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Dorchester | ||||||||||||||
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Pittsburgh Light Rail station | ||||||||||||||
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Location | Spartan Road and Graeser Avenue Bethel Park, Pennsylvania | |||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°20′27″N80°02′53″W / 40.3408°N 80.0481°W | |||||||||||||
Owned by | Pittsburgh Regional Transit | |||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||
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Opened | April 15, 1984 [1] | |||||||||||||
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2018 | 59 [2] (weekday boardings) | |||||||||||||
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