N (Los Angeles Railway)

N was a streetcar line in Los Angeles, California. It was operated by the Los Angeles Railway from 1920 to 1950. The line ran from Spring and 2nd Streets to 8th Street and Western Avenue, by way of Spring Street, 9th Street, Vermont Avenue, and 8th Street.

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Main, Spring (center of frame), and 9th (bottom of frame), where the N takes a turn. c. 1917
Overview
Locale	Los Angeles
Termini	Spring and 2nd Street 8th Street and Western Avenue
Stations	21
Service
Type	Streetcar
System	Los Angeles Railway
History
Opened	1905
Closed	1950
Technical
Track gauge	3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Electrification	600 V DC overhead line
Route map 1932–1939  8  Spring and Sunset Spring and California Spring and Temple Spring and 1st Spring and 2nd  9  Spring and 3rd Spring and 4th Spring and 5th Spring and 6th Spring and 7th  J   R   S  Spring and 8th Main and 9th  F  9th and Broadway  5   9   P   W  9th and Hill 9th and Olive 9th and Grand  J  9th and Hope 9th and Flower 9th and Figueroa 9th and Blaine 9th and Valencia 9th and Union 9th and Burlington 9th and Alvarado 9th and Park View 9th and Hoover 9th and Westmoreland 9th and Vermont  V  8th and Vermont  V  8th and Catalina 8th and Mariposa 8th and Irolo 8th and Harvard 8th and Serrano 8th and Western Los Angeles Railway lines Pacific Electric lines

History

The Ninth Street Line was built by the Los Angeles Railway in 1895 and ran via Spring Street, 9th Street, and Park View to a junction with the Lincoln Heights Line at 10th and Hoover Streets. From there both routes ran along West 10th Street to a terminus at Vermont Avenue. Circa 1911, the Park View section was eliminated and the route was extended along 9th Street, Vermont, and 8th Street to a loop at Western Avenue.

In 1920, the route name was changed to "N," operating from 8th and Harvard via 8th; Vermont; 9th; Spring; 2nd; Traction Way; 3rd; and Santa Fe to 2nd, terminating at the Los Angeles Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway station.[1] In 1950 the route was removed, though the 8th Street section of the line continued to run as part of the re-routed S line.

Sources

1. 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.

• "Los Angeles Railway". Electric Rail Heritage Association.
• "'N'". Electric Rail Heritage Association. Retrieved 19 September 2020.