Shiras station
Shiras | |||||||||||||
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| Location | Broadway and Shiras avenues Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°24′14″N 80°01′49″W / 40.4040°N 80.0302°W | ||||||||||||
| Owner | Pittsburgh Regional Transit | ||||||||||||
| Line | Overbrook line | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Accessible | No, under construction | ||||||||||||
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| Opened | May 22, 1987[1] | ||||||||||||
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| 2018 | 147[2] (weekday boardings) | ||||||||||||
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Shiras station 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.
In 2022, the Federal Transit Administration awarded Pittsburgh Regional Transit $28.4 million to construct accessible platforms at four Red Line stops, including Shiras.[3][4]
References
- ↑ Grata, Joe (May 17, 1987). "Newest LRT Link Opening Friday". The Pittsburgh Press. pp. A1, A16. Retrieved April 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "System Map Winter 2018". Port Authority.
- ↑ "All Stations Accessibility Program FY22-23 Projects". Federal Transit Administration. May 31, 2024.
- ↑ Blazina, Ed (December 21, 2022). "Pittsburgh Regional Transit will make four more light rail stations accessible". Pittsburgh Union Progress. Retrieved April 22, 2026.
External links
Media related to Shiras (PAT station) at Wikimedia Commons- Port Authority T Stations Listings