West Library station
West Library | |||||||||||||
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 West Library station, looking south from the northbound platform, October 2009 | |||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||
| Location | Library Road at Clifton Road Bethel Park, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°17′39″N 80°01′48″W / 40.2942°N 80.0299°W | ||||||||||||
| Owner | Pittsburgh Regional Transit | ||||||||||||
| Line | Library Line | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Connections |  MMVTA: A | ||||||||||||
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Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||
| Parking | 115 spaces | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | September 12, 1903 | ||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1987 | ||||||||||||
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| 2018 | 154[1] (weekday boardings) | ||||||||||||
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Hillcrest station is a station on the Pittsburgh Light Rail network, operated by Pittsburgh Regional Transit, serving the Library neighborhood in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania.[2] It has two high-level side platforms for level boarding and is accessible. The station functions as a park and ride facility with 115 spaces.
History
[edit]A stop was established at West Library when the Pittsburgh Railways interurban line from Charleroi to Pittsburgh opened through South Park on September 12, 1903. Passengers initially transferred at Castle Shannon to continue to Downtown via the Pittsburgh and Castle Shannon Railroad.[3]
The line was cut back to Library in 1953. It was later converted from PCC streetcar operation to light rail in 1993.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ "System Map Winter 2018". Port Authority.
- ↑ Official Port Authority information page
- ↑ 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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