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After operating as the Port Authority of Allegheny County for most of its history, the agency rebranded under its current name in June 2022. [5] In 2023, the system had a ridership of 39,730,300. Pittsburgh Regional Transit's bus, light rail and funicular system covers Allegheny County.
Pittsburgh Railways was one of the predecessors of Pittsburgh Regional Transit. It had 666 PCC cars, the third largest fleet in North America (after Toronto (745) and Chicago (683)). It had 68 streetcar routes, of which only three (until April 5, 2010, the 42 series, the 47 series, and 52 ) are used by the Port Authority as light rail routes.
Pittsburgh Regional Transit: Locale: Pittsburgh: Transit type: Light rail: Number of stations: 53: Daily ridership (weekdays, Q4 2023) Annual ridership: 3,417,100 (2023) Website: www.rideprt.org: Operation; Began operation: 1984; 40 years ago () Operator(s) Pittsburgh Regional Transit: Technical; System length: 26.2 mi (42.2 km) Track gauge
Regional mass transit. Local public transportation is coordinated by Pittsburgh Regional Transit, the 14th-largest urban mass transit system in the United States. It services 730 square miles (1,900 km 2 ), including all of Allegheny County and portions of Armstrong, Beaver, Washington, and Westmoreland counties. [6]
The South Busway is a two-lane bus rapid transit highway serving southern portions of the city of Pittsburgh. The busway runs for 4.3 miles (6.9 km) from the Mt. Washington Transit Tunnel across the Monongahela River from Downtown Pittsburgh to the Overbrook neighborhood of the city, bypassing the crowded Pennsylvania Route 51 (Saw Mill Run ...
These counties also have their own transit systems, including several routes that run into Downtown Pittsburgh, where riders can make connections with Pittsburgh Regional Transit service. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 34,467,400.
The East Busway is also used by some Westmoreland Transit routes, which run further into the Pittsburgh suburbs, ending in the cities of Greensburg and Latrobe in Westmoreland County. As of February 2024, the Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus routes that use the East Busway are as follows:
Pittsburgh Regional Transit: Locale: Pittsburgh: Stations: 24: Service; Type: Light rail: System: Pittsburgh Light Rail: Operator(s) Pittsburgh Regional Transit: Depot(s) South Hills Village Rail Center: Rolling stock: Siemens SD-400, CAF LRV: Daily ridership: 9,239 (2018) Technical; Track gauge: 5 ft 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,588 mm) Pennsylvania ...
Pittsburgh Light Rail station: General information; Location: First Avenue and Ross Street Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Coordinates: Owned by: Pittsburgh Regional Transit: Platforms: 2 side platforms: Tracks: 2: Construction; Structure type: Elevated: Accessible: Yes: History; Opened: November 16, 2001
Wood Street station is a station on Pittsburgh Regional Transit's light rail network, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It serves the city's Downtown district and is located at the intersection of Wood Street and Liberty Avenue.