G (Los Angeles Railway)

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This article is about a historical rail line in Los Angeles. For the modern bus rapid transit line, see G Line (Los Angeles Metro).
G
Overview
LocaleLos Angeles
Service
TypeStreetcar
SystemLos Angeles Railway
History
Opened1910 (1910)
ClosedJune 30, 1946 (1946-06-30)
Technical
Track gauge3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Electrification600 V DC overhead line
Route map

Legend
 Spring and Ord
Spring and Sunset
Main and Temple
 B   F   O 
 Main and 1st
 P 
 Main and 2nd
 8 
 Main and 3rd
 9 
 Main and 4th
Main and 5th
Main and 6th
Pacific Electric
 Main and 7th
 J   R   S   7 
 Main and 8th
Main and 9th
 7   8 
 Broadway Place
 5 
 Main and 11th
Main and 12th
 F   O   7   8 
 12th and Los Angeles
12th and Maple
 H 
 12th and San Pedro
 S 
 12th and Griffith
 B 
 Griffith and 16th
Griffith and Washington
Griffith and Adams
Griffith and Jefferson
Jefferson and McKinley
Griffith and Vernon
 V 
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G refers to several streetcar routes in Los Angeles, California that ran via Griffith Avenue. The lines were operated by the Los Angeles Railway from 1910 to 1946.

History[]

The underpinnings of the service began as a through routing of the Los Angeles Railway's Griffith Avenue and Griffin Avenue in 1910. The line ran from Vernon and McKinley to Griffin and Montecito. It was briefly extended to Seville Avenue and Santa Ana Street in the south from 1919 to 1920, but was reverted to its original terminus when the line was given the designation G.[1]

The G line followed the same route through to Griffin until 1926 when that segment of track was taken over by the A-2 line. The Angeleno Heights Shuttle Line was absorbed into the service and served as the G's new north end. The following year the Edgeware Road and Douglas Avenue sections were transferred to the C line and the terminus cut back to Bellevue Avenue and Edgeware Road. By 1930 the terminus was again cut back to Sunset and Beaudry.[1]

In 1932 the northern section was again changed, with the Angeleno Heights segment of tracks transferred to the A line. The new route operated from Vernon and McKinley Avenues to Spring and Ord Streets via McKinley, 14th, Stanford, 12th, Main, Sunset, and Spring.[1]

The line ceased running through Downtown after February 1938, operating as a shuttle service on the south side from 12th and Stanford to Vernon and McKinley.[2] Streetcar service ended on June 30, 1946.[1]

Sources[]

  1. ^ a b c d "'G'". Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  2. ^ 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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