7 (Los Angeles Railway)

7
7
	Postcard of Spring Street, c. 1904
Overview
Owner	Los Angeles Railway
Locale	Los Angeles
Termini	Spring and 2nd Street; Athens Way and 116th Street;
Stations	26
Service
Type	Streetcar
System	Los Angeles Railway
Daily ridership	18,285 (1940)
History
Opened	June 12, 1932
Closed	May 22, 1955
Technical
Track gauge	3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Electrification	Overhead line, 600 V DC
Route map
Route map
	Legend
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7 was a streetcar line in Los Angeles, California. The service was operated by the Los Angeles Railway from 1932 to 1955. It ran from Spring and 2nd Streets to Athens and 116th Street, by way of Spring Street, Main Street, Broadway Place, Broadway, and Athens Way. During its Los Angeles Transit Lines days, around 1950 to 1955, Line 7 was rerouted (or detoured) off South Broadway to Central Avenue, at least as far north as 7th Street across Olympic Boulevard to possibly Vernon Avenue, covering trackage that was abandoned rail by line U, when that line was converted to trolley bus August 3, 1947.

South Broadway Line (1932–1934)

7 was formed from the South Broadway branch of the M Grand and Moneta Avenue Line, and the Santa Fe Depot branch of the N West 9th Street and Santa Fe Depot Line. Service began on June 12, 1932. The route of the line was West 116th Street and Athens Avenue, north on Athens, South Broadway, South Broadway Place, Main and Spring Street to West 2nd Street, southeast on 2nd to Traction Avenue to E. 3rd Street, east on 3rd to Santa Fe Avenue, and north on Santa Fe to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway depot at East 2nd Street.^[2]

South Broadway & Civic Center Line (1934–1955)

On November 11, 1934, the line rerouted and renamed the 7 South Broadway and Civic Center Line.^[2] This line ran from 116th Street and Athens Avenue,^[3] north on Athens, South Broadway, South Broadway Place, Main, and Spring Streets to Sunset Boulevard. Tracks to the Santa Fe Depot were transferred to the 9 Line.^[4] On September 12, 1948 terminus cut back to Temple and Spring Streets due to the building of the Hollywood Freeway. On May 5, 1955, the rail service was abandoned.

Final operations

The public saw the automobile and the newly expanding freeway system in Southern California as the preferred and more convenient method of travel. Streetcar service on the line was discontinued May 22, 1955^[5] and the route was converted to bus operation.

References

^ Breivogel, Milton; Bate, Stuart (1942). "Mass Transit Facilities and Master Plan of Parkways" (PDF). Los Angeles City Planning Commission. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "7". Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California.
^ Walker, Jim (2007). Los Angeles Railway Yellow Cars. Arcadia Pub. p. 78. ISBN 9781531629410.
^ 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. April 20, 2012. Retrieved January 29, 2021.

Walker, Jim (1977). The Yellow Cars of Los Angeles: a Roster of Streetcars of Los Angeles Railway and Successors from the 1890s to 1963. Interurbans. ISBN 9780916374259.
"Rail Transportation Salutes Los Angeles 200". Pacific Railroad Society. 1981. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
Swett, Ira L. (1962). "Los Angeles Railway's Pre-Huntington Cars, 1890-1902". Interurbans. ASIN B00162655A. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)

External links

7 Line Archives — Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society
Los Angeles Railway Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California
Los Angeles Railway via the Southern California Railway Museum

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

[erha-2] "7". Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California.

[3] Walker, Jim (2007). Los Angeles Railway Yellow Cars. Arcadia Pub. p. 78. ISBN 9781531629410.

[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.

[5] "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. April 20, 2012. Retrieved January 29, 2021.

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