[PRCo] Schedules

[Jim Holland]

Good Morning!!

> Harold Geissenheimer wrote:

> Remember that there is no layover downtown.  So its a round trip
> before recovery time.  Not as bad as you might think.
> In PCC days, it was always necessary to fit Library cars inbetween Drake
> cars.  The present LRT must fit inbetween South Hills Village cars.

	And the Library--Interurban operated on 60--minute headways on Sunday from about 1959
forward with only an 8--minute layover on the outer end.   Drake was a little better with
about 15--16--minutes layover.

	As late as 1956.10.14, Schedules on Library and Drake on Sunday was every 40--minutes!! 
Here are the leaving times from downtown Pgh. for Library:::::::

AM-->  5.30  6.10  6.50  7.20  7.50  8.40  9.20  10.00  10.40  11.20;   PM-->   12.00 
12.40  1.20  2.00  2.40  3.20  4.00  4.40  5.20  6.00  6.40  7.20  8.00  8.40  9.20 
10.00  10.40  11.20   AM-->   12.00  12.30  1.00  1.30  2.00  3.30  4.00

	Note that there are some 30--minute headways early morning and very late night.

	Drake service was 40-minutes with the first car in the morning on Sunday leaving Drake at
8.02--AM, rather late, yes?!   First Drake car leaving downtown was at 7.34-AM!

	Saturday morning service on Library at this date was every 24--minutes until 9.26--AM,
then every 20-min until 11.06--AM, then back to every 24--min.   With Drake operating the
same headways, service thru Washington Jct was every 10--12--minutes all day long   ---  
not bad at all!

>> John Swindler wrote:

>> I like the PAT Sunday schedule for Library.  30 min. headway with 28-32 min.
>> layover at Simmons Loop.  How fortunate that public transit in Pittsburgh
>> has unlimited funding.

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James B. Holland

Holland  Electric  Railway  Operation
    "O"--Scale  St.-Petersburg Trams Company Trolleycars  &
        "O"--Scale  Parts  mailto:pghpcc at pacbell.net
        Pennsylvania Trolley Museum (PTM) http://www.pa-trolley.org/
    Pittsburgh  Railways  Company  (PRCo),   1930  --  1950
N.M.R.A.  Life member #2190; http://www.nmra.org

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