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The Pittsburgh Light Rail (commonly known as The T) is a 26.2-mile (42.2 km) light rail system in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and surrounding suburbs.It operates as a deep-level subway in Downtown Pittsburgh, but runs mostly at-grade in the suburbs south of the city.
It is run by Pittsburgh Regional Transit and currently consists of the Red Line, Blue Line and Silver Line. Trolley lines began on the T's route in 1897, and currently The T is the eighteenth most used light rail system in the United States .
Pittsburgh Regional Transit was created as the Port Authority of Allegheny County by the Pennsylvania General Assembly in 1956 to allow for creation of port facilities in the Pittsburgh area. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Three years later, the legislation was amended to allow the Port Authority to acquire privately owned transit companies that served the area.
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.
Fort Pitt Bridge with Downtown Pittsburgh in the background. A large metropolitan area that is surrounded by rivers and hills, Pittsburgh has an infrastructure system that has been built out over the years to include roads, tunnels, bridges, railroads, inclines, bike paths, and stairways; however, the hills and rivers still form many barriers to transportation within the city.
Wood Street station is a station on Pittsburgh Regional Transit's light rail network, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.It serves the city's Downtown district and is located at the intersection of Wood Street and Liberty Avenue. [3]
Pittsburgh / Central Business District: Wood Street: 1.26 Steel Plaza: 1.55 First Avenue: 1.88 high platform Station Square: 2.41 Blue Silver South Busway Monongahela Incline: Pittsburgh / South Shore: South Hills Junction: 3.25 Blue Silver South Busway: Pittsburgh / Mt. Washington: Palm Garden: 3.67 low platform: South Busway: Dawn: 3.90 ...
In 1905 Pittsburgh Railways leased the route and between 1909 and 1910 converted it from narrow gauge to dual gauge and installed overhead power for trolleys. Mid-20th century PCC streetcars continued to operate on the Overbrook Line until 1993, when concerns about the safety of the line led PAT to suspend service there pending reconstruction.