Palm Garden station

Palm Garden is a station on the Port Authority of Allegheny County's light rail network, located in the Mount Washington neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The stop is located in a segment of track where The T runs parallel to the South Busway. Shared with many bus routes, it serves as a transfer station, and also provides access to residences along the back slope of Mount Washington. The station is named for the large Palm Garden Apartments complex, which is centered on the stop.

Palm Garden in 1968
Palm Garden
Pittsburgh Light Rail station
Outbound platform
Locationalong Palm Garden Bridge
Pittsburgh, PA
Coordinates40.4162°N 80.0118°W / 40.4162; -80.0118
Owned byPort Authority
Connections41, 39, Y45, Y49, Y46, BM, BR, Y1 buses
History
Opened1987
Passengers
2018103[1] (weekday boardings)
Services
Preceding station Port Authority of Allegheny County Following station
South Hills Junction
toward Allegheny
 Red Line Dawn
toward Overbrook Junction or South Hills Village
South Hills Junction
toward Station Square
 South Busway Edgebrook
toward Glenbury
South Busway
W Liberty Ave Ramp
 Dawn
Terminus

History

Palm Garden was originally a street level stop at the northern end of the old Palm Garden Trestle.[2][3] The private stop served the Palm Garden apartments, opened in 1937.[4] The trestle was replaced by a concrete mixed mode (light rail and bus) bridge, still referred to as the Palm Garden Trestle which The T shares with the South Busway.

Bus connections
  • 41 Bower Hill
  • 39 Brookline
  • Y45 Baldwin Manor Flyer
  • Y49 Prospect Park Flyer
  • Y46 Elizabeth Flyer
  • Y47 Curry Flyer
  • Y1 Large Flyer

References
  1. "System Map Winter 2018". Port Authority.
  2. "1960's picture of Palm Garden Trestle". Retrieved March 10, 2010.
  3. "19680824 61 PAT 1755 Palm Garden trestle". August 24, 1968. Retrieved March 10, 2010.
  4. "Palm Garden Village, South Hills Efficiency Apartments - Plan is 6 minutes from City". The Pittsburgh Press. August 6, 1937. Retrieved January 9, 2012.


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