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The PAT was founded by the Port Authority of Thailand Act 1951 as an autonomous government agency under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications. In 1961 construction was begun on the port of Laem Chabang, due to overcrowding at Bangkok Port. By 1997 Laem Chabang had become the country's busiest seaport.
The B&O's Grant Street station in Pittsburgh in 1968. In the early 1970s, the Port Authority (PAT) – which had controlled all bus and streetcar service in Allegheny County since 1964 – had negotiated with the B&O and Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad (P&LE), the last two private sector commuter operators in the region, about the possibility of expanded rail service.
The Port Authority Police Department is a law enforcement agency in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. It is a transit police agency, authorized by Title 22, Chapter 33 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, which provides policing , investigation and crime prevention services to Port Authority of Allegheny County facilities, routes and services.
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.
From 1964 to 2010, the Port Authority used an alphanumeric numbering system. With the renumbering and realignments outlined in the Transit Development Plan in 2009, the present numbering system was adopted in April 2010. Light rail and busways are designated by the following colors:
South Park is a station on the Port Authority of Allegheny County's light rail network, located in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. The street level stop is designed as a small commuter stop, serving area residents who walk to the train so they can be taken toward Downtown Pittsburgh.
Until October 30, 2009, it was the network's westernmost extent within downtown Pittsburgh. The Port Authority closed Gateway Center as part of construction work on the North Shore Connector project, and a new station opened in 2012 (though its name was truncated from "Gateway Center" to simply "Gateway").
Killarney is a station on the Overbrook branch of the Port Authority of Allegheny County's light rail network. It is located in Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania.The station features no parking and connecting buses, but is located in a crowded residential neighborhood and provides easy access for local residents travelling to Downtown Pittsburgh.