Grant Street Station
Grant Street Station | |
|---|---|
| Commuter rail | |
 Grant Street B&O Station in 1968 | |
| Location |
Grant & 1st Pittsburgh, PA |
| Coordinates | 40°26′10″N 79°59′54″W / 40.43611°N 79.99833°WCoordinates: 40°26′10″N 79°59′54″W / 40.43611°N 79.99833°W |
| Owned by | B&O/CSXT |
| History | |
| Opened | 1957 |
| Closed | 1989 |
Grant Street Station, also known as the B&O Pittsburgh Terminal, was a passenger rail station on Grant Street downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) announced plans for it on May 3, 1955, after selling the original B&O Station bordering the Monongahela River to the state for construction of Interstate 376. It opened in 1957 to serve commuter rail traffic; all intercity traffic continued to use the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad's (P&LE) station (now called Station Square). Grant Street was the last such privately owned train station built in Pennsylvania.[1]
After the Port Authority of Allegheny County (PAT) assumed control of the B&O's Pittsburgh—McKeesport—Versailles commuter route in 1975 (which it re-branded PATrain), Grant Street continued to serve as the Pittsburgh depot for this service. PAT discontinued the service in 1989; Grant Street itself was demolished in 1998. The site is now home to PNC Firstside Complex and the First Avenue light rail station.[2]
See also
- Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Station
- Baltimore and Ohio Station (Pittsburgh)
- Union Station (Pittsburgh)
- Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Grant Street Station (Pittsburgh). |
- ↑ Cupper, Dan (2002). Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania trail of history guide. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
- ↑ "PNC Firstside Center" (PDF). Western Pennsylvania Brownfields Center. Summer 2007. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
