Pittsburgh Light Rail

Pittsburgh Light Rail
A "T" train departing Station Square
A "T" train departing Station Square
Overview
OwnerPittsburgh Regional Transit
LocalePittsburgh
Transit typeLight rail
Number of stations53[1]
Daily ridership(weekdays, Q1 2024)[2]
Annual ridership3,417,100 (2023)[3]
Websitewww.rideprt.org
Operation
Began operation1984 (1984)
Operator(s)Pittsburgh Regional Transit
Technical
System length26.2 mi (42.2 km)[1]
Track gauge5 ft 2+12 in (1,588 mm) Pennsylvania trolley gauge
ElectrificationOverhead line650 V DC[4]
System map
Map
Allegheny Parking
North Side Parking
Gateway
Wood Street
Penn Station
occasional use
Martin Luther King Jr. East Busway Amtrak
Steel Plaza
First Avenue Parking
I-376 / US 22 / US 30
(Penn Lincoln Parkway)
Panhandle Bridge over
Monongahela River
PA-837.svg
PA 837
West Carson Street
Monongahela InclineSouth BuswayParking Station Square
Warrington Ave
Arlington Ave
South Hills Junction South Busway
South Busway Palm Garden
Boggs
Palm Garden trestle over
US 19 Truck / PA 51
South Busway Dawn
Morse Steps
McKinley Park
Bon Air
Westfield
Edgebrook
Fallowfield viaduct
Fallowfield
Denise
Hampshire
PA-51.svg
PA 51
Saw Mill Run Blvd.
Ansonia
Belasco
South Bank South Busway
Central
Shiras
Inglewood
Glenbury
Stevenson
Paris
Parking Potomac
McNeilly
Parking Dormont Junction
Killarney
Cooley
Parking Mt. Lebanon
Poplar
Memorial Hall Parking
Arlington
Poplar Avenue
Parking Castle Shannon
Park
Parking Overbrook Junction
Willow
St. Anne's Parking
Smith Road
Washington Junction Parking
Casswell
Highland
Hillcrest
Bethel Village
Dorchester
Lytle Parking
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Mesta
Parking South Hills Village
South Park
Munroe
Bethel Church
Fort Couch
Sarah
Brookside Boulevard
Logan
Brookside Farms
King's School
Walthers
Beagle
Drake
Sandy Creek
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PA 88
Library Road
West Library Parking
Hicks
Pleasant
Library Parking
Key
Blue Line
Former station
Red Line
Non-accessible station
Silver Line
Accessible station
Former Brown Line
Interchange station
Two services
Multiple services

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. The system is largely linear in a north-south direction, with one terminus near Pittsburgh's central business district and two termini in the South Hills. The system is owned and operated by Pittsburgh Regional Transit. The T is one of the surviving first-generation streetcar systems in North America, with the oldest portions of the network dating back to 1903 and the Pittsburgh Railways.[5] It is also one of only three light rail systems in the United States that continues to use the broad 5 ft 2+12 in (1,588 mm) Pennsylvania Trolley Gauge on its lines instead of the 4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 3,417,100.

  1. ^ a b "Port Authority of Allegheny County – Company Info & Projects – Agency Profile". Port Authority of Allegheny County (PAT)(PAAC). 2013. Archived from the original on July 3, 2013. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
  2. ^ "Transit Ridership Report First Quarter 2024" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. May 23, 2024. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  3. ^ "Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2023" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. March 4, 2024. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
  4. ^ Jane's urban transport systems 2003–2004. Webb, Mary; Pattison, Tony; Clarke, Jackie (eds.) (22nd ed.). Coulsdon, Surrey [England]: Jane's Information Group. 2003. p. 417. ISBN 0-7106-2565-0. OCLC 52982468.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. ^ Demery, Leroy W. Jr. (October 25, 2010). "U.S. Urban Rail Transit Lines Opened From 1980: Appendix". publictransit.us. Archived from the original on November 3, 2013. Retrieved November 2, 2013.

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