Belasco station

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Belasco
Pittsburgh Light Rail (logo).svg Pittsburgh Light Rail station
PAT Belasco outbound train.jpg
Outbound platform
General information
LocationBroadway Avenue and Belasco Avenue
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°24′26″N80°01′37″W / 40.4071°N 80.0270°W / 40.4071; -80.0270
Owned by Pittsburgh Regional Transit
Tracks2
History
OpenedMay 22, 1987 [1]
Passengers
2018128 [2] (weekday boardings)
Services
Preceding station Pittsburgh Regional Transit Following station
Hampshire
toward Allegheny
Red Line Shiras
Former services
Preceding station Port Authority of Allegheny County Following station
Coast
Closed 2012
toward Allegheny
Red Line
Overbrook Junction
via Beechview
Boustead
Closed 2012

Belasco is a station on Pittsburgh Regional Transit's light rail network, located in the Beechview neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The street level stop is located on a small island platform in the middle of Broadway Avenue, through which The T travels along former streetcar tracks. The station serves a densely populated residential area through which bus service is limited because of the hilly terrain.

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References

  1. Grata, Joe (May 17, 1987). "Newest LRT Link Opening Friday". The Pittsburgh Press . pp. A1, A16 . Retrieved April 28, 2024 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  2. "System Map Winter 2018". Port Authority. Archived from the original on 2016-03-16.