Hillcrest | |||||||||||||
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Location | Hillcrest Street at Bethel Church Road Bethel Park, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°20′43″N80°01′44″W / 40.3454°N 80.0288°W | ||||||||||||
Owned by | Pittsburgh Regional Transit | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
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Rebuilt | 1987 | ||||||||||||
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2018 | 38 [1] (weekday boardings) | ||||||||||||
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Hillcrest station is also within walking distance of Rite Aid, Dairy Queen, and Bruster's Ice Cream.
The grade crossing of Bethel Church Road was replaced by the Hillcrest bridge in September 1987. [2]
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