Red Line (Pittsburgh)

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]

Red Line
Red Line train
Overview
Owner	Port Authority of Allegheny County
Locale	Pittsburgh
Stations	32
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 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 Pennant 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 Bethel Park Upper St. Clair South Hills Village      South Hills Village Rail Center

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 Rd./West Liberty Ave (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 Neeld Avenue stop.

Before the Mt. Lebanon Rail Tunnel, the old streetcars ran with car traffic on Washington Rd. between Alfred St. in Mt. Lebanon and the intersection of McFarland Rd. and Raleigh Ave. (where Washington Rd. becomes West Liberty Ave.) 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, will be removed on February 15, 2021, citing safety concerns.[5] The line was renamed slightly to Red Line - Castle Shannon via Beechview when the North Shore Connector opened.

Station List

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	Blue Line,      Silver Line	Pittsburgh / North Shore
Gateway Center	1.00	underground	Blue Line,      Silver Line	Pittsburgh / Central Business District
Wood Street	1.26	underground	Blue Line,      Silver Line	Pittsburgh / Central Business District
Steel Plaza	1.55	underground	Blue Line,      Silver Line	Pittsburgh / Central Business District
First Avenue	1.88	high platform	Blue Line,      Silver Line	Pittsburgh / Central Business District
Station Square	2.41	high platform	Blue Line,      Silver Line,      South Busway, Monongahela Incline	Pittsburgh / South Shore
South Hills Junction	3.25	high platform	Blue Line,      Silver Line,      South Busway	Pittsburgh / Mt. Washington
Palm Garden	3.67	low platform	South Busway	Pittsburgh / Mt. Washington
Dawn	3.90	low platform	South Busway	Pittsburgh / Beechview
Pennant	4.15	low platform		Pittsburgh / Beechview
Westfield	4.37	low platform		Pittsburgh / Beechview
Fallowfield	4.72	high platform		Pittsburgh / Beechview
Hampshire	4.79	low platform		Pittsburgh / Beechview
Belasco	5.09	low platform		Pittsburgh / Beechview
Shiras	5.39	low platform		Pittsburgh / Beechview
Stevenson	5.75	low platform		Dormont
Potomac	5.97	high platform		Dormont
Dormont Junction	6.45	high platform		Dormont
Mt. Lebanon	7.11	high platform		Mt. Lebanon
Poplar	7.68	low platform		Mt. Lebanon
Arlington	8.15	low platform		Castle Shannon
Castle Shannon	8.36	high platform		Castle Shannon
Overbrook Junction	8.59	high platform		Castle Shannon
St. Anne's[lower-alpha 1]	8.97	low platform	Blue Line,      Silver Line	Castle Shannon
Smith Road[lower-alpha 1]	9.25	low platform	Blue Line,      Silver Line	Castle Shannon
Washington Junction[lower-alpha 1]	9.49	high platform	Blue Line,      Silver Line	Bethel Park
Casswell[lower-alpha 1]	9.96	low platform	Blue Line	Bethel Park
Highland[lower-alpha 1]	10.27	low platform	Blue Line	Bethel Park
Bethel Village[lower-alpha 1]	10.75	low platform	Blue Line	Bethel Park
Dorchester[lower-alpha 1]	11.04	low platform	Blue Line	Bethel Park
South Hills Village[lower-alpha 1]	11.31	high platform	Blue Line	Upper St. Clair

1. Red Line service beyond Overbrook Junction was limited between 2012-2020[6].

References

1. "PAAC System Map". Port Authority.
2. Grata, Joe (February 26, 2007). "Bus, trolley riders warned of closing of bridge over Route 51". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved April 11, 2007.
3. Grata, Joe (August 22, 2007). "S. Hills bus, trolley disruptions ending Sept. 2". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
4. "Eleven T Stops Close June 25". Port Authority of Allegheny County. June 22, 2012. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
5. "Port Authority To Close Pennant Station In Beechview". February 2, 2021. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
6. Red Line Schedule https://www.portauthority.org/pdfs/RED.pdf

External links

• Red Line schedule