2 (Los Angeles Railway)

2 was a designation given to several transit lines in Los Angeles, California. The number was assigned to a streetcar route in 1930 which lasted a year, then later reassigned to a new service in 1932. Trolley buses replaced streetcars on a 3rd line in 1948, and the line was converted to full motor coach operation in 1963.

West 7th Line

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The first incarnation of the 2 was assembled from existing trackage, running from 7th Street and Central to and Vermont Avenue and 1st Street. It ran during peak periods only and lasted from 1930 to June 1931.{{cite web| url=http://erha.org/lary_2.htm| website=Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California| title='2'|access-date=22 January 2021}}

Second version

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The new 2 line has a more continuous history. It began service on June 12, 1932,{{cite news |title=Spring Street Extension to be Opened This Week |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95124201/ |access-date=17 February 2022 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |via=Newspapers.com |date=June 19, 1932 |page=17}} {{free access}}{{cite news |title=Transit Routes to Change |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106557831/ |access-date=29 July 2022 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |via=Newspapers.com |date=3 June 1932 |page=17}} {{free access}}{{cite news |title=New Street Car Routes in Effect |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106557918/ |access-date=29 July 2022 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |via=Newspapers.com |date=13 June 1932 |page=13}} {{free access}} as a combination of two former routes: A-2 West Adams and Griffith Avenue Line and C Crown Hill and Temple Street Line. It ran from Montecito and Griffin in the east to Belmont and Temple where connections were available to the L car.{{cite map |url=https://www.raremaps.com/gallery/detail/50176/route-map-los-angeles-railway-electric-car-and-bus-routes-los-angeles-railway-corp |title=Route Map Los Angeles Railway Electric Car and Bus Routes |date=1938 |author=H.P. Noordwal |publisher=Los Angeles Railway |website=Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc.}} {{cite map |url=https://storage.googleapis.com/raremaps/img/xlarge/50176.jpg |title=Alternate link |website=via Google}} Cars began running though the Pacific Electric's Hill Street Tunnel in July 1939 as the line was diverted to Temple Street and Hill Street.{{cite news |title=Timepoints The Southern California Traction Review · Volumes 1-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0W1EAAAAIAAJ |publisher=Southern California Division, Electric Railroaders' Association |date=1950 |page=7}} That same year, the Griffin Avenue section was converted to bus service and the line was routed to 5th Street, which was already in service under the D, U, and V lines. The line ceased service on October 5, 1941, with the closure of the Crown Hill branch, and was thereupon converted to trolley bus service.{{Cite book |last=Walker |first=Jim |title=Los Angeles Railway Yellow Cars |date=2007 |publisher=Arcadia Pub |isbn=9781531629410 |page=115}}

=Trolley coach and bus operation=

The service was maintained and transferred to Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority in 1958. The agency replaced trolley buses with SilverLiner coaches after March 31, 1963;{{cite web |title=March 31: This Date in Los Angeles Transportation History |url=https://metroprimaryresources.info/this-date-in-los-angeles-transportation-history/march/march-31/ |website=Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archive |publisher=Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority |access-date=16 February 2021}} the new service retained the number 2.{{cite web |title=SilverLiners Take Over! |url=http://libraryarchives.metro.net/DPGTL/employeenews/Emblem_1963_Apr.pdf |access-date=17 February 2021 |agency=Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority |magazine=The Emblem |volume=5 |issue=6 |date=April 1963 |page=2}}

Sources

External links

[https://www.pacificelectric.org/category/los-angeles-railway/2-line/ 2 Line Archives] — Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society
{{cite web| url=http://erha.org/lary.htm| website=Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California| title=Los Angeles Railway}}

Category:Los Angeles Railway routes

Category:Railway services introduced in 1930

Category:Railway services introduced in 1932

Category:1930 establishments in California

Category:1941 disestablishments in California

Category:Trolleybus transport in the United States