Old PRCo route numbers

Sat Nov 20 20:26:57 EST 1999

Note that 4-Troy Hill was bussed in the summer of 1957, not 1956.

Bob 11/20
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On Fri, 19 Nov 1999 11:15:02 EST "John Swindler" <j_swindler at hotmail.com>
writes:
>On 13 Nov 99 Don Galt replied to Ken Josephson's question:
>
>> >
>> > BTW, are there any Pittsburgh Route numbers which were intended 
>for use
>> > but never implemented? Ken J.
>>
>>The following doesn't answer Ken's question, but I thought I'd put it 
>forth 
>>in preliminary form. It's a list of internal PRCo 3-digit route 
>numbers 
>>from the Arnold report of 1910, discussed earlier in this thread.
>>
>>
>
>The following doesn't answer Ken's question either, but some of the 
>people 
>on this list may find it of interest.  This list is courtesy of Port 
>Authority Transit and apparently dates to about 1960/61 because of 
>conversion dates "not" shown.  Maybe 99 available numbers doesn't 
>equal 99 
>routes afterall.
>
>Out of curiosity, was there a historical reason for starting at the 
>Allegheny River and generally numbering routes counter clockwise 
>around the 
>city?
>
>John
>
>************************************************************
>
>Pittsburgh Railways streetcar lines operated since 1906
>
>(note:  source Port Authority Transit, but probably dates to 1960/61)
>
>Date is that of abandonment or conversion to buses
>
>1	Spring Garden			1957
>2	Etna				1952
>3	Millvale			1952
>4	Troy Hill			1956
>5	Spring Hill			1957
>6   	Brighton Road
>6/13	Brighton-Emsworth		night car
>6/14	Brighton-Avalon			night car, 1960
>6/15	Brighton-Bellevue		night car, 1959
>7	Charles Street-PRR Station
>7	Charles Street
>8	Perrysville Avenue
>9	Perrysville-Charles
>9	Charles St. Shuttle		1951
>10	West View
>11	East Street			cutback 10
>12	Evergreen Road 			1953
>13	Emsworth
>14	Avalon				cutback 13
>15	Bellevue-West View
>16	Superior avenue Transfer
>16	16th Street
>16	California Avenue
>17	Reedsdale Shuttle
>18	Woods Run
>19	Western Avenue
>19	Western-Woods Run  	  	night car, 1960
>20	Rebecca Street
>20	Revbecca Transfer
>21	Fineview
>22	Crosstown
>23	Sewickley-Corapolis		1953
>23	Neville Island			1953
>24	Schoenville Transfer		1952
>25	Island Avenue			1959
>26	West Park			1959
>27	Carnegie			1959
>27/30	Carnegie-Crafton
>28	Heidelberg			1959
>28	Heidelberg Shuttle		1945
>29	Thornburg			1959
>30	Crafton-Ingram-Sheraden
>30	Crafton-Ingram			1959
>31  	Sheraden-Ingram
>31/34	Elliott-Sheraden-Ingram		1959
>32	P&LE Transfer			1953
>33	Mt. Washington-West End		1933
>34	Elliott
>35   	Shannon-Library
>36	Overbrook
>36	Shannon-Drake
>37	Shannon
>38   	Mt. Lebanon
>38/42	Mt. Lebanon-Beechview	  	night car
>38A	Mt. Lebanon-Castle Shannon
>39	Brookline
>40	Mt. Washington
>41	Shiloh
>42	Dormont
>43	Neeld Avenue		(note: should indicate 42 
>cutback)
>44	Knosville and PRR Station
>44/48	Knoxville-Arlington		night car
>45	Knoxville			1925
>46	Brownsville
>47	Carrick Via Tunnel
>48	Arlington
>49	Beltzhoover
>50	Carson Street
>51	Bon Air
>52	36th Street Shuttle
>53	Carrick
>54	Forbes-Carrick
>55	Homestead-Braddock-East Pittsburgh via 2nd Avenue
>55A	Homestead-Munhall via 2nd Avenue	cutback 55
>56	McKeesport via 2nd Avenue
>56A	Lincoln Place via 2nd Avenue	  	cutback 56
>56B	Evans Avenue-Tenth Ward via 2nd Avenue
>57	Glenwood
>58	Greenfield
>59	Carrick-Carson
>59	Homeville-Homestead		1953
>60	Wast Liberty-Homestead		1958
>61	Library Street
>62	East Pittsburgh-Trafford
>63	Trafford via Forbes
>63	Corey Avenue
>64	Wilkinsburg-East Pittsburgh
>65  	Homeville-Mifflin
>65	Lincoln Place-Munhall
>66	Wilkinsburg via Forbes	(note: should indicate cutback 
>64)
>67	Swissvale-Rankin-Braddock
>68	Homestead-Kenywood-Duquesne-McKeesport	1958
>69	Squirrel Hill-Kennywood		cutback 68, 1958
>69	Squirrel Hill			cutback 68, 1958
>70
>71	Negley
>71/75	Negley-Wilkinsburg	  	night car, 1960
>72	Bloomfield
>73	Highland
>74	(note:  what were numbers for North Highland & South 
>Highland; and 
>numbers for loop via Shady Ave.?)
