Type Light rail Locale Los Angeles Opened 1924 | System Los Angeles Railway Stations 24 | |
Termini Larchmont Boulevard and Melrose Avenue
Central Station | ||
3 was the number of two lines operated by the Los Angeles Railway from 1924 to 1947.
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1924 Alignment
The first version of 3 was introduced in 1924, and was coterminous with the original A. From a terminus at Adams Boulevard and Alsace Avenue, it ran via Adams Boulevard, Normandie Avenue, 24th Street, Hoover Street, Burlington Avenue, Venice Boulevard, Hill Street, First Street, Broadway, and Lincoln Park Avenue to Eastlake Park. This route was abandoned in 1930.
1931 Alignment
Following much of the original route of the R Line, the new route 3 was drastically different, and is notable for its close parallels to Wilshire Boulevard, which never had a transit line of its own because auto traffic was too heavy. It ran from the intersection of Larchmont Boulevard and Melrose Avenue to Central Station, by way of Larchmont Boulevard (forming the backbone of the Larchmont neighborhood), 3rd Street, a private right-of-way running between Gramercy Place and Wilton Place, 6th Street, and 5th Street. The route was discontinued in 1947, eight years after Central Station closed.