H (Los Angeles Railway)

H
Overview
Locale	Los Angeles
Service
Type	Streetcar
System	Los Angeles Railway
Daily ridership	14,484 (1940) [1]
History
Opened	1912 (1912)
Closed	August 3, 1947 (1947-08-03)
Technical
Track gauge	3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Electrification	600 V DC overhead line
Route map Legend 1925–1947 Melrose and Western   S   Melrose and Normandie Melrose and Heliotrope Heliotrope and Beverly Beverly and Vermont   V   Vermont and 1st   V   2nd and Commonwealth 2nd and Rampart Rampart and 6th   3   6th and Park View 6th and Alvarado   D    3   Alvarado and Wilshire Alvarado and 7th   R    S   7th and Figueroa 7th and Grand   J   7th and Hill 7th and Broadway   N    P    W    5    9   7th and Main   B    F    O   7th and Los Angeles 7th and Maple   J    R    S   Maple and 8th Maple and Olympic Maple and 12th Maple and 16th Maple and Washington Maple and Adams Maple and Jefferson Wall and Santa Barbara Maple and Vernon   V   53rd and San Pedro Los Angeles Railway lines Pacific Electric lines This diagram: view talk edit

H was a streetcar route in Los Angeles, California. It was owned and operated by the Los Angeles Railway from 1912 to 1947.

History

The route's origins begin when the streetcar lines running on Washington Street and Maple Avenue were combined into a single service in 1912, running through Downtown. During the 1920 rerouting, the Washington Street line was spun into the West Washington and Garvanza Line. ^[2] Thus, the Maple and Heliotrope line consisted of tracks on Melrose; Heliotrope; Temple; New Hampshire; First; Bimini Place; a private right of way; 2nd; Rampart; 6th; Alvarado; 7th; Maple; Woodlawn; Santa Barbara; Wall; and 53rd. ^[3] The Maple segment became the south end of the new line, which ran to Melrose to Normandie in Melrose Hill. The line was given the letter designation H in 1921. ^{[4] [5]} Service between First and the University of California was temporarily discontinued in the summer of 1924 amid citywide power cuts. ^[6] The western end was rerouted via Vermont and Beverly in 1924 and extended to Melrose and Western the following year. This routing pattern held until August 3, 1947 when service was discontinued. ^{[2] [7]}

Sources

1. Breivogel, Milton; Bate, Stuart (1942). "Mass Transit Facilities and Master Plan of Parkways" (PDF). Los Angeles City Planning Commission. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
2. "'H'". Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
3. 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.
4. "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.
5. "Cars To Have Letter Signs" (PDF). Two Bells. Vol. 1, no. 48. Los Angeles Railway. May 2, 1921. p. 1. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
6. "Power In L.A. Cut 25% Monday". Los Angeles Evening Post-Record. July 7, 1924. p. 2A. Retrieved February 6, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
7. "'H' Car Line to Retain Route". Los Angeles Evening Express . Newspapers.com. May 30, 1928. p. 19. Retrieved February 6, 2022.

External links

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