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First Avenue station (Pittsburgh Regional Transit)

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Coordinates: 40°26′15″N 79°59′48″W / 40.4375°N 79.9966°W / 40.4375; -79.9966
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First Avenue
Pittsburgh Light Rail station
General information
LocationFirst Avenue and Ross Street
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°26′15″N 79°59′48″W / 40.4375°N 79.9966°W / 40.4375; -79.9966
Owned byPittsburgh Regional Transit
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeElevated
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedNovember 16, 2001[1]
Passengers
20201,605[2] (weekday boardings)
Services
Preceding station Pittsburgh Regional Transit Following station
Steel Plaza
toward Allegheny
 Blue Line Station Square
toward South Hills Village
Red Line
Silver Line Station Square
toward Library
Former services
Preceding station Port Authority of Allegheny County Following station
Steel Plaza
toward Gateway
 Brown Line William
toward South Hills Junction
Location
Map

First Avenue station is a station on Pittsburgh Regional Transit's light rail network.[3] The station is part of the light rail's Downtown Pittsburgh free zone, and passengers embarking here may travel for free to any of the other stations within the zone (Steel Plaza, Wood Street, Gateway, North Side and Allegheny).

The station was a new addition to the light rail system in 2001, located in the PNC Firstside Complex, just before the tracks dip into the subway tunnel. It was opened on November 16, 2001 to provide better access to the southern quarter of downtown, which includes city and state government offices, major office buildings such as Oxford Centre and the Grant Building, downtown educational facilities such as Point Park University, Duquesne University and the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, and the many smaller office structures that mark this area of the Golden Triangle. It cost $6.7 million to construct.[4]

Bus connections

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  • 67 Monroeville
  • 69 Trafford
  • 65 Squirrel Hill

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Light Up Night Schedule". The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 15, 2001. p. B4. Retrieved May 6, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ "System Map Fall 2020". Port Authority.
  3. ^ "First Avenue". Port Authority of Allegheny County. Archived from the original on February 6, 2012.
  4. ^ "First Ave. light rail station to open Nov. 16". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. October 20, 2001. p. D1 – via Google News.
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