1952: The last day of streetcar service between downtown Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley through the Cahuenga Pass.
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The Pacific Electric Van Nuys Line is replaced by a new bus route, named the Los Angeles-North Hollywood-Van Nuys via Hollywood Motor Coach Line — the first to use completed portions of the Hollywood Freeway.
More information can be found in the February, 1953 issue of Pacific Electric Magazine.