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The Pittsburgh, Crafton and Mansfield (Carnegie) Railway was chartered to build a streetcar line through Sheraden in 1897. The line (combined in 1950 with Route 34 to form the 31/34 Elliott-Ingram) closed when the Point Bridge closed as the replacement did not have tracks. 32 Elliott by 1915 [1] June 6, 1953 [12] Double-ended shuttle.
Pittsburgh Regional Transit's bus system covers Allegheny County, and its service extends into small portions of neighboring Beaver, Butler, and Westmoreland counties. These counties also have their own transit systems, including several routes that run into Downtown Pittsburgh, where riders can make connections with Pittsburgh Regional Transit service.
It services 730 square miles (1,900 km 2), including all of Allegheny County and portions of Armstrong, Beaver, Washington, and Westmoreland counties. [6] PRT maintains a network of intracity bus routes, two inclines on Mt. Washington above Downtown (mostly a tourist attraction rather than a means of commuting), and a light rail/busway system.
The agency was founded in 1956 as the Port Authority of Allegheny County, and began operating transit service in 1964. PRT pioneered bus rapid transit in the United States with the opening of the South Busway in 1977, and continues to operate bus rapid transit services as a core part of its network. In 2023, the system had a ridership of ...
The Mount Washington Transit Tunnel is a tunnel for buses and light rail trains under Mount Washington in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.The Mount Washington Transit Tunnel is a central component of the Pittsburgh public transit system operated by Pittsburgh Regional Transit, providing a direct connection between Downtown Pittsburgh and the South Hills suburbs.
The program called for an 11-mile (18 km) Skybus line and two "busways" (bus rapid transit routes), plus rehabilitation of existing equipment. The Skybus route would originate South Hills Village and follow existing streetcar right-of-way through the Mt. Lebanon and Beechview neighborhoods before reaching Downtown Pittsburgh via the unused ...
Routes marked with an asterisk (*) indicate the route operates on Saturdays. 4 Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh via Route 30 and Oakland* 5 Jeannette: Jeannette via Greengate Center (Wal-Mart) Hempfield Square (Giant Eagle), Sam's Club and Route 30 West* 6 Irwin: Irwin and Hermine via Route 130, Jeannette, Manor, Westmoreland City, Arona Road and Rilton
The South Busway is a two-lane bus rapid transit highway serving southern portions of the city of Pittsburgh.The busway runs for 4.3 miles (6.9 km) from the Mt. Washington Transit Tunnel across the Monongahela River from Downtown Pittsburgh to the Overbrook neighborhood of the city, bypassing the crowded Pennsylvania Route 51 (Saw Mill Run Boulevard).