>75	East Liberty-Wilkinsburg
>76	Hamilton 	(note: original 76 may have only gone to 
>Center St. in 
>Wilkinsburg, and via Jane St. was extension)
>77	Bloomfield
>77/54	North Side-Carrick via Bloomfield
>78	Laketon Road	  		1953
>78	Verona
>79	Shady
>80
>81	Atwood	  	  		1951
>82	Lincoln
>83
>84	Larimer
>85	Bedford
>86	East Liberty Express
>87	Ardmore
>88	Frankstown
>89	Frankstown
>90
>91
>92	Bloomfield
>93	New Kensington		note: West Penn cars
>94	Sharpsburg-Aspinwall		1960
>95	Butler Street		  	cutback 94, 1960
>96	East Liberty-62nd Street	1960
>97	Duquesne-McKeesport
>98	Glassport-Wilmerding
>98	Glassport
>99	Glassport-Evans Avenue
>
>W-1	Jefferson & Maiden	1953
>W-2
>W-3
>W-4	East & West		1953
>W-5	North Washington	1953
>
>Riverview-Roscoe	1925
>Butler Short Line	1931
>Harmony		  	1931
>Charleroi			1953
>Riverview			1953
>Washington			1953
>Canonsburg			1953
>Donora Local			1953
>Donora Interurban 	1925
>
>
>>----------------------8<----------------------------8<-----------------------
>>Pittsburgh Railways Route Numbers
>>From Bion J. Arnold, Report on the Pittsburgh Transportation Problem, 
>1910
>>
>>- 101	Spring Garden
>>- 102	Etna
>>- 102½	Pittsburgh and Butler
>>- 103	Millvale
>>- 104	High Bridge
>>- 104	Avalon and Emsworth
>>- 104	Avalon
>>- 105	Bellevue
>>- 105-8	Bellevue - West View
>>- 106	Perrysville Ave.
>>- 106½	Perrysville to Charles St.
>>- 107	Brighton Road
>>- 108	East St. and Madison Ave.
>>- 108-5	West View - Bellevue
>>- 109	Charles St.
>>- 110	Charles St. Transfer
>>- 111	Troy Hill
>>- 111½	Troy Hill via North Ave. and East St.
>>- 112	Rebecca St.
>>- 113	Penn via Union
>>- 114	Western Ave.
>>- 115	Union Line to Woods Run
>>- 114½	Union Bridge, Manchester Barn via Bidwell St.
>>- 115½	Union Line to West Run via Fulton, Franklin Sts.
>>- 116	Exposition Park - Old Baseball Grounds
>>
>>- 122	Superior and Shady Ave. Transfer
>>- 123	Spring Hill Transfer
>>- 124	Nunnery Hill
>>- 126	Pittsburgh, Harmony, Butler, New Castle
>>
>>- 201	West Park
>>- 202	Oakwood Park
>>- 202-3	Carnegie - Heidelberg
>>- 204	Crafton - Ingram
>>- 205	Crafton - Thornburg
>>- 206	Mt. Washington via West End
>>- 207	Elliott - Sheraden
>>- 208	Island Ave. and McKees Rocks
>>- 209	Coraopolis
>>- 210	P. & L.E. Transfer
>>
>>- 211	Shoenville Transfer
>>- 213	Mt. Washington via Tunnel
>>- 213A	Shiloh St., Mt. Washington
>>
>>- 301	Carson St.
