TIMEPOINTS - Supplement One – 2^nd Revision,

A CHRONOLOGY OF CHANGES IN RAIL PASSENGER OPERATIONS OF THE PACIFIC ELECTRIC RAILWAY COMPANY, INCLUDING THE YEARS 1911-61

Compiled by Laurence R. Veysey

This Internet edition of Laurence Veysey’s original work of 50 years ago is an experiment to update this seminal work in traction archeology. We have posted to the Association website, http://www.erha.org/ the original January 1951 edition, the revised November 1952 edition and this November 2000 edition. We welcome interested parties to e-mail with corrections, additions and insights to bring this 2^nd revision up-to-date beyond 1950 and perhaps to add additional information that has surfaced in the half-a-century since this work was first published.

This listing still does not pretend to be complete, but it does include all major changes on most major lines; and it was felt better to respond to the demand that the Chronology, for some time out of print, be reissued, rather than await some distant opportunity to complete the research on those relatively few dates that are not yet known. All abandonments and other changes recorded herein are of rail passenger service. Continuance of tracks solely for freight use and the existence of motor coach lines replacing rail passenger service are both ignored. Post-mortem franchise runs (a term we have loosely employed to refer to any once-a-day service) are given where operated. Only present names of towns are used.

Published by the Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California as a Special Reference Supplement to TIMEPOINTS: The Southern California Traction Review, the ERHA’s quarterly publication.

John Heller ... Editor

members@erha.org

Sources principally used include: company files, Decisions of the Public Utilities Commission, Pacific Electric Magazine, the microfilm files of the Los Angeles Times in the Public Library, and time tables, both employees’ and public, in various collections.

1911 or Soon After

[The following changes occurred after July 1911, either later in the year or during the following few years.]

Los Angeles-Venice-Inglewood changed to Ocean Park- Inglewood shuttle.

Pasadena-Shorb established as new service.

Santa Ana-Orange electrified with through service, replacing "motor" line north of Santa Clara Avenue.

Los Angeles: Cahuenga Pass Local Line extended to Hill Street Station from shuttle on Highland Avenue.

Venice-Playa Del Rey via Lagoon separated from Santa Monica: Third Street Local Line.

Los Angeles (Southern Pacific Station) - Long Beach-San Pedro established.

Los Angeles (Southern Pacific Station)-Pasadena (Southern Pacific Station) established as new service.

South Pasadena: Mission and Fair Oaks Local Line discontinued.

Los Angeles: Echo Park Avenue Local Line through-routed with Venice Boulevard Local Line.

Pasadena: South Loop Local Line re-routed to Tournament Park from Lake and Colorado.

1911

25 February - Los Angeles-Covina extended to San Dimas.

7 April - Riverside-West Highgrove established as new service.

After July - Long Beach: East First Street Local Line abandoned.

6 September - Los Angeles- Glendale extended to Burbank (Cypress Avenue)

12 November - Los Angeles- Yorba Linda extended to Stern; Los Angeles-Redondo Beach via Vermont Heights Delta-Gardena (narrow gauge) abandoned; Los Angeles-Redondo Beach via Inglewood-Hawthorne (narrow gauge) abandoned except shuttle Hawthorne-El Nido; Los Angeles-Redondo Beach via Watts established as new service; Los Angeles: Strawberry Park via Vermont Heights Local Line abandoned; Los Angeles-Redondo Beach via Playa Del Rey extended from Redondo Beach to Cliffton.

16 December - Los Angeles- North Hollywood - Van Nuys established as new service.

1912

Los Angeles: Santa Monica Air Line-Culver Junction local service established as new service; through service re-routed from Venice Short Line to inner portion of Air Line [1912 or 1913].

Early - Pasadena: East Washington Local Line extended from Lake Avenue to Tierra Alta.

Early - Santa Monica: Lincoln Boulevard Local Line established as new service.

13 April - Upland - San Antonio Heights and Pomona-Claremont acquired by purchase from Ontario & San Antonio Heights Railway.

1 September - Los Angeles-San Dimas extended to Pomona; San Dimas Local Line established as new service.

1913

Pomona-Claremont extended to Ontario; Ontario San Antonio Heights changed to terminate at Upland [probably this year].

Los Angeles: Annandale Local Line extended to Annandale; rush hour through service extended to all hours.

Long Beach: Alamitos Bay Local Line extended to Seal Beach.

Early - Los Angeles- Van Nuys extended to Canoga Park [perhaps in 1912].

14 March ? - San Bernardino: Urbita Springs Local Line separated from San Bernardino-Redlands in morning rush hours thus separate at all hours.

22 March - Van Nuys-San Fernando shuttle established as new service through service to Los Angeles later.

30 July - Pasadena: Lincoln Avenue Local Line established as new service

After 20 August - Riverside- Arlington re-routed via Magnolia Avenue from Brockton Avenue; Riverside: Brockton Avenue Local Line established as new service [possibly 1914].

1914

February - Long Beach: East Long Beach Local Line extended to North Long Beach.

