angeles Railway lines ended after March 31, 1963, [6] with the final scheduled trip made on the V line. [7] [8]
Previously this route had been serviced by the S line, but that route had been changed to terminate on 8th Street. In 1958 this branch line was eliminated, and two miles (3.2 km) of the 3rd street portion were cut back to a loop on Wilton Place and 4th Street. [2] In 1958 the route was taken over by Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority ...
1920–1932. Los Angeles Railway rerouted many lines on May 9, 1920, [2] assigning them letter designations the following year. [3] [4] The A line ran along Adams; Normandie Avenue; 24th; Hoover; Burlington; 16th; Hill; 1st; Spring; North Main; Sunset; North Broadway; Lincoln Park Avenue; looping back via Nort Main to Plaza; thence to west terminal over above route. [5]