Red Line (Pittsburgh)
The Red Line (formerly the 42S South Hills Village via Beechview) is a line on the Pittsburgh Light Rail system that runs between South Hills Village and Downtown Pittsburgh via the Beechview neighborhood. The companion route, the Blue Line, branches off north of Martin Villa and runs through Overbrook. In March 2007, the closure of the Palm Garden Bridge for refurbishment suspended the Red Line for five months; it resumed service in September.[2][3]
Route
The line begins at South Hills Village in Upper St. Clair, and runs north to Washington Junction through Bethel Park, providing a transfer to the Blue Line - Library, which runs via Overbrook. The Red Line continues north through Castle Shannon and Mount Lebanon, then through the Mount Lebanon Rail Tunnel underneath Washington Rd./West Liberty Ave (aka Truck U.S. Route 19) into Dormont at the other end. The first station coming out of the tunnel northbound is Dormont Junction, then line proceeds through this suburb, crossing many streets via grade crossings. The line then arrives at Potomac, where it begins travelling through street trackage about a quarter mile down the tracks, crossing into the neighborhood of Beechview in the city of Pittsburgh near the Neeld Avenue stop.
Before the Mt. Lebanon Rail Tunnel, the old streetcars ran with car traffic on Washington Rd. between Alfred St. in Mt. Lebanon and the intersection of McFarland Rd. and Raleigh Ave. (where Washington Rd. becomes West Liberty Ave.) in Dormont.
At South Hills Junction the Red Line rejoins the Blue Line and the Brown Line, which runs over Mount Washington through the Allentown neighborhood. The Red Line runs through the Mount Washington Transit Tunnel, stopping at Station Square before crossing the Monongahela River on the Panhandle Bridge. Reaching downtown at First Avenue, the Red Line proceeds underground to Steel Plaza, Wood Street and Gateway Center. Upon reaching Gateway, the route then proceeds under the Allegheny River and makes additional stops at North Side and Allegheny stations on the North Shore.
The Port Authority closed seven stations along the Red Line on June 25, 2012: Santa Barbara, Martin Villa, Kelton, Neeld, Boustead, Coast and Traymore.[4] The line was renamed slightly to Red Line - Castle Shannon via Beechview when the North Shore Connector opened.
Station List
The Pittsburgh Light Rail has three types of stations. They are low platform, high platform, and underground. High platform and underground stations are wheelchair accessible as the train doors are level with the platform. Low platform stations are not wheelchair accessible as they require passengers to climb stairs to board the light rail vehicle.
Name | Miles[1] | Station Type | Other services | Municipality |
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Allegheny ![]() |
0.00 | high platform | Lua error in Module:Adjacent_stations at line 430: "title" is missing from the data page., Lua error in Module:Adjacent_stations at line 430: "title" is missing from the data page. | Pittsburgh / Chateau |
North Side ![]() |
0.51 | underground | Lua error in Module:Adjacent_stations at line 430: "title" is missing from the data page., Lua error in Module:Adjacent_stations at line 430: "title" is missing from the data page. | Pittsburgh / North Shore |
Gateway Center ![]() |
1.00 | underground | Lua error in Module:Adjacent_stations at line 430: "title" is missing from the data page., Lua error in Module:Adjacent_stations at line 430: "title" is missing from the data page. | Pittsburgh / Central Business District |
Wood Street ![]() |
1.26 | underground | Lua error in Module:Adjacent_stations at line 430: "title" is missing from the data page., Lua error in Module:Adjacent_stations at line 430: "title" is missing from the data page. | Pittsburgh / Central Business District |
Steel Plaza ![]() |
1.55 | underground | Lua error in Module:Adjacent_stations at line 430: "title" is missing from the data page., Lua error in Module:Adjacent_stations at line 430: "title" is missing from the data page. | Pittsburgh / Central Business District |
First Avenue ![]() |
1.88 | high platform | Lua error in Module:Adjacent_stations at line 430: "title" is missing from the data page., Lua error in Module:Adjacent_stations at line 430: "title" is missing from the data page. | Pittsburgh / Central Business District |
