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Location | Wood Street and Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | |||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°26′34″N79°59′56″W / 40.4429°N 79.99891°W | |||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Pittsburgh Regional Transit | |||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Downtown subway | |||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Connections | most downtown bus routes Westmoreland County Transit Authority: 1, 2, 3, 4 Beaver County Transit Authority: 1, 3, 4 Washington City Transit Commuter Route | |||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||
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Opened | July 3, 1985 [1] | |||||||||||||||||
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2020 | 4,457 [2] (weekday boardings) | |||||||||||||||||
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