23 March, 31 March - Most Southern District interurban lines and certain Northern District lines re-routed in Los Angeles from Main Street in both directions to Los Angeles Street temporary terminal via Seventh Street.

24 April - Riverside-Bloomington extended to Rialto [one source gives date in 1915; contemporary newspapers give above date.]

August - El Segundo-Hawthorne established as new service.

4 October - Riverside - West Highgrove extended to Colton.

13 December - Riverside-Colton extended to San Bernardino.

By 1915

[The following changes occurred during or shortly before 1915.]

Los Angeles: El Molino Local Line changed to terminate at Sierra Vista.

Santa Monica-Brentwood Local Line through-routed with Venice-Playa Del Rey via Lagoon,

Santa Ana-Balboa changed to terminate at Huntington Beach.

Long Beach: West Seventh Local Line abandoned except franchise; American Avenue Local Line through-routed with Seaside Park Local Line.

1915

San Bernardino: Seventh Street Local Line abandoned [This was former routing of San Bernardino-Highland and San Bernardino-Patton, but it is believed that separate local service was also maintained.]

After 13 February - Los Angeles: Annandale Local Line changed to shuttle service all hours.

17 February - Riverside - Arlington extended from Harrison Street to Corona.

By late in the year - Los Angeles- San Pedro via Gardena through service established as new service, standard gauge.

Probably late in the year - Los Angeles: Annandale Local Line changed to reestablished as new service partial or full through service, through-routed, to Watts Local Line.

By 3 September - Los Angeles: Watts and South Pasadena Local Line through-routed.

Probably after 16 November - Long Beach: Ocean Avenue Local Line abandoned except franchise east of 20th Place.

After 24 November - Long Beach: West Seventh Street franchise abandoned.

1916

Los Angeles-Alhambra absorbs Los Angeles: Sierra Vista Local Line [after 3 September 1915].

About 15 January - More interurban lines re-routed in Los Angeles from Main Street to Los Angeles Street temporary terminal via Seventh Street.

March - Los Angeles-Redondo Beach via Hawthorne through service established as new service.

By June - Los Angeles-Torrance established as new service.

15 July - Los Angeles-San Pedro via Gardena extended in San Pedro to Fifth and Front.

25 July - Manhattan-Redondo Beach Local Line established.

28 July - Los Angeles: Santa Monica via Air Line local service ext, from Culver Junction to Palms.

By August - San Bernardino- Riverside and San Bernardino - Redlands through-routed [possibly as early as 1913].

1 August - Los Angeles-Glendale-East Broadway established as new service.

1 August - Los Angeles-La Crescenta through service in rush hours via Glendale & Montrose Railway Co. established as new service [or soon after.]

10 August - Santa Monica- West Los Angeles via Brentwood separated from Venice-Playa Del Rey via Lagoon; Los Angeles-Venice via Short Line re-routed in Santa Monica via loop on Third Street.

On or by 22 August - Delta-Strawberry Park shuttle established as new service, standard-gauge,

1 October - Manhattan-Redondo Beach Local Line, discontinued.

2 October - Upland - San Antonio Heights converted from 600 to 1200 volts.

6 October - San Pedro: Fourteenth Street Local Line abandoned; Outer Harbor Local Line probably re-re-routed.

25 October - Los Angeles; Echo Park Avenue Local Line separated from Venice Boulevard Local Line; Venice Boulevard through-routed, with Hollywood Boulevard via Hill Street Local Line; Los Angeles-Beverly Hills-Coldwater Canyon probably changed to shuttle from Beverly Hills.

22 November - Los Angeles-Burbank changed to shuttle from Glendale except rush hours; through service at all hours reestablished after discontinuance soon thereafter.

3 December - Elevated viaduct opened at Main Street Station in Los Angeles; Los Angeles- Alhambra San Gabriel, Los Angeles-Whittier, Los Angeles- Stern, Los Angeles-Pasadena via Oak Knoll, Los Angeles-Pasadena via Short Line, Los Angeles- Redondo Beach via Watts-Gardena, Los Angeles-Redondo Beach via Watts-Hawthorne, Los Angeles-San Pedro via Gardena, Los Angeles-Torrance, Los Angeles-Sierra Madre interurban lines re-routed to loop via San Pedro and Main Streets through the station; some in each direction.

