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Shiras | |||||||||||||
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| Location | Broadway and Shiras avenues Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°24′14″N 80°01′49″W / 40.4040°N 80.0302°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | Pittsburgh Regional Transit | ||||||||||||
| Line | Overbrook line | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Accessible | No, under construction | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | May 22, 1987[1] | ||||||||||||
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| 2018 | 147[2] (weekday boardings) | ||||||||||||
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Shiras station is a station on Pittsburgh Regional Transit's light rail network, located in the Beechview neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The street level stop is located on a small island platform in the middle of Broadway Avenue, through which The T travels along former streetcar tracks.
In 2022, the Federal Transit Administration awarded Pittsburgh Regional Transit $28.4 million to construct accessible platforms at four Red Line stops, including Shiras.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ↑ Grata, Joe (May 17, 1987). "Newest LRT Link Opening Friday". The Pittsburgh Press. pp. A1, A16. Retrieved April 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "System Map Winter 2018". Port Authority.
- ↑ "All Stations Accessibility Program FY22-23 Projects". Federal Transit Administration. May 31, 2024.
- ↑ Blazina, Ed (December 21, 2022). "Pittsburgh Regional Transit will make four more light rail stations accessible". Pittsburgh Union Progress. Retrieved April 22, 2026.
External links
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Media related to Shiras (PAT station) at Wikimedia Commons- Port Authority T Stations Listings
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