Red Line (Pittsburgh)

Red Line
Red Line train
Overview
Owner	Port Authority of Allegheny County
Locale	Pittsburgh
Stations	31
Service
Type	Light rail
System	Pittsburgh Light Rail
Operator(s)	Port Authority of Allegheny County
Daily ridership	10,683 (2018)[1]
Technical
Track gauge	5 ft 2+1⁄2 in (1,588 mm)
Electrification	Overhead lines
Route map Legend Allegheny           North Side Allegheny River Gateway Wood Street Penn Station occasional use Steel Plaza Panhandle Tunnel First Avenue I-376 / US 22 / US 30 Penn Lincoln Parkway Panhandle Bridge over Monongahela River Station Square Mt. Washington Transit Tunnel South Hills Junction ■ Blue Line, ■ Silver Line Palm Garden Dawn Westfield Fallowfield Hampshire Belasco Shiras Pittsburgh Dormont Stevenson Potomac Dormont Junction Dormont Mt. Lebanon Mt. Lebanon Poplar Mt. Lebanon Castle Shannon Arlington Castle Shannon Overbrook Junction │ ■■ Willow St. Anne's Smith Road Castle Shannon Bethel Park Washington Junction ■ Silver Line to Library Casswell Highland Bethel Village Dorchester South Hills Village      Bethel Park Upper St. Clair South Hills Village Rail Center This diagram: view talk

The Red Line (formerly the 42S South Hills Village via Beechview) is a line on the Pittsburgh Light Rail system that runs between South Hills Village and Downtown Pittsburgh via the Beechview neighborhood. The companion route, the Blue Line, branches off north of Martin Villa – which closed in 2012 – and runs through Overbrook. In March 2007, the closure of the Palm Garden Bridge for refurbishment suspended the Red Line for five months; it resumed service in September.^[2][3]

Route[]

The line begins at South Hills Village in Upper St. Clair, and runs north to Washington Junction through Bethel Park, providing a transfer to the Blue Line - Library, which runs via Overbrook. The Red Line continues north through Castle Shannon and Mount Lebanon, then through the Mount Lebanon Rail Tunnel underneath Washington Road/West Liberty Avenue (aka Truck U.S. Route 19) into Dormont at the other end. The first station coming out of the tunnel northbound is Dormont Junction, then line proceeds through this suburb, crossing many streets via grade crossings. The line then arrives at Potomac, where it begins travelling through street trackage about a quarter mile down the tracks, crossing into the neighborhood of Beechview in the city of Pittsburgh near the former Neeld Avenue stop.

Before the Mt. Lebanon Rail Tunnel, the old streetcars ran with car traffic on Washington Road between Alfred Street in Mt. Lebanon and the intersection of McFarland Road and Raleigh Avenue (where Washington Road becomes West Liberty Avenue) in Dormont.

At South Hills Junction the Red Line rejoins the Blue Line and the Brown Line, which runs over Mount Washington through the Allentown neighborhood. The Red Line runs through the Mount Washington Transit Tunnel, stopping at Station Square before crossing the Monongahela River on the Panhandle Bridge. Reaching downtown at First Avenue, the Red Line proceeds underground to Steel Plaza, Wood Street and Gateway Center. Upon reaching Gateway, the route then proceeds under the Allegheny River and makes additional stops at North Side and Allegheny stations on the North Shore.

The Port Authority closed seven stations along the Red Line on June 25, 2012: Santa Barbara, Martin Villa, Kelton, Neeld, Boustead, Coast and Traymore.^[4] An additional station, Pennant, was closed on February 15, 2021, due to safety concerns.^[5] The line was renamed slightly to Red Line - Castle Shannon via Beechview when the North Shore Connector opened.

Stations[]

The Pittsburgh Light Rail has three types of stations. They are low platform, high platform, and underground. High platform and underground stations are wheelchair accessible as the train doors are level with the platform. Low platform stations are not wheelchair accessible as they require passengers to climb stairs to board the light rail vehicle.

Name	Miles[1]	Station Type	Other services	Municipality
Allegheny	0.00	high platform	Blue Line,      Silver Line	Pittsburgh / Chateau
North Side	0.51	underground		Pittsburgh / North Shore
Gateway Center	1.00			Pittsburgh / Central Business District
Wood Street	1.26
Steel Plaza	1.55
First Avenue	1.88	high platform
Station Square	2.41		Blue Line,      Silver Line,      South Busway, Monongahela Incline	Pittsburgh / South Shore
South Hills Junction	3.25		Blue Line,      Silver Line,      South Busway	Pittsburgh / Mt. Washington
Palm Garden	3.67	low platform	South Busway
Dawn	3.90			Pittsburgh / Beechview
Westfield	4.37
Fallowfield	4.72	high platform
Hampshire	4.79	low platform
Belasco	5.09
Shiras	5.39
Stevenson	5.75			Dormont
Potomac	5.97	high platform
Dormont Junction	6.45
Mt. Lebanon	7.11			Mt. Lebanon
Poplar	7.68	low platform
Arlington	8.15			Castle Shannon
Castle Shannon	8.36	high platform
Overbrook Junction	8.59
St. Anne's[a]	8.97	low platform	Blue Line,      Silver Line
Smith Road[a]	9.25
Washington Junction[a]	9.49	high platform		Bethel Park
Casswell[a]	9.96	low platform	Blue Line
Highland[a]	10.27
Bethel Village[a]	10.75
Dorchester[a]	11.04
South Hills Village[a]	11.31	high platform		Upper St. Clair

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External links[]

Route map:

• Red Line schedule