3 December - Los Angeles: Sierra Vista Local Line reestablished as new service, looping via San Pedro and Main Streets thru station; Los Angeles: Annandale Local Line separated from Watts Local Line

1917

?-Long Beach-San Pedro line re-routed onto loop in Long Beach via Third, Pine, Ocean Avenue
1 January - First annual special service to Tournament of Roses in Pasadena through concourse at Main Street Station.
25 January - Los Angeles: Sierra Vista Local Line re-routed via Main Street in both directions to Main Street Station.
11 February - Stub end tracks at rear opened at Main Street Station in Los Angeles; Los Angeles-Long Beach, Los Angeles-Newport Beach, Los Angeles-Monrovia- Glendora, Los Angeles-Pomona, Los Angeles-San Bernardino- Riverside, Los Angeles-San Pedro via Dominguez Junction, Los Angeles-Santa Ana, Los Angeles-Santa Monica via Air Line re-routed via San Pedro Street in both directions, thence via elevated.
7 March - Los Angeles-Orange through service established.
4 April - Los Angeles- Orange through service changed, perhaps restricted to certain hours.
14 May - Los Angeles: Hollywood Boulevard via Hill Street Local Line rush hour trippers extended from Hill Street Station to Ninth and Hill.
1 September - Los Angeles - La Crescenta through service in rush hours via Glendale & Montrose Railway Co. discontinued.
30 September - Los Angeles Habra- Fullerton shuttle established as new service.
After 3 October - Long Beach: Ocean Avenue Local Line franchise east of 20th Place abandoned.
7 December - Los Angeles- Fullerton through service established as new service [inferred indirectly.]

1918

2 February - Los Angeles - Glendale- Burbank, Los Angeles-Glendale-North Glendale, Los Angeles-Glendale-East Broadway re-routed at all hours to terminal at Sixth and Los Angeles Streets; hitherto had used Main Street Station except in rush hours.
7 February - Los Angeles-Torrance extended to San Pedro, partially replacing Los Angeles-San Pedro via Gardena-Carson.
After 15 July - Upland- San Antonio Heights abandoned at end for short distance in San Antonio Park.
6 August - Los Angeles: Brush Canyon Local Line abandoned; Santa Monica Air Line local service changed to terminate at Culver Junction, not Palms.
18 August - Pomona: local lines generally rearranged [no details known].

About 23 October - San Pedro: local lines extended to Fifth and Front Streets.

26 October - San Bernardino: Urbita Springs Local Line temporary discontinued.

27 October - Santa Ana - Huntington Beach abandoned except franchise.

28 October - Redlands: local lines generally rearranged [no details known].

1 November - Upland- San Antonio Heights reestablished as new service to Ontario as through service; Pomona-Ontario changed to terminate at Claremont.

8 November - Los Angeles - Alhambra - San Gabriel absorbs Los Angeles: Sierra Vista Local Line.

15 November - Los Angeles: Skip-stops established as new service on all city lines.

1919

San Bernardino: Urbita Springs Local Line reestablished as new service [presumably; no definite information].

Santa Monica-Ocean Park local service on Santa Monica Air Line, operated through-routed, with Santa Monica Canyon Local Line, discontinued.

21 April - Riverside: Brockton Avenue Local Line abandoned beyond Jurupa Avenue.

1 May - Riverside: Brockton Avenue Local Line separated from Fairmont Park Local Line, which is through-routed with Victoria Hill.

3 May - Santa Monica: Lincoln Boulevard Local Line through-routed with Third Street Local Line; Venice-Santa Monica-West Los Angeles via Santa Monica Boulevard Local Line discontinued nights only.

After 8 May - San Pedro: Fourteenth Street Local Line franchise abandoned.

22 June - Inglewood - Ocean Park Sunday service established as new service.

About September - Inglewood - Ocean Park Sunday service discontinued.

By 29 December - Santa Monica: Lincoln Boulevard Local Line separated from Third Street Local Line.

1920

January - Los Angeles: Annandale Local Line shuttle at all hours.

1 February - Los Angeles: Sierra Vista Local Line reestablished as new service except nights.

March - Los Angeles-Catalina Dock, Long Beach-Catalina Dock established as new service as independent lines to new Catalina terminal in Wilmington.

31 May - Long Beach: Seaside Park Local Line temporary discontinued; American Avenue Local Line temporary through-routed, with Magnolia Avenue.

After July - West Los Angeles-Soldiers’ Home abandoned.

1 November - Los Angeles- Redlands via San Bernardino through service established as new service; “Angel City Ltd.” and "Citrus Belt Ltd." established as new service on Los Angeles-San Bernardino.

28 November - Pasadena: one-man service established as new service on local lines.

1921

Los Angeles: Hollywood Boulevard via Hill Street Local Line changed to terminate at Gardner Junction; Laurel Canyon Local Line established as new service as separate shuttle [by or during this year].

Long Beach: Seaside Park Local Line reestablished as new service, through-routed with American Avenue Local Line [by or during this year].

December - Santa Ana - Huntington Beach franchise abandoned [possibly January 1922].

29 December - Mount Lowe - Echo Mountain Local Line temporary discontinued [account of snow].

31 December - Mount Lowe - Echo Mountain Local Line reestablished as new service.

1922

Manhattan-Redondo Beach Local Line reestablished as new service [before or early in 1922].

1 January - Los Angeles: Sierra Vista Local Line, night service reestablished as new service

3 January - Los Angeles- Dominguez Junction rush hour service on Los Angeles-San Pedro line established as new service.

20 December - Redlands: Olive Avenue Local Line abandoned [another source gives date to follow in 1923; probably franchise only continued].

