‘2’-WEST 7th
STREET LINE (1930-1931)
Formed from Existing trackage for rush hour trippers
service.
ROUTE: From E. 7th Street and Central Avenue, west
on 7th to Vermont
Avenue, north on Vermont to W. 1st Street.
JUNE 1, 1931: Service terminated.
‘2’-GRIFFIN AVENUE AND CROWN HILL LINE
(1932-1939)
Formed from Griffin
Avenue end of the ‘A-2’-West
Adams and Griffith Avenue Line and Crown Hill portion of the
‘C’-Crown Hill and Temple Street Line.
Service begun June 13, 1932.
ROUTE: From Montecito Drive and Griffin Avenue, south on Griffin to Avenue 26, west on Avenue 26 to Pasadena Avenue. South on Pasadena and North Broadway to W. 1st Street, west
on 1st to Hill Street,
south on Hill to W. 5th Street, west on 5th
to Flower Street. North on Flower to W. 3rd Street,
west on 3rd to Columbia Street, north on Columbia to W. 2nd
Street, west on 2nd to Loma Drive, north on Loma and Belmont Avenue
to Temple Street.
JULY 16,
1939: Due to laying a third rail in the Pacific Electric South Hill Street
Tunnel, line was rerouted from Broadway and Temple west on Temple Street to Hill Street, then
south on Hill. The track on W. 1st
from Broadway west to Hill Street
was abandoned.
September 24, 1939: Rerouted and
renamed the ‘2’-Crown Hill and West
5th Street Line.
‘2’-CROWN HILL AND WEST 5th
STREET LINE (1939-1941)
Formed from the
Crown Hill branch of the ‘2’-Griffin Avenue and Crown Hill Line and trackage on
5th Street in use by the ‘D’-, ‘U’- and ‘3’-Lines. Route on Griffin Avenue transferred to the
‘l9’-bus line.
ROUTE: From Temple Street and Belmont Avenue, south on Belmont and Loma
to W. 2nd Street, east
on 2nd to Columbia. South on Columbia to W. 3rd Street east on 3rd
to Flower Street, south
on Flower to W. 5th
Street, east on 5th to Central Avenue, south
on Central to a siding just south of E. 5th.
OCTOBER 5,
1941: Service on Crown Hill portion
abandoned; service on 5th Street maintained by the ‘D’-, ‘U’- and
‘3’-Lines. This was the last line
abandoned before World War II.