N
Main, Spring (center of frame), and 9th (bottom of frame), where the N takes a turn. c. 1917
Overview
LocaleLos Angeles
Termini
Stations21
Service
TypeStreetcar
SystemLos Angeles Railway
History
Opened1905
ClosedSeptember 10, 1950 (1950-09-10)
Technical
Track gauge3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Electrification600 V DC overhead line
Route map

1932–1939
 8 
 Spring and Sunset
 Spring and California
 Spring and Temple
 Spring and 1st
 Spring and 2nd
 9 
 Spring and 3rd
 Spring and 4th
 Spring and 5th
 Spring and 6th
 Spring and 7th
 J   R   S 
 Spring and 8th
 Main and 9th
 F 
 9th and Broadway
 5   9   P   W 
 9th and Hill
Venice Short Line
 9th and Olive
 9th and Grand
 J 
 9th and Hope
 9th and Flower
 9th and Figueroa
 9th and Blaine
 9th and Valencia
 9th and Union
 9th and Burlington
 9th and Alvarado
 9th and Park View
 9th and Hoover
 9th and Westmoreland
 9th and Vermont
 V 
 8th and Vermont
 V 
 8th and Catalina
 8th and Mariposa
 8th and Irolo
 8th and Harvard
 8th and Serrano
 8th and Western
Los Angeles Railway lines
Pacific Electric lines

N was a streetcar line in Los Angeles, California. It was operated by the Los Angeles Railway 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, 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. 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.[1]

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.[2] It was given the letter designation N in 1921.[3][4]

Tracks were laid on a newly-rebuilt Spring Street in June 1932, extending the line to the Sunset Boulevard Plaza.[5][6][7] Cars were temporarily routed to Union Station as the line's northern terminal between May 1939 and June 1946.[8][9] 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.[1]

Sources

  1. 1 2 "'N'". Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  2. ↑ Public Domain One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Terrass, John (1922). Study and Plan of Relief of the Street Traffic Congestion in the City of Los Angeles, California (PDF) (Thesis). University of California. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  3. ↑ "May 1: This Date in Los Angeles Transportation History". Metro Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archive. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved February 16, 2022. 1921: Large letter signs indicating the routes of different lines are placed on top of Los Angeles Railway streetcars.
  4. ↑ "Cars To Have Letter Signs" (PDF). Two Bells. Vol. 1, no. 48. Los Angeles Railway. May 2, 1921. p. 1. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Spring Street Extension to be Opened This Week". Los Angeles Times. June 19, 1932. p. 17. Retrieved February 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
  6. ↑ "Transit Routes to Change". Los Angeles Times. June 3, 1932. p. 17. Retrieved July 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
  7. ↑ "New Street Car Routes in Effect". Los Angeles Times. June 13, 1932. p. 13. Retrieved July 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
  8. ↑ "'N' cars will run to depot". The Los Angeles Times. May 3, 1939. p. 10. Retrieved December 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
  9. ↑ "Busses Take Over A Line; Other Changes". The Los Angeles Times. July 1, 1946. p. 13. Retrieved December 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon


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