Willow station (Pittsburgh Regional Transit) explained

Willow
Style:PAAC
Type: Pittsburgh Light Rail station
Address:Willow Avenue and James Street, Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:40.3654°N -80.0264°W
Other:(Overbrook Junction station transfer)
Opened:June 2, 2004[1]
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Accessible:true
Passengers:315[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

Willow is a station on the Overbrook branch of Pittsburgh Regional Transit's light rail network. It is located in Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania. It is a transfer point between the Red Line (serving Castle Shannon, Mt. Lebanon, Dormont, and Beechview) and the Blue and Silver Lines (serving Overbrook, Carrick, Bon Air, Bethel Park and Library). The station's name was derived from Willow Avenue, the street that runs parallel with and across the light rail. No parking is available at the site and because park and ride commuters can more conveniently reach the nearby Memorial Hall station, Willow almost exclusively serves nearby apartments and individuals switching trains.

History

Willow was opened in 2004, one of eight new platform equipped stations which replaced 33 streetcar style stops along the Overbrook branch.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Grata . Joe . Overbrook Rail Service Throttles Up . May 6, 2024 . . June 2, 2004 . A9, A12. Newspapers.com.
  2. Web site: System Map Winter 2018 . Port Authority .