[PRCo] Re: finally Port Authority starts to restructure around T
John Swindler
j_swindler at hotmail.com
Sat Aug 25 12:33:48 EDT 2007
Website has current schedules. Try this for new 36A schedule with
reinstated shuttle routes. Looks like a 2 Sept. effective date.
http://www.portauthority.org/paac/Portals/0/36A_9-2-07.pdf
John
>From: robert simpson <bobs at pacbell.net>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: finally Port Authority starts to restructure around T
>Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 08:10:10 -0700 (PDT)
>
>For those interested in schedules, PAT has them on its web site. Also has
>route maps but I don't know how well this site is maintained and if the
>schedules are up-to-date.
>
> see: http://www.portauthority.org/paac/default.aspx
>
> Are these still printed and made available on the busses in the little
>holders by the doors?
>
> Bob Simpson
>
>John Swindler <j_swindler at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>Jefferson and Inglewood fed into 42/38 at Clearview, along with Sunset
>Hills. Proposed PAT routes generally duplicate the old PRC routes, although
>that is not how the PAT press release is spun. One of them may have also
>fed 35/36 at Castle Shannon.
>
>Yes, 44/49 bus replacement would have terminated next to junction before
>tunnel paved. Vague impression there were others, but early 1970s was a
>looooooong time ago.
>
>PRC had lots of feeder buses. In the Wilkinsburg area, there was a 78
>replacement that went to Oakmont, another one to Breckinridge, and one
>around Regent Square. There were also trolley feeders: Shoenville,
>Thornburg, Bon Air, Corey Ave., Oakmont, Atwood, 38A, and I would also
>suggest Sarah St., just to throw out a potential trivia answer. And not to
>overlook the inclines and the Washington city lines and Donora (in later
>years).
>
>There's nothing original about shuttle transit routes in Pittsburgh, at
>least for the members of this list.
>
>John
>
>
> >From: "Bob Dietrich"
> >Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> >To:
>
> >Subject: [PRCo] Re: finally Port Authority starts to restructure around T
> >Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:25:09 -0400
> >
> >Also - am I wrong or did they pave over South Hills Junction BEFORE they
> >started running busses through the tunnel. Didn't those buses that
> >terminated next to the Admin building constitute feeders?
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> >[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of Herb
> >Brannon
> >Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 1:39 PM
> >To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> >Subject: [PRCo] Re: finally Port Authority starts to restructure around T
> >
> >My, how quickly they forget !!!!! PRCo used the feeder bus to rail
>service
> >for decades. Also, I believe the Jefferson and Inglewood bus routes were
>in
> >place at one time and fed into the 35/36/37 trunk at or near Castle
>Shannon
> >Municipal Bldg (nee Car House).
> >Derrick J Brashear wrote:
> >http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07235/811488-147.stm
> >
> >I guess they got the message. We'll see how it works out.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Herb Brannon
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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