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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.
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 Pittsburgh Light Rail, commonly known as the T system, is the light rail system for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 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 ...
The Port of Pittsburgh Commission is a government agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania that manages the Port of Pittsburgh, which is the second-largest inland port in the United States. [ 3 ] Pittsburgh 's port ranks as the 26th largest port in the United States overall, with almost 27 million short tons of river cargo for 2015.
Port Authority of Allegheny County: Locale: Pittsburgh: Stations: 31: Service; Type: Light rail: System: Pittsburgh Light Rail: Operator(s) Port Authority of Allegheny County: Depot(s) South Hills Village Rail Center: Rolling stock: Siemens SD-400, CAF LRV: Daily ridership: 6,545 (2018) Technical; Track gauge: 5 ft 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,588 mm ...
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").
Dorchester is a station on the Port Authority of Allegheny County's light rail network, located in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania.The street level stop was added to the route to serve the nearby Dorchester Apartment complex, for which the stop was named.
St. Anne's is a station on the Port Authority of Allegheny County's light rail network, located in Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania.Unlike every other small, street level stop along the network, St. Anne's features a parking lot. 130 spaces are available to commuters, and the station is also within walking distance of many area residences.