Washington Junction station
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{{Infobox station
| name = Washington Junction
| style = PAAC
| address = Library Road at Milford Road
Bethel Park, Pennsylvania
| coordinates = {{coord|40.3535|-80.0272|type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}}
| image = 20060902 07 PAT Light Rail, Washington Jct (15412584993).jpg
| image_caption = Washington Junction station, looking north
| line =
| platform = 2 side platforms
| tracks=2
| parking = 230 space
| other = Bus connection with MMVTA Route A
| opened = 1903
| rebuilt = –May 15, 1984{{cite news |last1=Grata |first1=Joe |title=In Transit |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pittsburgh-press-south-hills-extensi/146419448/ |access-date=May 1, 2024 |work=The Pittsburgh Press |date=April 12, 1984 |pages=B1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pittsburgh-press-south-hills-station/146419479/ B10]|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}
| accessible = true
| owned = Pittsburgh Regional Transit
| pass_year=2018
| pass_percent=
| pass_system=weekday boardings
| services={{Adjacent stations|system1=PRT
|line1=Blue|left1=Smith Road|right1=Casswell
|line2=Red|left2=Smith Road|right2=Casswell
|line3=Silver|left3=Smith Road|right3=Hillcrest}}
| other_services_header = Former services
| other_services_collapsible = yes
| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=PAAC
|line2=Blue Line|type2=Library|left2=Smith Road|right2=Mine 3|note-right2=Closed 2012
|line3=47D|type3=Gateway|left3=Smith Road|right3=Casswell
}}
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail-light |marker-color=#000 |zoom=15 }}
}}
Washington Junction is a station on Pittsburgh Regional Transit's light rail network.{{PLR web|wash}} It is located in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. The facility is designed both as a transfer station for southbound travelers (the Red and Blue Lines continue toward Upper St. Clair and South Hills Village, while the Silver Line continues toward South Park and Library), and as a commuter park and ride facility. 230 spaces are located on site, designed for allowing travel to Downtown Pittsburgh by residents of northern Bethel Park and commuters who choose to use the stop by traveling from more eastern suburbs via Library or Broughton Roads.
History
Washington Junction was once an important junction on the Pittsburgh Railways Interurban service where the lines from Pittsburgh to Washington, Pennsylvania and Roscoe, Pennsylvania joined.{{cite book
|url=http://eldorapark.com/trolley/era-forward.htm
|title=Electric Railroads, Number Twenty
|publisher=Electric Railroaders Association, Inc
|location=Lackawanna Terminal, Hoboken, New Jersey
|date=July 1952
|accessdate=6 June 2009
}}
References
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External links
{{commons category-inline|Washington Junction (PAT station)}}
- [http://www.portauthority.org/PAAC/CustomerInfo/BuswaysandT/LightRailTransitSystem/TStations/tabid/189/Default.aspx Port Authority T Stations Listings]
- [https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=40.353568,-80.027193&spn=0.003843,0.01339&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.353569,-80.027198&panoid=xEtq1oo9Q6uvo1uEx66TZA&cbp=12,261.56,,0,5.41 Station from Google Maps Street View]
Category:Port Authority of Allegheny County stations
Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1903
Category:Blue Line (Pittsburgh)
Category:Red Line (Pittsburgh)
Category:Silver Line (Pittsburgh)
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