Photos:
1. Vermont & 48th, love the record store to the left.
2. Vermont & 43rd, V Line on its way to East Hollywood.
3. Vermont & 42nd, U Line headed to Florence Ave.
4. Vermont & Florence. Love the Chevy dealer.
5. Somewhere on the B Line, headed toward Ascot & 51st.
6. Taken on Central, somewhere along the U-Line, which ran between Nevin & West Adams.
7. Listed as Slauson & Central, but it’s labeled as a U-Line car which wouldn’t have run there.
8. Taken on Hawthorne in Inglewood, the 5 Line is on its way to Eagle Rock. This ran up Crenshaw, then cut across Santa Barbara Ave (now MLK) to head up Grand.
9. Somewhere along the 8 Line heading from the Plaza to Leimert Park (ended at 54th & Crenshaw). Zoom in to see LA Railway’s first African American ‘motorman’ Arcola Philpott at the helm.
10. Taken on Hoover, the F Line heading to Vermont & 116th
Unfortunately, these cars wouldn’t last much longer. When these were taken, the privately-owned Los Angeles Railway system had recently been sold to American City Lines out of Chicago, who shut down rail service on all but five of the original yellow car routes in 1948, replacing the others with buses which operated under the company’s new name: Los Angeles Transit Lines.
Today, Vermont is still one of the most traveled routes in the county, with Metro’s 204 bus carrying 20,000 riders every weekday - more than any other route. To better accommodate this, Metro is currently working to add bus rapid transit for faster, more reliable bus service on Vermont Avenue.
All photos via Metro Library & Archive
(This post is part of a paid partnership with Metro)
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