N was a
streetcar
A tram (called a streetcar or trolley in North America) is a rail vehicle that travels on tramway tracks on public urban streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way. The tramlines or networks operated as public transport are ...
line in
Los Angeles, California
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. It was operated by the
Los Angeles Railway
The Los Angeles Railway (also known as Yellow Cars, LARy and later Los Angeles Transit Lines) was a system of streetcars that operated in Central Los Angeles and surrounding neighborhoods between 1895 and 1963. The system provided frequent loc ...
from 1920 to 1950. The line ran from Spring and 2nd Streets to 8th Street and
Western Avenue, by way of Spring Street, 9th Street, Vermont Avenue, and 8th Street.
History
The Ninth Street Line was built by the Los Angeles Railway in 1895 and ran via
Spring Street Spring Street may refer to:
* Spring Street (Los Angeles), USA
* Spring Street (Manhattan), New York City, USA
* Spring Street, Melbourne, Australia
* Spring Street, Singapore
* Spring St (website), a US based lifestyle website
Subway and trolle ...
, 9th Street, and Park View to a junction with the
Lincoln Heights Line at 10th and Hoover Streets. From there both routes ran along
West 10th Street to a terminus at
Vermont Avenue
Vermont Avenue is one of the longest running north–south streets in City of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County, California. With a length of , is the third longest of the north–south thoroughfares in the region. For most of its length betwe ...
. Circa 1911, the Park View section was eliminated and the route was extended along 9th Street, Vermont, and 8th Street to a loop at
Western Avenue.
In 1920, the line was rerouted, operating from 8th and Harvard via 8th; Vermont; 9th; Spring; 2nd; Traction Way; 3rd; and Santa Fe to 2nd, terminating at the
Los Angeles Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway station. It was given the letter designation N in 1921.
Tracks were laid on a newly-rebuilt Spring Street in June 1932, extending the line to the Sunset Boulevard Plaza. Cars were temporarily routed to
Union Station
A union station (also known as a union terminal, a joint station in Europe, and a joint-use station in Japan) is a railway station at which the tracks and facilities are shared by two or more separate railway companies, allowing passengers to ...
as the line's northern terminal between May 1939 and June 1946.
[ ] In 1950 the route was removed, though the 8th Street section of the line continued to run as part of the re-routed
S line.
Sources
External links
N Line Archives— Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society
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Los Angeles Railway routes
Railway services introduced in 1905
1905 establishments in California
Railway services discontinued in 1950
1950 disestablishments in California
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