P (Los Angeles Railway)

P
Overview
Type	Light rail
System	Los Angeles Railway, Los Angeles MTA
Locale	Los Angeles, East Los Angeles
Termini	Pico Boulevard and Rimpau Boulevard; Brooklyn Avenue and Rowan Avenue
Stations	34
Operation
Opened	1920
Closed	1963
Owner	Los Angeles MTA
Technical
Track gauge	Narrow
Electrification	Overhead lines
Route map

P was a line operated by the Los Angeles Railway from 1895 to 1958, and by the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority from 1958 to 1963.

History

Pico Street Electric Railway (1887-88)

The first streetcar line on Pico Boulevard was short lived, running from an Orange Grove at Lorde Street (present-day Harvard Boulevard) to the Plaza de Los Angeles by way of Pico, Maple Avenue, 7th Street, San Julian Street, 3rd Street, and Los Angeles Street. The company went under almost immediately.

The Modern Route

The Pico and First Street Line was one of the first routes built by the new Los Angeles Railway in 1895. Its route lay between Pico and Van Ness Avenue on the west and Brooklyn and Rowan avenues on the east, via Pico Boulevard, Main Street, Broadway, 1st Street, and Rowan Avenue. In 1919, Broadway was extended south from 11th and Main to Pico Boulevard, removing the line from Main Street entirely. In 1920, the route was extended west to the Rimpau Loop and renamed P. Its route was unchanged for the rest of its existence.

Gage Street Shuttle Line

As part of the Los Angeles Railway's expansion, a shuttle line was built north from Rowan and Dozier along Rowan, Hammel and Gage to Blanchard Street, at the foot of what is now City Terrace. Ridership was very low and the route was discontinued by LATL.

Sources

Electric Rail Heritage Association

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Los Angeles Railway / LAMTA transit lines
Original 1920 routes	A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W
Additional routes 1921-45	A (1930) E (1939) M (1939) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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