1923

1 January - Manhattan - Redondo Beach Local Line extended to Cliffton.

15 January - Beverly Hills - Coldwater Canyon Local Line, abandoned.

10 February - Los Angeles: Watts Local Line separated from South Pasadena Local Line; Watts loops through Main Street Station, South Pasadena loops via San Pedro, Sixth, and Main Streets.

13 June - Redlands: Olive Avenue (San Mateo) Local Line [franchise?] abandoned.

1 July - Long Beach: Seaside Park Local Line abandoned except franchise.

3 July - Pasadena: North Loop Local Line abandoned.

22 July - Pasadena: Tournament Park Local Line abandoned.

29 July - Pasadena: East Washington Local Line, North Orange Grove Avenue Local Line abandoned; North Lake Avenue Local Line separated from North Orange Grove; Altadena Local Line separated from East Washington; North Lake Avenue and Altadena through-routed.

1924

Los Angeles-Glendale-East Broadway extended, from Glendale Avenue to Chevy Chase Drive.

About February or March - Long Beach: Naples Junction-Second Street Local Line established as new service.

10 March - Los Angeles: Laurel Canyon Local Line abandoned.

16 April - Pasadena-Shorb abandoned.

21 April - San Pedro: Outer Harbor Local Line abandoned.

June -Santa Monica: Santa Monica Canyon Local Line abandoned from Center Street to Long Wharf.

1 June - Manhattan-Cliffton Local Line discontinued.

1 June - San Bernardino - Patton abandoned; San Bernardino- Highland night service discontinued.

July ? - Long Beach: Pine Avenue Local Line abandoned.

July ? - Redlands: Country Club Local Line, Smiley Heights Local Line temporarily discontinued.

3 July - Upland-San Antonio Heights abandoned from La Cima to San Antonio Heights.

4 July - Los Angeles: Echo Park Avenue Local Line changed temporary to shuttle; Western Franklin Avenues Local Line temporarily discontinued.

4 July - San Dimas Local Line abandoned.

7 July - San Bernardino - Arrowhead Hot Springs temporary discontinued; Riverside-Arlington separated into independent line from Arlington-Corona; Riverside: Rubidoux-Evergreen Local Line abandoned.

After 24 July - Huntington Beach- Long Beach via Seal Beach line established as new service.

29 July - Los Angeles - Alhambra extended from East San Gabriel to Temple City.

October - Upland-La Cima abandoned

1 October - Pomona: East Fifth Street, East Holt Avenue, Ganesha Park via West Holt and North Garey Avenue Loop, South Garey Avenue-Cemetery, and West Second Street Local Line abandoned [these had perhaps had franchises only since July].

3 December - Los Angeles: Echo Park Avenue Local Line reestablished after discontinuance as through service [a probable date only; perhaps 2 January 1925].

1925

2 January - Los Angeles: Western-Franklin Avenues Local Line, reestablished after discontinuance.

2 January - San Bernardino-Arrowhead Hot Springs reestablished as new service, shuttle from Highland Avenue and ‘B’ Street; through service later.

1 March - Riverside: Fairmont Park and Victoria Hill Local Line, abandoned.

15 June - Redlands: Country Club Local Line, Smiley Heights Local Line reestablished as new service [inferred from abandoned date of temporary motor coaches.]

20 July - Los Angeles - Burbank extended from Cypress Avenue to Benmar Hills (Eton Dr.)

1 December - Subway opens. Los Angeles-Glendale-Burbank, Los Angeles-Glendale-North Glendale, Los Angeles-Glendale-East Broadway re-routed from Sixth and Los Angeles Streets to terminal in subway.

1926

7 February - Los Angeles: Hollywood Boulevard via subway Local Line established as new service; Santa Monica Boulevard-Cahuenga Pass, Santa Monica Boulevard-West Hollywood, Los Angeles-North Hollywood-Van Nuys- Canoga Park, -San Fernando re-routed from Hill Street Station to terminal in subway.

After 15 February - Huntington Beach-Long Beach via Seal Beach line discontinued.

1 March - Pasadena: Arroyo Seco Local Line abandoned.

23 May - Redlands: Country Club and East Citrus Local Line abandoned.

16 June - Redlands: Brookside (Terracina) Local Line abandoned.

November - San Pedro-Long Beach-Newport Beach- Balboa via Naples Junction, line established as new service.

1 November - Los Angeles-Santa Monica via Beverly Hills line combined with Los Angeles-Venice via Short Line into loop at beach end; loop of Short Line via Third Street probably abandoned.

13 November - Los Angeles: Annandale Local Line, abandoned from Adelaide Place to Annandale.

1927

Early - El Segundo- Hawthorne line discontinued Sundays only.

22 January - Santa Monica: Lincoln Boulevard Local Line abandoned.

1 February - Los Angeles-Santa Monica via Beverly Hills line separated from Los Angeles-Venice Short Line at beach end.

17 October - San Bernardino: Urbita Springs Local Line abandoned.

After 19 October - Los Angeles-San Pedro via Watts Gardena-Carson cutoff abandoned.

