C (Los Angeles Railway)

{{about|a historical rail line in Los Angeles|the modern light rail line|C Line (Los Angeles Metro)}}

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|locale = Los Angeles

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C refers to two streetcar routes in Los Angeles, California. The lines were operated by the Los Angeles Railway from 1910 to 1932.

History

=Angeleno Heights and Crown Hill (1910–1923)=

The beginnings of the route begin in 1910 when the Los Angeles Railway acquired the Angeleno Heights and Crown Hill Lines from the Los Angeles Inter-Urban Electric Railway, combining them into one service. It operated on a winding circle route in and north of Downtown Los Angeles with a branch to Kensington Road and Douglas Street – cars terminated at their second stop at Bellevue Avenue and East Edgeware Road. Rebuilding of the Broadway Tunnel forced the line to be rerouted there in 1915. Under the new naming scheme adopted in 1921, the line was designated the letter C. The route operated from Douglas Street and Kensington Road via Douglas to Edgeware; Bellevue; Beaudry; Alpine; Figueroa; Boston; Bunker Hill; California; Hill; Temple; North Broadway; 1st; Hill; 5th; Olive; 6th; Flower; 3rd; Boylston; Crown Hill; Columbia; 2nd; Loma Drive; and Belmont as far as Temple.{{Source-attribution|sentence=yes|{{cite thesis |last1=Terrass |first1=John |title=Study and Plan of Relief of the Street Traffic Congestion in the City of Los Angeles, California |url=http://libraryarchives.metro.net/DPGTL/trafficplans/1922_study_plan_relief_street_traffic_congestion_la.pdf |access-date=29 January 2021 |publisher=University of California |date=1922}} }}{{cite news |title=Street Car Rerouting |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94372445/los-angeles-evening-post-record/ |access-date=7 February 2022 |newspaper=Los Angeles Evening Post-Record |via=Newspapers.com |date=May 5, 1920 |page=10}} {{free access}} Track on the Echo Park Line was abandoned later in the year and the circle was broken, with a cars terminating at Temple Street and Belmont Avenue.{{cite web| url=http://erha.org/lary_c.htm| website=Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California| title='C'|accessdate=24 January 2021}}

={{anchor|T}} Temple Street Line (1910–1924)=

Acquired from the Pacific Electric in 1910, the Temple Street Line ran From East 1st Street and San Pedro Street to Fountain Avenue and Edgemont primarily on 1st and Temple Streets. The service was designated as the T line in 1921.{{cite web |title=May 1: This Date in Los Angeles Transportation History |url=https://metroprimaryresources.info/this-date-in-los-angeles-transportation-history/may/may-1/ |website=Metro Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archive |date=April 20, 2012 |publisher=Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority |access-date=16 February 2022 |quote=1921: Large letter signs indicating the routes of different lines are placed on top of Los Angeles Railway streetcars.}}{{cite newsletter |title=Cars To Have Letter Signs |url=http://libraryarchives.metro.net/DPGTL/employeenews/Two_Bells_1921_May02.pdf |access-date=16 February 2022 |newspaper=Two Bells |publisher=Los Angeles Railway |date=May 2, 1921 |page=1 |volume=1 |number=48}}

=Crown Hill and Temple Street (1923–1932)=

The T line was absorbed into a new C line, starting in November 1923 with the west end of the route with full integration the following year.{{cite news |title=Power In L.A. Cut 25% Monday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94354944/power-in-la-cut-25-monday/ |access-date=6 February 2022 |agency=Los Angeles Evening Post-Record |via=Newspapers.com |date=July 7, 1924 |page=2A}} {{free access}} The service formed a new circle route, starting and running through Bellevue Avenue and East Edgeware Road to a branch into East Hollywood. The line was straightened downtown via 5th Street after October 1925. In 1927, the Kensington Road and Douglas Street of Temple was transferred to the G. Service was rerouted downtown to rebuild the lines for eight months starting in 1931.

In 1932, the former Edgeware line became a shuttle service and was designated line 32.{{cite web| url=http://erha.org/lary_32.htm| website=Electric Rail Heritage Association| title='32'-EDGEWARE ROAD SHUTTLE (1932-1939)|accessdate=24 January 2021}} The C was discontinued on June 12, 1932, with portions of the line being transferred to the 2 and L.

Sources

External links

{{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 1910

Category:1910 establishments in California

Category:Railway services discontinued in 1932

Category:1932 disestablishments in California