Willow station (Pittsburgh)

Willow
Willow station platforms, August 2015
General information
Location	Willow Avenue and James Street Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40.3654°N 80.0264°W / 40.3654; -80.0264
Owner	Pittsburgh Regional Transit
Line	Overbrook Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Red at Overbrook Junction
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	June 2, 2004 (2004-06-02)
Passengers
2018	315 (weekday boardings)
Services
Preceding station Pittsburgh Regional Transit Following station Memorial Hall toward Allegheny Blue Line St. Anne's toward South Hills Village Silver Line St. Anne's toward Library
Former services Preceding station Port Authority of Allegheny County Following station Memorial Hall toward Allegheny Blue Line South Hills Village via Overbrook Martin Villa Closed 2012 toward South Hills Village Blue Line Library Martin Villa Closed 2012 toward Library
Location

Willow station is a station on the Pittsburgh Light Rail network, operated by Pittsburgh Regional Transit, serving Baldwin Township, Pennsylvania. It has two high-level side platforms for level boarding and is accessible. It is a transfer point between the Red Line at Overbrook Junction (serving Castle Shannon, Mt. Lebanon, Dormont, and Beechview) and the Blue and Silver Lines (serving Overbrook, Carrick, Bon Air, Bethel Park and Library). The station's name was derived from Willow Avenue, the street that runs parallel with and across the light rail. No parking is available at the site and because park and ride commuters can more conveniently reach the nearby Memorial Hall station, Willow almost exclusively serves nearby apartments and individuals switching trains.

History

Willow was opened in 2004, one of eight new platform equipped stations which replaced 33 streetcar style stops along the Overbrook branch.

External links

• Port Authority T Stations Listings Archived April 22, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
• View of the newly opened Willow station in 2004
• Station from Google Maps Street View