1 November - Santa Monica: Third Street Local Line abandoned from Third and Santa Monica Boulevard to Broadway and Ocean.

1928

Los Angeles-Sierra Madre shuttle nights only.

12 January - Long Beach: Seaside Park franchise abandoned.

1 April - Riverside-San Bernardino separated from San Bernardino Redlands and through-routed With Riverside-Arlington.

3 April - Los Angeles: Avenue 64 Local Line abandoned.

15 June - Riverside-San Bernardino separated from Riverside-Arlington and through-routed, with San Bernardino-Redlands.

24 June - Long Beach: Magnolia Avenue Local Line abandoned.

14 September - Inglewood-Ocean Park abandoned; had been one franchise car a day-since 1911, except brief summer periods such as 1919.

6 October - Ontario-Upland abandoned.

20 October - Los Angeles-Pasadena via Oak Knoll re-routed, from terminal at Union and Fair Oaks to Woodbury and North Lake Avenue.

10 November - Huntington Beach-Los Angeles Bolsa abandoned.

After 14 December - San Pedro-Long Beach-Newport Beach-Balboa via Naples Junction line discontinued.

1929

About June - Los Angeles-Pasadena via Oak Knoll re-routed to Union and Fair Oaks except rush hour service to Woodbury and North Lake in addition.

13 December - Santa Monica: Third Street Local Line abandoned.

1930

After 10 July - Los Angeles-Yorba Linda-Stern abandoned except rush hours and franchise.

15 September - Santa Ana-Orange abandoned.

1 November - El Segundo-Hawthorne abandoned.

After 13 November - Los Angeles- Fullerton abandoned except franchise.

1931

After 25 May - Redlands: Smiley Heights Local Line, abandoned on outer end.

11 August - Arlington-Corona abandoned.

After 23 November - San Pedro: West Basin Local Line abandoned; had been one franchise car daily since 1911.

After 30 November - Long Beach: Seal Beach Local Line temporary discontinued beyond Alamitos Bay.

1932

On or by 1 January - Los Angeles-Rubio Canyon partially re-routed outbound from Oak Knoll to Short Line.

18 January - Los Angeles; Echo Park Avenue Local Line through-routed, with Venice Boulevard Local Line and separated from Hollywood Boulevard via Hill Street Local Line nights and Sundays only; Los Angeles-Hollywood-Venice line re-routed, from Hill Street Station to terminal in subway except Sundays.

After 28 March - Los Angeles-Fullerton, Los Angeles-Stern franchises discontinued Sundays only.

3 April - Pasadena: North Lake Avenue Local Line abandoned from Woodbury and Lake to Mendocino and Country Club Park.

1 September - San Bernardino-Arrowhead Hot Springs abandoned.

1 October - Los Angeles: Western- Franklin Aves, Local Line through-routed, with Venice Blvd Local Line rush hours only; Western-Franklin changed to shuttle except in rush hours.

16 November - Los Angeles: Watts and South Pasadena Local Line through-routed via Main Street.

1933

Los Angeles-Sierra Madre shuttle except rush hours only [1933-35].

Los Angeles-Dominguez Junction, rush hour service on Los Angeles-San Pedro line discontinued.

Early - Los Angeles-Hollywood-Venice line re-routed into terminal in subway on Sundays.

1 January - Pomona-Claremont abandoned.

After 19 June - Venice - Playa Del Rey via Lagoon discontinued nights only.

30 July - Los Angeles (Southern Pacific Station)-Pasadena (Southern Pacific Station) abandoned.

26 October - Los Angeles - Redondo Beach via Hawthorne abandoned.

After 6 November - Los Angeles: Santa Monica via Air Line local service (Culver Junction) discontinued.

After 4 December - Los Angeles - Stern franchise abandoned beyond Yorba Linda [? No Stern service shown in public time tables since 1930.]

1934

31 January - Santa Monica: Santa Monica Canyon Local Line abandoned [another source gives 22 August 1933; line had been franchise only for some time previous.]

1 March - Los Angeles-Glendale-East Broadway discontinued except rush hours only; Glendale: East Broadway Local Line abandoned.

23 July - Glendale: East Broadway Local Line reestablished as new service.

By 1 September - San Bernardino- Highland abandoned except franchise.

1 October - San Pedro: Point Firmin Local Line abandoned.

1935

Los Angeles: Western-Franklin Avenues Local Line separated from Venice Boulevard Local Line in rush hours.

2 January - Los Angeles: South Pasadena Local Line abandoned north of Mission Road (General Hospital).

On or by 24 May - Los Angeles-Rubio Canyon entirely re-routed outbound via Short Line.

1 June - Long Beach: American Avenue Local Line abandoned; replaced by local stops on interurban to Los Angeles.

1 September - Los Angeles - Whittier abandoned except franchise; Los Angeles: Huntington Park-Maywood Bell-Walker Local Line established as new service.

1936

Los Angeles: Santa Monica Air Line local service temporary reestablished as new service to Eleventh Avenue; then withdrawn [No written evidence.]

