9 (Los Angeles Railway)

9
9
Overview
Owner	Los Angeles Railway
Locale	Los Angeles
Termini	3rd Street and Santa Fe Avenue; 48th Street and Crenshaw Boulevard;
Stations	32
Service
Type	Streetcar
System	Los Angeles Railway
Daily ridership	10,459 (1940)[1]
History
Opened	June 12, 1932
Closed	May 22, 1955
Technical
Track gauge	3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Electrification	600 V DC overhead line
Route map
1934–1939

9 was a streetcar line in Los Angeles, California. It was operated by the Los Angeles Railway from 1932 to 1955.

History

When the M Line was split up in 1932, the segments on 48th and 54th Streets were spun off into their own service: the 9 car. It ran from 48th and Crenshaw to 54th and Crenshaw, in a "U" shaped routing via Downtown.[2]

Map of services; 1934–1939 routing of the 9 is in red

The service was rerouted in 1934, with the outbound terminal remaining at 48th and Crenshaw and cars running to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway's La Grande Station on tracks used by the 7. (Former tracks were taken over by 8 service.)[2] The line ran from 3rd Street and Santa Fe Avenue to 48th Street and Crenshaw Boulevard, by way of 3rd Street, 2nd Street Broadway, Pico Boulevard, Grand Avenue, Santa Barbara Avenue, Hoover Street, and 48th Street.[3]

The line was again rerouted in 1939 as the 48th Street segment of the old 9 was combined with portions of the former 2 and 10 cars. At the intersection of Pasadena and Broadway, the line split into two branches: one to Montecito Drive and one to Mission Road. With the recent opening of Union Station and closure of La Grande Station, the segment of Los Angeles Railway tracks leading to the old facility also abandoned. The branch to Montecito Drive via Griffin Avenue was abandoned in April 1948.[2] Service on the whole line ended after May 22, 1955[4] when the line was converted to bus operations.

Sources

Breivogel, Milton; Bate, Stuart (1942). Mass Transit Facilities and Master Plan of Parkways (PDF) (Report). Los Angeles City Planning Commission. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
"'9'". Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
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.
"May 22: This Date in Los Angeles Transportation History". Metro Primary Resources. Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Museum and Archive. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved January 29, 2021.

External links

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

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[1] Breivogel, Milton; Bate, Stuart (1942). Mass Transit Facilities and Master Plan of Parkways (PDF) (Report). Los Angeles City Planning Commission. Retrieved January 29, 2021.

[erha-2] "'9'". Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California. Retrieved September 19, 2020.

[3] 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.

[4] "May 22: This Date in Los Angeles Transportation History". Metro Primary Resources. Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Museum and Archive. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved January 29, 2021.