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Mesta | |||||||||||
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The inbound platform | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Brightwood Road at Mesta Street Bethel Park, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°19′52″N 80°01′51″W / 40.3310°N 80.0308°W | ||||||||||
| Owner | Pittsburgh Regional Transit | ||||||||||
| Line | Library Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Accessible | No | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1903 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1987 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2018 | 28[1] (weekday boardings) | ||||||||||
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Mesta station is a stop on the Pittsburgh Light Rail network, operated by Pittsburgh Regional Transit, serving Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. It is a small, street-level stop used by local residents traveling to and from Downtown Pittsburgh. The station consists of two low-level side platforms for street-level boarding and is not accessible.
History
[edit]A stop was established at Mesta when the Pittsburgh Railways interurban line from Charleroi to Pittsburgh was opened through Bethel Park on September 12, 1903. Passengers initially changed at Castle Shannon to continue their journey to Downtown via the Pittsburgh and Castle Shannon Railroad.[2] It was cut back to Library in 1953 and was converted from PCC operation to Light Rail in 1988.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "System Map Winter 2018". Port Authority.
- ↑ John Baxter (July 1952). Electric Railroads, Number Twenty. Lackawanna Terminal, Hoboken, New Jersey: Electric Railroaders Association, Inc. Retrieved June 6, 2009.
- ↑ Roger T. DuPuis II (February 18, 2002). "Pittsburgh Railways Online - PCC and Light Rail History: 1936-1999". Retrieved August 12, 2009.
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