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

[Dwight Long]

Fred

And John Baxter as well.  Does Art Ellis have any comments on this sad state 
of affairs?

Dwight

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2012 4:17 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Fw: [Mileage] PAT Penn Sta. Spur


>I am looking at new schedules for South Hills Village and Library via 
>Overbook dated 3/25/12.   There may not be Shannon short turns because 
>there is no way to turn it back but there is service past Shannon via 
>Overbrook.
>
> What isn't happening is the service through Dormont to South Hills Village 
> no longer exists.  You have to get off the Red Line car (old 42/38) at 
> Castle Shannon and walk 400 to 500 feet to catch the Blue line car if you 
> live in Mt. Lebanon or Dormont and want to go to the mall.
>
> Hardly rapid transit ... That I will agree with.  Cars are governed for 30 
> mph and run mostly at 25.    Fitzgerald and Palmer must be rolling over in 
> their graves in anguish.   Wonder if the highway lobby got to them and 
> demanded that they not exceed what you can do on route 88!
>
>
> On Apr 15, 2012, at 3:45 PM, Dwight Long wrote:
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>> List
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>> Is this correct?  No more service along former route 37?
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>> 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
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>> ----- 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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