Dormont Junction station

Dormont Junction is a station on the Red Line route of Pittsburgh Regional Transit's light rail network.[2] It is located in Dormont, Pennsylvania. The station is an important park and ride facility, featuring 132 spaces.[3] West Liberty Avenue, Dormont's main artery, is located one block uphill from the station, in a portion of the street that is lined with automobile dealerships. Opposite the commercial sector, a densely populated residential area is located with many homes within walking distance of the station.

Dormont Junction
Pittsburgh Light Rail station
Dormont Junction in 2011
General information
LocationRaleigh Avenue
Dormont, Pennsylvania 15216
Coordinates40.391563°N 80.040969°W / 40.391563; -80.040969
Owned byPittsburgh Regional Transit
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus routes 41 Bower Hill
Construction
Parking132 spaces
AccessibleYes
History
Opened1985
Passengers
2018464[1] (weekday boardings)
Services
Preceding station Pittsburgh Regional Transit Following station
Potomac
toward Allegheny
 Red Line Mt. Lebanon
toward South Hills Village
Former services
Preceding station Port Authority of Allegheny County Following station
Kelton
Closed 2012
toward Allegheny
 Red Line
Overbrook Junction
via Beechview
 Mt. Lebanon
toward Overbrook Junction or South Hills Village
Location
Dormont Junction is located in Pittsburgh
Dormont Junction
Dormont Junction
Location within Pittsburgh

History

The original Dormont Junction was a wye between the Pittsburgh Railways private right of way 42 Dormont and the street running 38 Mt. Lebanon.[4] The station stopped being a junction in 1963 when the two routes were combined into the 42/38 Mt. Lebanon Beechview, but the name remained.[5] However, it remains one of only a few places along the route with a Railroad switch allowing the trains to switch tracks. The current station was built in 1985 along with the 2,800 feet (850 m) Mt. Lebanon Tunnel,[6] which bypassed 8 blocks of street running along Washington Road.

Connecting buses
  • 41 Bower Hill: West Liberty Avenue at Park Boulevard

References
  1. "System Map Winter 2018". Port Authority. Archived from the original on 2016-03-16.
  2. Official Port Authority information page
  3. "DORMONT JUNCTION LRT STA-BILTMORE AVE-DORMONT" (PDF). 24 November 2008. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
  4. "Maps of PA". Pittsburgh Electric Railway Club. 1959. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
  5. "Pittsburgh Railways Online - A Trolley Car Tragedy". 18 February 2002. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
  6. "Bridges and Tunnels of Allegheny County - Mount Lebanon Transit Tunnels". 27 November 2001. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
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