G (Los Angeles Railway)

This article is about a historical rail line in Los Angeles. For the modern bus rapid transit line, see G Line (Los Angeles Metro).

G
Overview
Locale	Los Angeles
Service
Type	Streetcar
System	Los Angeles Railway
History
Opened	1910 (1910)
Closed	June 30, 1946 (1946-06-30)
Technical
Track gauge	3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Electrification	Overhead line,  600 V DC
Route map Legend Spring and Ord Spring and Sunset Main and Temple   B    F    O   Main and 1st   P   Main and 2nd   8   Main and 3rd   9   Main and 4th Main and 5th Main and 6th Main and 7th   J    R    S    7   Main and 8th Main and 9th   7    8   Broadway Place   5   Main and 11th Main and 12th   F    O    7    8   12th and Los Angeles 12th and Maple   H   12th and San Pedro   S   12th and Griffith   B   Griffith and 16th Griffith and Washington Griffith and Adams Griffith and Jefferson Jefferson and McKinley Griffith and Vernon   V   This diagram: view talk edit

G refers to several streetcar routes in Los Angeles, California that ran via Griffith Avenue. The lines were operated by the Los Angeles Railway from 1910 to 1946.

History

The Griffith Avenue streetcar line opened on November 1, 1905, running from Temple Square via Main, 12th, Stanford, 14th, and Griffith. ^[1] The line was combined with the Griffin Avenue line in 1910. The new service ran from Vernon and McKinley to Griffin and Montecito. It was briefly extended to Seville Avenue and Santa Ana Street in the south from 1919 to 1920, but was reverted to its original terminus. ^[2] The line was given the designation G in 1921. ^{[3] [4]}

The G line followed the same route through to Griffin until 1926 when that segment of track was taken over by the A-2 line. The Angeleno Heights Shuttle Line was absorbed into the service and served as the G's new north end. The following year the Edgeware Road and Douglas Avenue sections were transferred to the C line and the terminus cut back to Bellevue Avenue and Edgeware Road. By 1930 the terminus was again cut back to Sunset and Beaudry. ^[2]

In 1932 the northern section was again changed, with the Angeleno Heights segment of tracks transferred to the A line. The new route operated from Vernon and McKinley Avenues to Spring and Ord Streets via McKinley, 14th, Stanford, 12th, Main, Sunset, and Spring. ^{[2] [5] [6] [7]}

The line ceased running through Downtown after February 1938, operating as a shuttle service on the south side from 12th and Stanford to Vernon and McKinley. ^[8] Streetcar service ended on June 30, 1946. ^[2]

Sources

1. "New Electric Line Opened". Los Angeles Evening Express. November 2, 1903. p. 4. Retrieved December 19, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
2. "'G'". Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California. Retrieved January 27, 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.
6. "Transit Routes to Change". Los Angeles Times . June 3, 1932. p. 17. Retrieved July 29, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
7. "New Street Car Routes in Effect". Los Angeles Times . June 13, 1932. p. 13. Retrieved July 29, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
8. 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 .

External links

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