Palm Garden station

Palm Garden station is an at-grade combined light rail and busway station operated by Pittsburgh Regional Transit in the Mount Washington neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The station is located on an exclusive right-of-way shared by the Red Line of the Pittsburgh Light Rail and South Busway routes 39, 41, Y1, Y45, Y46, Y47 and Y49. The station provides access to residences along the back slope of Mount Washington and is named for the large Palm Garden Apartments complex, which is centered on the stop.

Palm Garden
Pittsburgh Light Rail station
Outbound platform at Palm Garden station
General information
LocationSouth Busway at Boggs Avenue
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°24′58″N 80°00′42″W
Owned byPittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT)
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus transport PRT: 40, 43, 44
Construction
AccessibleBuses only
History
Opened1937
Rebuilt1987
Passengers
2019202 (weekday boardings)[1]
Services
Preceding station Pittsburgh Regional Transit Following station
South Hills Junction
toward Allegheny
 Red Line Dawn
toward South Hills Village
South Hills Junction
toward Station Square
 South Busway Pioneer
toward Glenbury
South Busway
(Liberty Av Ramp)
 Dawn
toward Glenbury

Just south of this station buses and trains cross an elevated viaduct, the Palm Garden Trestle, over Pennsylvania Route 51. South of the trestle, the viaduct splits along with the Red Line and South Busway. In this area, routes 39 and 41 return to mixed traffic on Pioneer Avenue and Liberty Avenue respectively.

History
Palm Garden in 1968

Palm Garden was originally a street-level stop at the northern end of the old Palm Garden Trestle.[2][3] The private stop served the Palm Garden apartments, opened in 1937.[4] The trestle was replaced by a concrete mixed mode (light rail and bus) bridge, still referred to as the Palm Garden Trestle which The T shares with the South Busway.

References
  1. "System Map". Pittsburgh Regional Transit. 2019.
  2. "1960's picture of Palm Garden Trestle". Retrieved March 10, 2010.
  3. "19680824 61 PAT 1755 Palm Garden trestle". August 24, 1968. Retrieved March 10, 2010.
  4. "Palm Garden Village, South Hills Efficiency Apartments – Plan is 6 minutes from City". The Pittsburgh Press. August 6, 1937. Retrieved January 9, 2012.


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