Dormont Junction (PAT station)

Pittsburgh Light Rail
 Dormont Junction
Pittsburgh Light Rail station

Dormont Junction in 2011
Location Raleigh Avenue
Dormont, Pennsylvania 15216
Coordinates 40°23′26″N 80°02′29″W / 40.390677°N 80.041355°W / 40.390677; -80.041355Coordinates: 40°23′26″N 80°02′29″W / 40.390677°N 80.041355°W / 40.390677; -80.041355
Owned by Port Authority
Line(s)
  Red Line – Overbrook Junction
  Red Line – South Hills Village
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Connections Bus routes 41 Bower Hill
Construction
Parking 132 spaces
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened 1985
Services
Preceding station   The "T"   Following station
toward Allegheny
Red Line – Overbrook Junction
Red Line – South Hills Village
Closed 2012
toward Allegheny
Red Line – Overbrook Junction
Red Line – South Hills Village
Location

Dormont Junction is a station on the "Beechview" branch of the Port Authority of Allegheny County's light rail network.[1] It is located in Dormont, Pennsylvania. The station is an important park and ride facility, featuring 132 spaces.[2] West Liberty Avenue, Dormont's main artery, is located one block from the station, in a portion of the street that is lined with automobile dealerships. Opposite the commercial sector, a densely populated residential area is located with many homes within walking distance of the station.

History

The original Dormont Junction was a wye between the Pittsburgh Railways private right of way 42 Dormont and the street running 38 Mt. Lebanon.[3] The station stopped being a junction in 1963 when the two routes were combined into the 42/38 Mt. Lebanon Beechview, but the name remained.[4] The current station was built in 1985 along with the 2,800 feet (850 m) Mt. Lebanon Tunnel,[5] which bypassed 8 blocks of street running along Washington Road.

Connecting buses

References

  1. ↑ Official Port Authority information page
  2. ↑ "DORMONT JUNCTION LRT STA-BILTMORE AVE-DORMONT" (PDF). 24 November 2008. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
  3. ↑ "Maps of PA". Pittsburgh Electric Railway Club. 1959. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
  4. ↑ "Pittsburgh Railways Online - A Trolley Car Tragedy". 18 February 2002. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
  5. ↑ "Bridges and Tunnels of Allegheny County - Mount Lebanon Transit Tunnels". 27 November 2001. Retrieved 31 August 2009.


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