D (Los Angeles Railway)

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D
Overview
LocaleLos Angeles
TerminiBonnie Brae Street and Beverly Boulevard
Central Station
Service
TypeStreetcar
SystemLos Angeles Railway
Daily ridership3,632[1]
History
Opened1920
ClosedAugust 3, 1947 (1947-08-03)
Technical
Track gauge3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Electrification600 V DC overhead line
Route map

Legend
1927–1947
 Bonnie Brae and Beverly
3rd and Bonnie Brae
3rd and Alvarado
Alvarado and 6th
 H   3 
 5th and Beaudry
5th and Figueroa
 U 
 5th and Flower
5th and Grand
5th and Olive
5th and Hill
Pacific Electric
 5th and Broadway
 P   W   5   9 
 5th and Spring
 N   7   8 
 5th and Main
 O  Pacific Electric
 5th and Los Angeles
5th and Maple
5th and San Pedro
Central Station
Southern Pacific Railroad
Down arrow extended 1943
 Central and 6th
Central and 7th
 J   R 
 Central and 8th
Central and Olympic
Pacific Electric
 Central and 12th
 B 
 Central and 16th
Central and Washington
Central and Adams
Central and Jefferson
Central and 38th
Central and Vernon
 V 
 Central and Slauson
Los Angeles Railway lines
Pacific Electric lines
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D was a streetcar route in Los Angeles, California. The line was operated by the Los Angeles Railway from 1895 to 1947.

History[]

Bonnie Brae Line (1895–1920)[]

During the early days of LARy, the route ("Bonnie Brae") had to compete with multiple other streetcar companies, running a circuitous route to avoid them between Central Station and the northern portion of , by way of 5th Street, Olive Street, 6th Street, Figueroa Street, 7th Street, Alvarado Street, Webster Avenue, and Bonnie Brae Street.

Following the Great Merger of 1911, Pacific Electric divested most of its Los Angeles local routes to LARy, allowing D to use former trackage on West 6th street Westlake.[2] The Figueroa and 7th street portions of the line were eliminated, shortening the trip by one-quarter mile (0.40 km).

D Line (1920–1947)[]

In 1920, the Bonnie Brae Line was renamed D. Cars originated at Fifth and Central, running west via Fifth; Olive; Sixth; a private right of way; and Larchmont as far as Melrose.[3] Early in the 1920s, the 5th street segment was extended so that 3, U, and D lines could run straight along 5th street through Downtown and shortening the route by an additional one-quarter mile (0.4 km).[4] Unfortunately, this made D little more than a branch of two much more popular routes. With the closure of Central Station in 1940, and no major destinations on East 5th Street, ridership downtown reduced significantly (though the removal of the I line improved ridership in Westlake). Ridership along the route spiked in World War II, necessitating extending the service down U line tracks to Slauson. The route was removed by Los Angeles Transit Lines in 1947, largely replaced with trolley coach service.[2]

Sources[]

  1. ^ Breivogel, Milton; Bate, Stuart (1942). Mass Transiit Facilities and Master Plan of Parkways (PDF) (Report). Los Angeles City Planning Commission. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b "'D'". Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  3. ^ Public Domain One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Terrass, John (1922). Study and Plan of Relief of the Street Traffic Congestion in the City of Los Angeles, California (PDF) (Thesis). University of California. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  4. ^ H.P. Noordwal (1938). "Route Map Los Angeles Railway Electric Car and Bus Routes" (Map). Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc. Los Angeles Railway. "Alternate link" (Map). via Google.

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