[PRCo] Fw: [Mileage] PAT Penn Sta. Spur

[Dwight Long]

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Is this correct?  No more service along former route 37?  

Also, I had thought service to Union Station had ended some time ago.  Did it end and then get reinstated, or what?  When I rode the first afternoon trip a few years ago, the motorman had to stop and unlock the gate in the cyclone fence and move it off the tracks.  Hardly rapid transit!

Dwight

----- Original Message ----- 
From: walt stringer 
To: mileage at conjelco.com 
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 10:32 PM
Subject: [Mileage] PAT Penn Sta. Spur


      While in Pittsburgh, Pa. earlier today to ride the new 1.2 mile, 2 station LRT North Shore Connector, I noted that LRT service to Penn Station has been halted as of 3/26/12 when the new line opened. The Penn Station spur served the Amtrak/PRR station and was built on the former PRR alignment that connected the station to the Panhandle Bridge for trains to/from Cincinnati, St; Louis, etc. The Spur in recent years was used only for a few peak trips on weekdays, and has not been abandoned but the station is barricaded. Also eliminated 3/26 was scheduled LRT service via Overbrook. The original Gateway station, which also had an underground turning loop from the PCC era, is disconnected and replaced by a sharp turn to the new line and platform, leaving Pittsburgh as one of a handful of cities with an abandoned subway platform/line. Both the Red and Blue Line timetables were reissued 3/26, check website at Port Authority.org for details. 



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