H (Los Angeles Railway)

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

H
Overview
LocaleLos Angeles
Service
TypeStreetcar
SystemLos Angeles Railway
Daily ridership14,484 (1940)[1]
History
Opened1912 (1912)
ClosedAugust 3, 1947 (1947-08-03)
Technical
Track gauge3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Electrification600 V DC overhead line
Route map

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

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 lettering scheme, the Washington Street line was spun into the W West Washington and Garvanza Line. Thus, the H 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.[2] The Maple segment became the south end of the H line, which ran to Melrose to Normandie in Melrose Hill. 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.

Sources
  1. Breivogel, Milton; Bate, Stuart (1942). Mass Transiit Facilities and Master Plan of Parkways (PDF) (Report). Los Angeles City Planning Commission. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  2. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a work now 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 29 January 2021.


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