1 March - Pasadena: Lamanda Park Local Line abandoned from Lamanda Park to Lamanda Park Junction.

1 June - Riverside: Brockton Avenue Local Line abandoned.

12 July - Los Angeles-Glendale- Burbank line discontinued nights and Sundays only; Los Angeles-Glendale-North Glendale discontinued except rush hours only and Saturday afternoons; Glendale East Broadway Local Line abandoned; Los Angeles: Edendale Local Line extended from Whitmore Avenue to Monte Sano.

13 July - Venice - Playa Del Rey via Lagoon abandoned.

20 July - San Bernardino-Redlands abandoned; Redlands: Smiley Heights Local Line abandoned; San Bernardino- Highland franchise abandoned; Los Angeles-Redlands through service abandoned.

15 September - Los Angeles - Rubio Canyon, Rubio Canyon- Echo Mountain incline, Mount Lowe-Echo Mountain Local Line abandoned except franchise.

1937

1 May - San Bernardino: Highland Avenue-‘D’ Street Local Line extended from Highland and ‘B’ Street to 34th Street and Mountain View Avenue.

1938

23 January - Los Angeles-Whittier, Los Angeles-Fullerton, Los Angeles-Yorba Linda franchises abandoned.

23 January - San Pedro: La Rambla Local Line abandoned.

1 February - San Bernardino-Riverside abandoned except franchise.

28 February - Mount Lowe - Echo Mountain franchises abandoned [about March; this date from newspaper flood reports].

March - Numerous lines temporary discontinued for several days account floods, then reestablished as new service.

6 March - Los Angeles: Huntington Park- Maywood-Bell-Walker Local Line abandoned.

25 March - Los Angeles: Western- Franklin Aves, Local Line temporary discontinued.

12 April - Los Angeles: Western- Franklin Aves, Local Line, reestablished as new service.

30 May - Los Angeles-Van Nuys-Canoga Park, Los Angeles-Van Nuys-San Fernando abandoned beyond Van Nuys; Los Angeles: Santa Monica Boulevard-Cahuenga Pasadena Local Line absorbed by Los Angeles-Van Nuys.

1 June - Los Angeles: Watts Local Line and General Hospital Local Line separated; Watts through-routed with Sierra Vista Local Line; General Hospital changed into shuttle at all hours.

18 September - Los Angeles: Echo Park Avenue Local Line temporary discontinued except rush hours only to Sunset Boulevard and Echo Park; Hollywood Boulevard via Hill Street and Venice Boulevard Local Line through-routed at all hours.

1939

8 January - Los Angeles- Hollywood - Venice line discontinued nights only; re-routed, Sundays only via Hill to Eleventh; Los Angeles: Hollywood Boulevard via Subway Local Line discontinued nights only; Hollywood Boulevard via Hill Street Local Line separated from Venice Boulevard nights only and extended from Gardner Street to Beverly Hills; Venice Boulevard Local Line discontinued nights only, with Venice Short Line and Los Angeles-Redondo Beach via Playa Del Rey local nights only.

26 February - Los Angeles - Redondo Beach - Cliffton via Delta-Gardena abandoned; Los Angeles-San Pedro via Torrance abandoned beyond Torrance.

8 May - Riverside-San Bernardino franchise abandoned.

22 June - Los Angeles: Echo Park Avenue Local Line reestablished as new service except nights and Sundays; Venice Boulevard Local Line discontinued Sundays; Los Angeles-Venice via Short Line and Los Angeles-Redondo Beach via Playa Del Rey local Sundays.

23 October - Los Angeles (Southern Pacific Station)- Long Beach-San Pedro abandoned.

1940

14 January - Los Angeles - Redondo Beach - Cliffton via Athens-Gardena abandoned; Hermosillo-Torrance abandoned.

24 February- Long Beach: East Long Beach-North Long Beach, East Seventh Street, Naples Junction Second Street, and Seal Beach Local Line, abandoned except franchises.

17 March - Los Angeles: Western-Franklin Avenues Local Line abandoned.

12 May - Los Angeles- Redondo Beach-Cliffton via Playa Del Rey abandoned except franchise.

9 June - Los Angeles - Huntington Beach- Newport Beach-Balboa temporary abandoned except franchise to Newport Beach.

9 June - Riverside-Rialto abandoned except franchise.

1941

Los Angeles-San Bernardino service reduced from 8 to 4 round trips daily; all Northern District local and interurban lines re-routed in Los Angeles from Aliso Street onto temporary tracks via Macy Street.

30 June - Santa Monica - West Los Angeles via Brentwood abandoned, except franchise.

7 July - Los Angeles - Santa Monica via Vineyard-Beverly Hills abandoned except partial franchise; Los Angeles: Venice Boulevard Local Line extended from Vineyard to San Vicente Boulevard and Genesee Street.

8 September - Los Angeles: Edendale Local Line re-routed to terminal in subway; portion via Sixth Street to Southern Pacific Station abandoned.

