8 (Los Angeles Railway): Difference between revisions

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'''8''' was a [[streetcar]] line in [[Los Angeles, California]]. It was operated by the [[Los Angeles Railway]] from 1932 to 1955.<ref name=May22>{{cite web |title=May 22: This Date in Los Angeles Transportation History |url=https://metroprimaryresources.info/this-date-in-los-angeles-transportation-history/may/may-22/ |website=Metro Primary Resources |publisher=Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Museum and Archive. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority |access-date=29 January 2021}}</ref><ref name=erha>{{cite web| url=http://erha.org/lary_8.htm| website=Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California| title=‘8’|access-date=19 September 2020}}</ref>

==History==

In 1932 the [[M (Los Angeles Railway)|M]] line was split up into several distinct services&nbsp;— the Moneta Avenue branch became the basis of the new 8 line. The new service ran from Spring Street and Temple Street outbound to Manchester Avenue and South Broadway.<ref name=erha /><ref>{{cite news |title=Spring Street Extension to be Opened This Week |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95124201/ |access-date=17 February 2022 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |via=Newspapers.com |date=June 19, 1932 |page=17}} {{free access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Transit Routes to Change |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106557831/ |access-date=29 July 2022 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |via=Newspapers.com |date=3 June 1932 |page=17}} {{free access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=New Street Car Routes in Effect |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106557918/ |access-date=29 July 2022 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |via=Newspapers.com |date=13 June 1932 |page=13}} {{free access}}</ref>

[[File:LARy numbered routes.svg|thumb|left|220px|Geographic map; the 8 route from 1934 to 1946 is in blue]]

In 1934 the line was rerouted, integrating part of the former [[9 (Los Angeles Railway)|9]]. The line ran from Spring and Temple Streets to 54th Street and [[Crenshaw Boulevard]], by way of Spring Street, [[Main Street (Los Angeles)|Main Street]], Broadway Place, [[Broadway (Los Angeles)|Broadway]], and 54th Street.<ref name=erha /><ref>{{cite map |url=https://www.raremaps.com/gallery/detail/50176/route-map-los-angeles-railway-electric-car-and-bus-routes-los-angeles-railway-corp |title=Route Map Los Angeles Railway Electric Car and Bus Routes |date=1938 |author=H.P. Noordwal |publisher=Los Angeles Railway |website=Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc.}} {{cite map |url=https://storage.googleapis.com/raremaps/img/xlarge/50176.jpg |title=Alternate link |website=via [[Google]]}}</ref> Off-peak service to [[Union Station (Los Angeles)|Los Angeles Union Station]] began in August 1943. Starting in 1946 the line absorbed part of the former [[N (Los Angeles Railway)|N]] to Union Station,<ref>{{cite news |title=Busses Take Over A Line; Other Changes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114952015/ |access-date=21 December 2022 |newspaper=The Los Angeles Times |via=Newspapers.com |date=July 1, 1946 |page=13}} {{free access}}</ref> enabling full time service for the line.<ref name=erha />

Tracks at Union station were transferred to the [[F (Los Angeles Railway)|F]] line in 1949, with the 8 taking up former F trackage to Mission Road and Selig Place. Streetcar service ended on May 22, 1955.<ref name=May22 />

* [https://www.pacificelectric.org/category/los-angeles-railway/8-line/ 8 Line Archives] — Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society

* {{cite web| url=http://erha.org/lary.htm| website=Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California| title=Los Angeles Railway}}