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On November 11, 1934, the line rerouted and renamed the 7 South Broadway and Civic Center Line. This line ran from 116th Street and Athens Avenue, north on Athens, South Broadway, South Broadway Place, Main, and Spring Streets to Sunset Boulevard. Tracks to the Santa Fe Depot were transferred to
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The public saw the automobile and the newly expanding freeway system in Southern California as the preferred and more convenient method of travel. Streetcar service on the line was discontinued May 22, 1955 and the route was converted to bus operation.
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The Yellow Cars of Los Angeles: a Roster of Streetcars of Los Angeles Railway and Successors from the 1890s to 1963
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from 1932 to 1955. It ran from Spring and 2nd Streets to Athens and 116th Street, by way of Spring Street,
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