2 (Los Angeles Railway)

2
2
Overview
Locale	Los Angeles
Service
Type	Streetcar
System	Los Angeles Railway
History
Opened	June 13, 1932
Closed	October 5, 1941
Technical
Track gauge	3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Electrification	600 V DC overhead line
Route map
1932–1939

2
2
Overview
Locale	Los Angeles
Service
Type	Streetcar
System	Los Angeles Railway
History
Opened	1930
Closed	June 1, 1931
Technical
Track gauge	3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Electrification	600 V DC overhead line

2 was a designation given to several transit lines in Los Angeles, California. The number was assigned to a streetcar route in 1930 which lasted a year, then later reassigned to a new service in 1932. Trolley buses replaced streetcars on a 3rd line in 1948, and the line was converted to full motor coach operation in 1963.

West 7th Line

The first incarnation of the 2 was assembled from existing trackage, running from 7th Street and Central to and Vermont Avenue and 1st Street. It ran during peak periods only and lasted from 1930 to June 1931.[1]

Second version

The new 2 line has a more continuous history. It began service on June 12, 1932,[2][3][4] as a combination of two former routes: A-2 West Adams and Griffith Avenue Line and C Crown Hill and Temple Street Line.[1] It ran from Montecito and Griffin in the east to Belmont and Temple where connections were available to the L car.[5] Pacific Electric's construction of the Hill Street Tunnel in 1939 forced the line to be diverted to Temple Street and Hill Street; the former route was never reinstated. that same year, the Griffin Avenue section was converted to bus service and the line was routed to 5th Street, which was already in service under the D, U, and V lines. The line ceased service on October 5, 1941, with the closure of the Crown Hill branch, and was thereupon converted to trolley bus service.[6]

Trolley coach and bus operation

The service was maintained and transferred to Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority in 1958. The agency replaced trolley buses with SilverLiner coaches after March 31, 1963;[7] the new service retained the number 2.[8]

Sources

"'2'". Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
"Spring Street Extension to be Opened This Week". Los Angeles Times. June 19, 1932. p. 17. Retrieved February 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
"Transit Routes to Change". Los Angeles Times. June 3, 1932. p. 17. Retrieved July 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
"New Street Car Routes in Effect". Los Angeles Times. June 13, 1932. p. 13. Retrieved July 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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.
Walker, Jim (2007). Los Angeles Railway Yellow Cars. Arcadia Pub. p. 115. ISBN 9781531629410.
"March 31: This Date in Los Angeles Transportation History". Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archive. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
"SilverLiners Take Over!" (PDF). The Emblem. Vol. 5, no. 6. Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority. April 1963. p. 2. Retrieved February 17, 2021.

External links

2 Line Archives — Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society
"Los Angeles Railway". Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California.

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[erha-1] "'2'". Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California. Retrieved January 22, 2021.

[2] "Spring Street Extension to be Opened This Week". Los Angeles Times. June 19, 1932. p. 17. Retrieved February 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

[3] "Transit Routes to Change". Los Angeles Times. June 3, 1932. p. 17. Retrieved July 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

[4] "New Street Car Routes in Effect". Los Angeles Times. June 13, 1932. p. 13. Retrieved July 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

[5] 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.

[6] Walker, Jim (2007). Los Angeles Railway Yellow Cars. Arcadia Pub. p. 115. ISBN 9781531629410.

[7] "March 31: This Date in Los Angeles Transportation History". Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archive. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved February 16, 2021.

[8] "SilverLiners Take Over!" (PDF). The Emblem. Vol. 5, no. 6. Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority. April 1963. p. 2. Retrieved February 17, 2021.