WEST 1^st AND WEST 6^th STREET LOOP LINE (1910-1919)

Formed from the Los Angeles Railway Company’s Westlake Park Line and the Pacific Electric’s West 6^th Street line.

ROUTE: From W. 6^th and Alvarado Streets, east of 6^th to Loomis Street, south on Loomis to W. 6^th (again), east on 6^th to Olive Street, north on Olive to W. 5^th Street, east on 5^th to Spring Street, north on Spring to W. 2^nd Street, west on 2^nd to Olive Street, north on Olive to W. 1^st Street, west on 1^st to Bonnie Brae Street, south on Bonnie Brae to Ocean View Avenue (W. 3^rd Street) west on Ocean View to Alvarado Street, south on Alvarado to W. 6^th Street. (The trackage on W. 6^th from Alvarado to Figueroa Street had been standard gauge and was converted to narrow gauge in 1910.)

1919: Split between the W. 6^th Street Line on W. 6^th Street and the West 1^st Street Line on W. 1^st Street.

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WEST 6^th STREET LINE: (1919-1920)

Formed from the W. 6^th Street branch of the West 1^st and West 6^th Street Loop Line.

ROUTE: From E. 5^th Street and Central Avenue (Central Depot), west on 5^th to Olive Street, south on Olive to W. 6^th Street. West on 6^th to Loomis Street, north on Loomis to W. 6^th Street (again), west on 6^th to right-of-way near Gramercy Way. North on right-of-way to W. 3^rd Street, west on 3^rd to Larchmont Boulevard, north on Larchmont to Melrose Avenue.

MAY 9, 1920: Made part of the ‘R’-Whittier Boulevard and West 3^rd Street Line.

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‘D’-WEST 6^th STREET LINE (1920-1931)

Formed from the West 6^th Street Line.

ROUTE: From E. 5^th Street and Central Avenue (Southern Pacific’s Central Depot), west on 5^th to Olive Street, south on Olive to W. 6^th Street, west on 6^th to Loomis Street, north on Loomis to W. 6^th (again), west on 6^th to Rampart Boulevard.

JULY 25, 1920: Extended west on 6^th from Rampart Boulevard to right-of-way near Gramercy Place, north on right-of-way to W. 3^rd Street, west on 3^rd to Larchmont Boulevard, north on Larchmont to Melrose Avenue (W. 3^rd and Larchmont had been part of the ‘R’-Line from May until July 1920.)

AUGUST 26, 1923: Cut back to W. 6^th and Rampart again; the ‘R’-Line resumed service to Larchmont and Melrose Avenue (these changes were needed because of a shortage of four-motored streetcars needed on the steep grades on 6^th Street west of Rampart.)

MARCH 24, 1924: Cut back from W. 6^th and Rampart Boulevard, to 6^th and Alvarado Street, then north on Alvarado to W. 3^rd Street, east on 3^rd to Bonnie Brae Street, north on Bonnie Brae to W 1^st Street (Beverly Boulevard), taking over from the ‘I’-Line (W. 1^st Street) which was cut back to here.

JUNE 1924: Due to power shortage, cut back to Alvarado and W. 6^th Streets.

JANUARY 1925: Normal service to Bonnie Brae and W. 1^st Streets resumed.

DECEMBER 11, 1927: W. 5^th Street extended west from Olive Street to W. 6^th and Beaudry Street, with the line rerouted to this point. Trackage abandoned on Olive from 5^th Street south to 6^th Street, and on Loomis Street from 6^th Street south to 6^th (again), and east on 6^th to Figueroa Street.

JANUARY 11, 1931: During evening hours and Saturday and Sunday, service cut back to W. 6^th and Alvarado, ‘I’-Line again took over service from W. 1^st and Bonnie Brae to Alvarado and W. 6^th during these hours.

JANUARY 18, 1931: After only a week, normal service to 1^st and Bonnie Brae resumed.

JUNE 12, 1931: Name changed to ‘D’-West 6^th and Central Station Line.

‘D’-WEST 6^th AND CENTRAL STATION LINE (1932-1939)

Formed from the ‘D’-West 6^th Street Line, June 12, 1931, with no other change.

ROUTE: From Central Avenue and E. 5^th Street, west on 5^th to W. 6^th and Beaudry, west on 6^th to Alvarado Street, north on Alvarado to W. 3^rd Street, east on 3^rd to Bonnie Brae Street, north on Bonnie Brae to W. 1st Street.

DECEMBER 29, 1936: Terminal at Central Station changed from a spur in front of the station to a crossover at E. 6^th Street and Central Avenue.

OCTOBER 31, 1937: Terminal returned to original spur in front of Central Station.

SEPTEMBER 10, 1939: Renamed ‘D’-West 6^th and East 5^th Street Line.

‘D’-WEST 6^th AND EAST 5^th STREET LINE (1939-1943)

Formed from the ‘D’-West 6^th and Central Station Line, September 10, 1939, with no change of route, due to the closing of Central Station and the opening of Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal.

SEPTEMBER 4, 1943: Because of heavy wartime traffic, extended south on ‘U’-Line to Central and Slauson Avenues, renamed the ‘D’-West 6^th and Central Avenue Line.

‘D’-WEST 6^th AND Central AVENUE LINE (1943-1947)

Formed from the West 6^th and East 5^th Street Line, and the Central Avenue branch of the ‘U’-University and Central Avenue Line, September 4, 1943.

ROUTE: From Beverly Boulevard and Bonnie Brae Street, south on Bonnie Brae to W. 3^rd Street, west on 3^rd to Alvarado Street, south on Alvarado to W. 6^th Street, east on 6^th to W. 5^th, east on 5^th to Central Avenue, south on Central to Slauson Avenue.

AUGUST 3, 1947: Rail service abandoned, replaced mostly by the ‘3’-West 6^th-Central Avenue (trolley coach) Line. Service on Alvarado Street to W. 3^rd and Bonnie Brae Street to Beverly Boulevard was abandoned.