14 September - Los Angeles- San Pedro via Dominguez Junction special service to fleet via Outer Harbor line discontinued.

15 September - Long Beach -San Pedro line re-routed, via Ocean Avenue in both directions, nights only.

29 September - Long Beach- San Pedro line re-routed, onto loop via Third, Pine, Ocean, at all hours.

30 September - Los Angeles-Pasadena via Oak Knoll, Los Angeles Pasadena via Short Line re-routed, in Pasadena from loops on Raymond Avenue through car barn to Colorado and Fair Oaks Avenue in both directions to car barn.

22 October - Long Beach: local line franchises abandoned.

12 November - Long Beach - S Pasadena line re-routed via Ocean Avenue in both directions at all hours; Third and Pine loop abandoned.

18 November - Los Angeles-Santa Monica via Beverly Hills, Los Angeles-Redondo Beach via Playa Del Rey, Santa Monica-West Los Angeles via Brentwood, Riverside-Rialto, North Long Beach-Newport Beach franchises abandoned.

24 November - Los Angeles-Glendale-Burbank, Los Angeles-Glendale-North Glendale reestablished after discontinuance at all hours; Los Angeles-Burbank abandoned from Cypress Avenue to Benmar Hills (Eton Dr.); Los Angeles: Edendale Local Line absorbed by Los Angeles-Glendale lines except rush hours only, when extended from Monte Sano to Richardson.

1941

18 January - Los Angeles- Pasadena via Short Line rush hour only service to Altadena abandoned; Los Angeles Pasadena via Oak Knoll rush hour only service to Woodbury and North Lake abandoned.

19 January - Pasadena: Lincoln Avenue, Lamanda Park Junction, North Fair Oaks Avenue, and North Lake Avenue Local Line abandoned.

9 February - Los Angeles - Venice via Short Line through-routed, with Hollywood Boulevard via Hill Street Local Line, except rush hours, nights and Sundays; Los Angeles: Hollywood-Boulevard via Subway Local Line discontinued Sundays.

24 August - Los Angeles-Hollywood-Venice line abandoned; Los Angeles-Hollywood Boulevard via Subway Local Line absorbs Los Angeles-Beverly Hills portion except nights and Sundays; Los Angeles: Hollywood Boulevard via Hill Street Local Line absorbs Los Angeles-Beverly Hills portion nights and Sundays.

2 November - Los Angeles-Pomona, Los Angeles-San Bernardino abandoned beyond Baldwin Park, except rush hours only beyond Covina, and franchise, San Bernardino-Bench.

30 November - Los Angeles- Alhambra - San Gabriel Temple City abandoned.

23 December - Los Angeles Catalina Dock, Long Beach Catalina Dock lines discontinued.

1942

1 January - Special service to Tournament of Roses in Pasadena discontinued; did not operate 1942-5 inclusive.

15 February - Los Angeles- San Pedro via Dominguez Junction and Long Beach-San Pedro line re-routed from drawbridge to West Basin.

22 February - San Bernardino: Highland Avenue-‘D’ Street, San Bernardino-Colton via Mount Vernon Avenue Local Line abandoned, except franchise from 34th Street to Bench.

20 July - Los Angeles - Newport Beach reestablished after discontinuance (Club Car only, one round trip daily).

4 August - San Bernardino: 34th Street-Bench franchise abandoned.

15 August - Los Angeles: Echo Park Avenue Local Line reestablished as new service nights and Sundays; through-routing, with Venice Boulevard Local Line rush hours only discontinued.

18 September - Los Angeles-Newport Beach discontinued.

27 September - All-rail use of Main Street Station discontinued Los Angeles-Pasadena via Oak Knoll, Los Angeles Pasadena via Short Line re-routed in Los Angeles from Main Street Station onto loop via San Pedro, Sixth, and Main Streets; Los Angeles-Sierra Madre line re-routed, in Los Angeles from loop through Main Street Station to stub end tracks at rear via San Pedro Street both directions.

17 October - Los Angeles: General Hospital-Echandia Junction Local Line shuttle abandoned.

1943

10 January - Riverside-Arlington abandoned.

21 February - Los Angeles - Sierra Madre discontinued as independent through service in rush hours, replaced by rear cars of Los Angeles-Monrovia trains at rush hours.

19 March - Los Angeles- Terminal Island, Long Beach-Terminal Island (Calship) established as new service.

18 April - Los Angeles-Venice via Short Line separated from Hollywood Boulevard via Hill Street Local Line at all hours; Hollywood Boulevard via Hill Street Local Line changed to terminate at Eleventh and Hill nights and Sundays; San Vicente Boulevard changed to shuttle from Vineyard to Genesee Street nights and Sundays.

2 May - North Long Beach-Newport Beach shuttle established as new service.

15 May - Los Angeles-Newport Beach through service reestablished as new service.

15 May - Los Angeles: Sierra Vista Local Line extended to Pasadena via Short Line in owl hours.

6 July - Los Angeles - Newport Beach early morning and night service discontinued.

18 July (OUTBOUND), 22 July (INBOUND) All Northern District local and interurban lines re-routed in Los Angeles from temporary tracks on Macy Street to Aliso Street.