>>- 302	HaysStation and 36th St.
>>- 303	Knoxville
>>- 304	Mt. Lebanon and Castle Shannon
>>- 305	Knoxville, Mt. Oliver and Carrick
>>
>>- 305A	J. & L. Trippers
>>- 306	Beltzhoover
>>- 307	Arlington Ave. and Union Depot
>>- 307A	Allentown
>>- 310	Carson St. via Tenth St. Bridge
>>
>>- 312	Beechview
>>- 313	Brookline
>>- 314	Bon Air
>>- 315	Sarah St. (horse car)
>>- 316	18th St. franchise
>>
>>- 317	Bell House
>>- 318	Carrick - Knoxville
>>
>>- 401	Glenwood via Second Ave.
>>- 402	Greenfield Ave.
>>- 403	Homstead, Braddock, Wilmerding
>>- 404	Corey Ave.
>>- 407	McKeesport
>>
>>- 408	Glassport and Wilmerding
>>- 409	Market St., McKeesport, Dravosburg
>>- 410	Walnut St., McKeesport, Dravosburg
>>- 411	Exposition Loop
>>- 413	Keating and Talbot Ave., Braddock
>>
>>- 413	Glenwood and Browns Bridge
>>
>>- 501	Homestead and McKeesport
>>- 502	East Pittsburgh via Homestead
>>- 503	East Pittsburgh via Wilkinsburg
>>- 503A	Hawkins via Wilkinsburg
>>- 504	Swissvale, Rankin and Braddock
>>
>>- 506	Homestead and Homeville
>>- 510	Trippers
>>- 518	Wilmerding, Pitcairn, Trafford City
>>- 521	Homestead via Shady, Penn Aves.
>>- 525	Library St.
>>
>>- 601	Forbes and Atwood Streets
>>- 602	Bloomfield Loop via Penn
>>- 602	Bloomfield Loop via Forbes
>>- 605	Oakland via Fifth
>>
>>- 702	Shady Ave. Loop via Penn
>>- 702	Shady Ave. Loop via Fifth
>>- 703	Fifth and Penn
>>- 704	Penn Ave.
>>- 705	Hamilton Ave.
>>
>>- 706	Frankstown Ave.
>>- 708	Wilkinsburg, Verona & Oakmont
>>- 711	Shady Ave. transfer
>>- 712	Wilkinsburg via Forbes St.
>>- 714	East Liberty Express
>>
>>- 716	Ardmore
>>- 716A	Ardmore Tripper
>>
>>- 801	Forbes St., Ellsworth, Larimer Aves.
>>- 801½	Fores St., Neville & Larimer
>>- 802	Euclid & St. Clair
>>- 803	S. Highland via Fifth
>>- 805	Center & Negley Ave.
>>
>>- 806	N. Highland via Forbes
>>- 807	Wylie, Center & Lincoln Ae.
>>
>>- 901	Wylie, Bedford & Herron Ave.
>>- 902	Wylie, Center & Larimer Ave.
>>- 903	Erin St.
>>
>>-1001	Sharpsburg & Aspinwall
>>-1001½	Allegheny Valley
>>-1002	Penn & Negley Aves.
>>-1002	Pann & Butler to Bridge St.
>>-1004	Sharpsburg - Etna Transfer
>>
>>-1101	Charleroi
>>-1102	Charleroi (local cars)
>>-1103	Donora
>>-1104	Lucyville
>>
>>-1202	Castle Shannon
>>
>>-1301	Tylersdale to E. Maiden St
>>-1302	Washington & Canonsburg Local
>>-1303	Washington to Pittsburgh
>>-1304	E. and W. Washington
>>-1305	Main St. and Locust St.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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