Allegheny station (Pittsburgh)
Light rail station in Pittsburgh, PA
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Allegheny station is a station on the Pittsburgh Light Rail system operated by Pittsburgh Regional Transit in the North Shore neighborhood of in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The station is located within the system's free fare zone, which also includes First Avenue, Steel Plaza, Wood Street, Gateway, and North Side.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Allegheny station platform, June 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Allegheny Avenue and Reedsdale Street Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | |||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40.4479°N 80.0178°W | |||||||||||||||||
| Owner | Pittsburgh Regional Transit | |||||||||||||||||
| Line | North Shore Connector | |||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Elevated | |||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | March 25, 2012[1] | |||||||||||||||||
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| 2020 | 3,743[2] (weekday boardings) | |||||||||||||||||
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Among the locations within walking distance are: Acrisure Stadium (home of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Pittsburgh Panthers), Rivers Casino, the Stage AE amphitheater, Community College of Allegheny County's Allegheny Campus, and Kamin Science Center.
This station currently acts as the northern terminus of the Pittsburgh Light Rail system, and it is most distant station of the North Shore Connector project. It also marks the beginning of the Light Rail system's six-station "Free Fare Zone" within which riders do not need to pay to ride.[4]
Bus bays are located under the elevated station.
Future developments
Although Allegheny station is currently a terminus, in the future, Pittsburgh Regional Transit plans to extend service westward toward Pittsburgh International Airport as well as northward into the North Hills area.[5]
