PITTSBURGH

VIDEOS

Above: YouTubeCA video - The LightRail in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2018 - Length: 11:12 mins.	Above: YouTubeCA video - Pittsburgh "T" Light Rail System #1 - Length: 8:05 mins.	Above: YouTubeCA video - Pittsburgh Inclines - Length: 4:18 mins.

PHOTOS

MAPS

INSET: DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH

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ABBREVIATIONS ON THE MAPS

ROUTES

LRT ROUTES

Operator: Port Authority of Allegheny County

NB: The route designations B and R are for convenience only, and are not used by the operator.

INCLINES (FUNICULARS)

Operator: By private non-profit organization (Duquesne Incline) and by the Port Authority of Allegheny County (Monongahela Incline)

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM

NETWORK LENGTH

• LRT network: 42.2 km.
• Duquesne Incline: 244 m.
• Monongahela Incline: 194 m.

HISTORY

• Streetcars: (horse-powered) 6 Aug. 1859 - 27 Aug. 1923; (electric) 21 Feb. 1888 - today.
• Passenger incline: 28 May 1870 - 21 Nov. 1962 (reopened as a tourist attraction: 1 July 1963 - today).
• Cable cars: 9 Oct. 1888 - 14 June 1897.
• Interurbans: 1891 - 29 Aug. 1953
• Light rail (integrated with the streetcar lines): 15 Apr. 1984 - today.
• Funiculars (Inclines): 28 May 1870 - today.

GAUGE

• Streetcars & Light rail: 1588 mm.
• Funiculars (Inclines): 1524 mm. (Knoxville Incline: 2743 mm.)

SOURCES

PRINT

• Berman, J. Pittsburgh Railways - Trolley service updated for 1954. Map, June 2019.
• DuPuis, R. "Farewell to the Pittsburgh PCCs - Part 2" Tramways & Urban Transit, Feb. 2000 (63: 746), p.49-51.
• Lyon, M.A. "Pittsburgh trams today: Phoenix or swan song?" Modern Tramway & Rapid Transit Review, Nov. 1974 (37: 443), p.366-373.
• Miller, O.W. History of Pittsburgh area transit since 1840 and PATRansit 1964-1974: Historical data (Draft). Pittsburgh: Port Authority of Allegheny County, 1974.
• Sellin, M.V. & Morgan, S.J. "Pittsburgh light rail progress" Modern Tramway & Light Rail Transit, May 1986 (49: 581), p.155-165.
• Simons, V. "Systems Factfile No.57: Pittsburgh, USA" Tramways & Urban Transit, June 2012 (75: 894), p.223-226.
• Simons, V. "Systems Factfile No.184: Pittsburgh, USA" Tramways & Urban Transit, Feb.2023 (86: 1022), p.63-67.
• Taplin, M.R. Tramways of North America, including rapid transit [Tramway Handbooks No.4] Hassocks (West Sussex, England): Light Rail Transit Association, 1981.

WIKIS

• Duquesne Incline
• Knoxville Incline
• Monongahela Incline
• Pittsburgh Railways
• List of streetcar routes in Pittsburgh
• Pittsburgh light rail

WEB SITES

• Duquesne Incline
• Pittsburgh Railways OnLine

Special thanks to Russell Powers from Denver CO for information on the history of the Pittsburgh system.

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