Station Square ![]() |
2.41 | high platform | Lua error in Module:Adjacent_stations at line 430: "title" is missing from the data page., Lua error in Module:Adjacent_stations at line 430: "title" is missing from the data page., Lua error in Module:Adjacent_stations at line 430: "title" is missing from the data page., ![]() |
Pittsburgh / South Shore |
South Hills Junction ![]() |
3.25 | high platform | Lua error in Module:Adjacent_stations at line 430: "title" is missing from the data page., Lua error in Module:Adjacent_stations at line 430: "title" is missing from the data page., Lua error in Module:Adjacent_stations at line 430: "title" is missing from the data page. | Pittsburgh / Mt. Washington |
Palm Garden | 3.67 | low platform | Lua error in Module:Adjacent_stations at line 430: "title" is missing from the data page. | Pittsburgh / Mt. Washington |
Dawn | 3.90 | low platform | Lua error in Module:Adjacent_stations at line 430: "title" is missing from the data page. | Pittsburgh / Beechview |
Pennant | 4.15 | low platform | Pittsburgh / Beechview | |
Westfield | 4.37 | low platform | Pittsburgh / Beechview | |
Fallowfield ![]() |
4.72 | high platform | Pittsburgh / Beechview | |
Hampshire | 4.79 | low platform | Pittsburgh / Beechview | |
Belasco | 5.09 | low platform | Pittsburgh / Beechview | |
Shiras | 5.39 | low platform | Pittsburgh / Beechview | |
Stevenson | 5.75 | low platform | Dormont | |
Potomac ![]() |
5.97 | high platform | Dormont | |
Dormont Junction ![]() |
6.45 | high platform | Dormont | |
Mt. Lebanon ![]() |
7.11 | high platform | Mt. Lebanon | |
Poplar | 7.68 | low platform | Mt. Lebanon | |
Arlington | 8.15 | low platform | Castle Shannon | |
Castle Shannon ![]() |
8.36 | high platform | Castle Shannon | |
Overbrook Junction ![]() |
8.59 | high platform | Castle Shannon | |
St. Anne's[a] | 8.97 | low platform | Lua error in Module:Adjacent_stations at line 430: "title" is missing from the data page., Lua error in Module:Adjacent_stations at line 430: "title" is missing from the data page. | Castle Shannon |
Smith Road[a] | 9.25 | low platform | Lua error in Module:Adjacent_stations at line 430: "title" is missing from the data page., Lua error in Module:Adjacent_stations at line 430: "title" is missing from the data page. | Castle Shannon |
Washington Junction[a] ![]() |
9.49 | high platform | Lua error in Module:Adjacent_stations at line 430: "title" is missing from the data page., Lua error in Module:Adjacent_stations at line 430: "title" is missing from the data page. | Bethel Park |
Casswell[a] | 9.96 | low platform | Lua error in Module:Adjacent_stations at line 430: "title" is missing from the data page. | Bethel Park |
Highland[a] | 10.27 | low platform | Lua error in Module:Adjacent_stations at line 430: "title" is missing from the data page. | Bethel Park |
Bethel Village[a] | 10.75 | low platform | Lua error in Module:Adjacent_stations at line 430: "title" is missing from the data page. | Bethel Park |
Dorchester[a] | 11.04 | low platform | Lua error in Module:Adjacent_stations at line 430: "title" is missing from the data page. | Bethel Park |
South Hills Village[a] ![]() |
11.31 | high platform | Lua error in Module:Adjacent_stations at line 430: "title" is missing from the data page. | Upper St. Clair |
References
- ^ a b "PAAC System Map". Port Authority.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Grata, Joe (February 26, 2007). "Bus, trolley riders warned of closing of bridge over Route 51". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved April 11, 2007.
- ^ Grata, Joe (August 22, 2007). "S. Hills bus, trolley disruptions ending Sept. 2". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
- ^ "Eleven T Stops Close June 25". Port Authority of Allegheny County. June 22, 2012.
- ^ Red Line Schedule https://www.portauthority.org/pdfs/RED.pdf
External links
- Light rail in Pennsylvania
- Electric railways in Pennsylvania
- Port Authority of Allegheny County
- Underground rapid transit in the United States
- 5 ft 2½ in gauge railways in the United States
- Streetcars in Pennsylvania
- Passenger rail transportation in Pennsylvania
- Transportation in Pittsburgh
- 650 V DC railway electrification