King's School station

King's School is a station on the Port Authority of Allegheny County's light rail network, located in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. The street level stop is designed as a small commuter stop, serving area residents who walk to the train so they can be taken toward Downtown Pittsburgh.

King's School
Pittsburgh Light Rail station
Looking north
LocationLibrary Road at King's School Road
Bethel Park, PA
Coordinates40.3080°N 80.0332°W / 40.3080; -80.0332
Owned byPort Authority
Tracks2
History
Opened1903
Passengers
201850[1] (weekday boardings)
Services
Preceding station Port Authority of Allegheny County Following station
Logan
toward Allegheny
 Silver Line Beagle
toward Library

History

A stop was established at Kings School when the Pittsburgh Railways interurban line from Charleroi to Pittsburgh was opened through Bethel Park on September 12, 1903. Passengers initially changed at Castle Shannon to continue their journey to Downtown via the Pittsburgh and Castle Shannon Railroad.[2] It was cut back to Library in 1953 and was converted from PCC operation to Light Rail in 1988.[3]

References
  1. "System Map Winter 2018". Port Authority.
  2. John Baxter (July 1952). Electric Railroads, Number Twenty. Lackawanna Terminal, Hoboken, New Jersey: Electric Railroaders Association, Inc. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
  3. Roger T. DuPuis II (18 February 2002). "Pittsburgh Railways Online - PCC and Light Rail History: 1936-1999". Retrieved 12 August 2009.


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