Washington Junction station explained

Washington Junction
Style:PAAC
Type: Pittsburgh Light Rail station
Address:Library Road at Milford Road
Bethel Park, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:40.3535°N -80.0272°W
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Parking:230 space
Other:Bus connection with MMVTA Route A
Opened:1903
Rebuilt: - May 15, 1984[1]
Accessible:true
Passengers:714[2]
Pass Year:2018
Pass System:weekday boardings
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail-light
Marker-Color:
  1. 000
Zoom:15

Washington Junction is a station on Pittsburgh Regional Transit's light rail network. It is located in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. The facility is designed both as a transfer station for southbound travelers (the Red and Blue Lines continue toward Upper St. Clair and South Hills Village, while the Silver Line continues toward South Park and Library), and as a commuter park and ride facility. 230 spaces are located on site, designed for allowing travel to Downtown Pittsburgh by residents of northern Bethel Park and commuters who choose to use the stop by traveling from more eastern suburbs via Library or Broughton Roads.

History

Washington Junction was once an important junction on the Pittsburgh Railways Interurban service where the lines from Pittsburgh to Washington, Pennsylvania and Roscoe, Pennsylvania joined.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Grata . Joe . In Transit . May 1, 2024 . . April 12, 1984 . B1, B10. Newspapers.com.
  2. Web site: System Map Winter 2018 . Port Authority .
  3. Book: Electric Railroads, Number Twenty. Electric Railroaders Association, Inc. Lackawanna Terminal, Hoboken, New Jersey. July 1952. 6 June 2009.