LOS ANGELES

CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES

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1 Jan. 1961

The traditional Los Angeles urban rail system in its last years.


Los Angeles Pacific Electric interurban Los Angeles PCC streetcar

Los Angeles tram map –  1961

FIRST INSET: DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES

Los Angeles downtown tram map –  1961

SECOND INSET: THE LOS ANGELES REGION

Note: For the sake of clarity, only interurban (PE) routes are shown on this map.

Los Angeles interurban map –  1961

ROUTES


STREETCAR ROUTES

Operator: Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority (LAMTA) ["Yellow Cars"]

  J Jefferson Park – Jefferson Blvd. – Grand Av. – 7th St. – Santa Fe Av. – Pacific Blvd. – Huntington Park
  P Brooklyn Av. [today: Cesar Chavez Av.] – 1st St. – Broadway – Pico Blvd. – Mid City (Rimpau Loop)
  R 3rd & Western – 3rd St. – Vermont Av. – 7th St. – Whittier Ave. – East Los Angeles (Brannock Av.)
  S 8th & Western – 8th St. – Vermont Av. – 7th St. – San Pedro St. – Avalon Blvd. – Central Av. – Watts (Manchester Av.)
  V East Holliwood (Monroe St.) – Vermont Av. – Vernon Av. – Vernon Yard

INTERURBAN ROUTES

Operator: Pacific Electric Railway ["Red Cars"]

Note: The two-character codes used to identify routes below and in the maps are for convenience only, and were not used by the operating company.

LB Long Beach 6th & Main – Main – 9th St. – Long Beach Av. – Willowbrook Av. – Long Beach
WA Watts Local 6th & Main – Main – 9th St. – Long Beach Av. – Watts

The last two interurban routes were discontinued on 9 April 1961. The last streetcar lines were discontinued in 1963.



CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM

NETWORK LENGTH

  • Streetcar lines: ? km.
  • Interurban lines: ? km.