SAN PEDRO STREET LINE (1898-1910)
Formed from the
ROUTE: From Main and Temple Streets, south on Main to E. 5th Street, east on 5th to San Pedro Street, south on San Pedro to E. 30th Street.
1901-1902: Extended south from 30th Street on San Pedro to South Park Avenue, (Avalon Boulevard), south on South Park Avenue to Slauson Avenue, site of the Ascot Park Race Course.
NOVEMBER 1910: Taken over by the Los Angeles Railway Corporation with no change.
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Formed from the
ROUTE: From
OCTOBER 1917: Extended west on W. 10th Street from Gramercy Place to Victoria Avenue, south on Victoria to Country Club Drive, west on Country Club and Olympic Boulevard, to Mullen Avenue, site of the New Los Angeles High School.
1919: Through-routed with the San Pedro Avenue Line
and became part of the San Pedro and
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‘S’-
Formed from the
ROUTE: From W. 61st Street and South
Broadway, east on 61st Street to Avalon Boulevard, north on Avalon
to San Pedro Street, northeast on San Pedro Street to E. 7th
Street. West on 7th to Hoover
Street, north on Hoover to Wilshire Boulevard, west on Wilshire to Commonwealth
Avenue, north on Commonwealth to W. 6th Street, west on 6th
to Vermont Avenue. North
on
OCTOBER 1, 1920: Extended on both ends, from E. 61st and Avalon Boulevard south on Avalon to Merrill (Gage) Avenue, east on Merrill to Central Avenue, south on Central to E. 68th Street (61st Street branch remained in service); Western Avenue extended north to Santa Monica Boulevard.
AUGUST 26,
1923: Line on
MARCH 30, 1924:
JANUARY 1, 1931: S. Central further
extended from E. 77th to
MARCH 6, 1932: Sunday service
eliminated on
DECEMBER 25, 1934: Service on
AUGUST 3, 1947: Revised and renamed
the ‘S’-San Pedro and
‘S’-SAN PEDRO AND WEST 3rd STREET LINE (1947-1950)
Formed from parts of the ‘S’-San Pedro and Western Avenue Line, (section on Western Avenue abandoned August 3, 1947) and the W. 3rd Street section of the ‘R’-Whittier Boulevard and West 3rd Street Line.
ROUTE: From Manchester and Central Avenues, north on
Central to Gage Street, west on Gage to Avalon Boulevard, north on Avalon to
San Pedro Street, northeast on San Pedro to E. 7th Street, west on 7th
to Vermont Avenue. North
on
SEPTEMBER 10,
1950: West section again revised and
named the ‘S’-San Pedro and
‘S’-SAN PEDRO AND WEST 7th STREET LINE (1950-1963)
Formed from the southern portion of the ‘S’-San Pedro and West 3rd Street Line and the west portion of the ‘N’-West 9th and Civic Center Line.
ROUTE: From Manchester and Central Avenues, north on Central to Gage, west on Gage to Avalon, north on Avalon and San Pedro to E. 7th, west of 7th to Vermont Avenue, then for a short time north on Vermont to the loop at W. 1st Street, also south on Vermont to W. 8th Street, west on 8th (on former ‘N’-Line trackage) to Western Avenue. Former service on W. 3rd returned to the ‘R’-Line.
September 1958: Loops built at Central and Manchester Avenues
and at
MARCH 31, 1963: Rail service abandoned.