2 (Los Angeles Railway)

2 was a designation given to several streetcar lines in Los Angeles, California. Operated by the Los Angeles Railway, the last version of the line ran until 1941.

2
Overview
Locale	Los Angeles
Service
Type	Streetcar
System	Los Angeles Railway
History
Opened	1930
Closed	October 5, 1941
Technical
Track gauge	3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Electrification	600 V DC overhead line
Route map 1932–1939 Griffin and Montecito Griffin and Avenue 26 Avenue 26 and Pasadena Pasadena and San Fernando  5   W  Pasadena and Broadway  10  Southern Pacific RR Los Angeles River Santa Fe RR Broadway and Solano Broadway and Alpine Broadway and Sunset Broadway and Temple  A  Broadway and 1st  P  Hill and 1st Hill and 2nd Hill and 3rd Angels Flight Hill and 4th Hill and 5th  A   D   U   3  5th and Olive 5th and Grand 5th and Flower  D   U   3  Pacific Electric Railway Flower and 4th Flower and 3rd 3rd and Figueroa 3rd and Beaudry Pacific Electric Railway 3rd and Loma Loma and Beverly Belmont and Temple Los Angeles Railway lines other lines

History

West 7th Line

The first incarnation of the 2 was assembled from existing trackage on 7th Street and Vermont Avenue. It ran during peak periods and lasted from 1930 to June 1931.

Second version

The new 2 line has a more continuous history. It began service on June 13, 1932 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 avainable to the L car.[1] Pacific Electric's construction in the Hill Street Tunnel in 1939 forced the line to be diverted to Temple Street and Hill Street; the former route was never reinstated. In 1939, the Griffith 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 servivce on October 5, 1941 with the closure of the Crown Hill branch, and was thereupon converted to trolley bus service.[2]

Sources

1. 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.
2. Walker, Jim (2007). Los Angeles Railway Yellow Cars. Arcadia Pub. p. 115.

• "Los Angeles Railway". Electric Rail Heritage Association.
• "'2'". Electric Rail Heritage Association. Retrieved 22 January 2021.