First Avenue station is a station on Pittsburgh Regional Transit's light rail network.[3] The station is part of the light rail's Downtown Pittsburgh free zone, and passengers embarking here may travel for free to any of the other stations within the zone (Steel Plaza, Wood Street, Gateway, North Side and Allegheny).
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| General information | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | First Avenue and Ross Street Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | |||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°26′15″N 79°59′48″W / 40.4375°N 79.9966°W | |||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Pittsburgh Regional Transit | |||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | |||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | November 16, 2001[1] | |||||||||||||||||
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| 2020 | 1,605[2] (weekday boardings) | |||||||||||||||||
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The station was a new addition to the light rail system in 2001, located in the PNC Firstside Complex, just before the tracks dip into the subway tunnel. It was opened on November 16, 2001 to provide better access to the southern quarter of downtown, which includes city and state government offices, major office buildings such as Oxford Centre and the Grant Building, downtown educational facilities such as Point Park University, Duquesne University and the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, and the many smaller office structures that mark this area of the Golden Triangle. It cost $6.7 million to construct.[4]
Bus connections
edit- 67 Monroeville
- 69 Trafford
- 65 Squirrel Hill
See also
edit- Grant Street Station (former train station near site of First Avenue station)
References
edit- ^ "Light Up Night Schedule". The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 15, 2001. p. B4. Retrieved May 6, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "System Map Fall 2020". Port Authority.
- ^ "First Avenue". Port Authority of Allegheny County. Archived from the original on February 6, 2012.
- ^ "First Ave. light rail station to open Nov. 16". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. October 20, 2001. p. D1 – via Google News.
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