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Overview

Locale

Los Angeles

Service

Type

Streetcar

System

Los Angeles Railway

History

Opened

1919 (1919)

Closed

November 1, 1939 (1939-11-01)

Technical

Track gauge

3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)

Electrification

Overhead line, 600 V DC

Route map

Legend

1925–1939

Beverly and Bonnie Brae D

Beverly and Belmont 2

Pacific Electric Railway

1st and Beaudry

1st and Figueroa

1st and Flower

1st and Olive

1st and Hill

A L 2

1st and Broadway

A L P W

2 5 10

					Los Angeles Railway lines
					Pacific Electric lines

This diagram:

I was a streetcar route in Los Angeles, California. It was owned and operated by the Los Angeles Railway.

History

The route was created from a former section of the West 1st and West 6th Street Line in 1919. It ran from 2nd and San Pedro to Alvarado and West 6th, mainly on West 1st Street. In the rerouting scheme of 1920, the route was shortened to 2nd and Broadway at the eastern end. It was given the letter designation I in 1921. Further rounds of truncation occurred between 1921 and 1932, usually related to road works. These left the outbound terminal at Bonnie Brae Street, where passengers could connect to a D car. Service ceased after November 1, 1939.

Sources

"May 1: This Date in Los Angeles Transportation History". Metro Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archive. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved February 16, 2022. 1921: Large letter signs indicating the routes of different lines are placed on top of Los Angeles Railway streetcars.
"Cars To Have Letter Signs" (PDF). Two Bells. Vol. 1, no. 48. Los Angeles Railway. May 2, 1921. p. 1. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
^ "'I'". Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
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.

External links

I Line Archives — Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society
"Los Angeles Railway". Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California.

Los Angeles Railway / LAMTA

Services

1920 routes	A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W 33 34 35 36
Additional routes 1921–45	A (1932) E (1939) M (1939) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 31 32 37
LATL routes 1945–58	A B D E F G H J N O P R S U V W 5 7 8 9
LAMTA routes 1958–63	J P R S V