19 September - Los Angeles-Newport Beach discontinued.

1944

19 June - Los Angeles-Newport Beach reestablished after discontinuance, rush hours only.

16 September - Los Angeles-Newport Beach discontinued.

1945

17 June - Los Angeles-Newport Beach reestablished as new service, partial service only.

15 September - Los Angeles-Newport Beach discontinued.

16 September - Los Angeles-Terminal Island, Long Beach-Terminal Island (Calship) abandoned.

12 November - Los Angeles-Santa Ana abandoned in Santa Ana from P.E. Station to Southern Pacific Station.

1946

1 January - Annual special service to Tournament of Roses in Pasadena looping through all-rail Main Street Station reestablished as new service.

6 March - Los Angeles-Catalina Dock, Long Beach-Catalina Dock reestablished as new service.

17 June - Los Angeles-Newport Beach reestablished as new service, partial service only.

8 September - Los Angeles-Newport Beach discontinued Sundays only; continues rush hours only.

16 September - Los Angeles - Dominguez Junction, rush hour service on Los Angeles-San Pedro line reestablished as new service.

2 November - Los Angeles-Covina (Citrus and Badillo), rush hours only, abandoned.

4 November - Los Angeles-Covina (Front and Second) rush hours only, established as new service.

24 December - Los Angeles-Glendale-East Broadway, rush hours only, abandoned.

1947

28 February - Los Angeles-San Pedro via Dominguez Junction re-routed, from West Basin to drawbridge.

28 March - Los Angeles-Covina abandoned beyond Baldwin Park.

5 October - Los Angeles-Pasadena via Oak Knoll, Los Angeles-Pasadena via Short Line re-routed, in Los Angeles from loop on Sixth Street into Main Street Station stub end tracks via San Pedro Street.

1948

11 June - Los Angeles - Sierra Madre abandoned except rush hours only.

8 November - Los Angeles-Glendale - North Glendale temporary discontinued beyond Burchett Street.

29 December - Los Angeles-Glendale-North Glendale reestablished as new service in full.

1949

2 January – Long Beach-San Pedro line abandoned.

4 April - Los Angeles: Echo Park Avenue Local Line temporary discontinued except daily except nights and Sundays from Eleventh and Hill to Montana and Echo Park Avenue.

30 April - Long Beach-Catalina Dock line abandoned.

11 June - Los Angeles: Echo Park Avenue Local Line reestablished as new service in full.

8 August - Los Angeles: Sierra Vista Local Line owl service to Pasadena via Short Line discontinued.

29 December - Los Angeles-Burbank abandoned from Cypress Avenue to Orange Grove Avenue in Burbank.

1950

1 January - Last annual special service to Tournament of Roses in Pasadena looping through all-rail Main Street Station

8 April - Los Angeles - Newport Beach line discontinued Saturdays only.

30 June - Los Angeles - Newport Beach line, rush hours only, abandoned.

2 July - Los Angeles - Santa Ana abandoned beyond Bellflower.

13 August - Los Angeles: Santa Monica Boulevard-West Hollywood Local Line changed to shuttle from Santa Monica Boulevard and Highland Avenue nights.

17 September - Los Angeles-Venice via Short Line abandoned except franchise.

1 October - Los Angeles: Echo Park Avenue Local Line, Hollywood Boulevard via Hill Street Local Line, and Venice Boulevard-San Vicente Boulevard Local Line abandoned except franchise; Hollywood Boulevard via Subway Local Line reestablished as new service nights and Sundays; Venice Short Line franchise through-routed, with Echo Park Avenue’s.

6 October - Los Angeles - Sierra Madre abandoned except franchise.

8 October - Los Angeles-Pasadena via Oak Knoll abandoned except franchise.

15 October - Los Angeles-Baldwin Park abandoned.

22 October - Los Angeles: Watts Local Line separated from Sierra Vista Local Line and both re-routed to stub end tracks at rear of Main Street Station via San Pedro Street; Main Street portion abandoned except franchise.

28 December - Los Angeles: Echo Park Avenue Local Line, Los Angeles-Venice via Short Line, San Vicente Boulevard Local Line Los Angeles -Sierra Madre, Los Angeles-Pasadena via Oak Knoll, etc., franchises abandoned.

1951

30 September Los Angeles - Monrovia - Glendora, Los Angeles-Pasadena via Short Line, Los Angeles: Sierra Vista Local Line abandoned.

1952

1 October - Los Angeles-Catalina Dock line abandoned [?]

1953

[5 January - Los Angeles-North Hollywood-Van Nuys and Los Angeles: Santa Monica Boulevard-West Hollywood Local Line abandoned TENTATIVE DATE ONLY.]

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The compiler wishes to thank Messrs. H.O. Marler and Lloyd Young of PE, Raymond

E. Younghans, Ira L. Swett, and Lazear Israel for their valuable assistance.