Grant Street Station
Grant Street Station | |||||||||||
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Commuter rail | |||||||||||
![]() Grant Street B&O Station in 1968 | |||||||||||
Location | Grant & 1st Pittsburgh, PA | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°26′10″N 79°59′54″W / 40.43611°N 79.99833°WCoordinates: 40°26′10″N 79°59′54″W / 40.43611°N 79.99833°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | B&O/CSXT | ||||||||||
Connections | ![]() | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1957 | ||||||||||
Closed | 1989 | ||||||||||
Former services | |||||||||||
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Grant Street Station, also known as the B&O Pittsburgh Terminal, was a passenger rail station on Grant Street downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) announced plans for it on May 3, 1955, after selling the original B&O Station bordering the Monongahela River to the state for construction of Interstate 376. It opened in 1957 to serve commuter rail traffic; all intercity traffic continued to use the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad's (P&LE) station (now called Station Square). Grant Street was the last such privately owned train station built in Pennsylvania.[1]
After the Port Authority of Allegheny County (PAT) assumed control of the B&O's Pittsburgh—McKeesport—Versailles commuter route in 1975 (which it re-branded PATrain), Grant Street continued to serve as the Pittsburgh depot for this service. PAT discontinued the service in 1989; Grant Street itself was demolished in 1998. The site is now home to and the First Avenue light rail station.[2]
See also[]
- Eliza Furnace Trail
- Union Station (Pittsburgh)
- Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal
References[]
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- ^ Cupper, Dan (2002). Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania trail of history guide. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
- ^ "PNC Firstside Center" (PDF). Western Pennsylvania Brownfields Center. Summer 2007. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
- Railway stations in Pittsburgh
- Demolished railway stations in the United States
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1957
- Railway stations closed in 1989
- Former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad stations
- Former railway stations in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania