Allegheny station (Pittsburgh Regional Transit)

Allegheny
Pittsburgh Light Rail station
General information
Location Allegheny Avenue and Reedsdale Street
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40.4479°N 80.0178°W / 40.4479; -80.0178
Owned by Pittsburgh Regional Transit
Line(s) North Shore Connector
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type Elevated
Accessible Yes
History
Opened March 25, 2012
Passengers
2020 3,743 (weekday boardings)
Services
Preceding station Pittsburgh Regional Transit Following station
Terminus Blue Line North Side
Red Line
Silver Line North Side
toward Library

Allegheny station is a station on the Pittsburgh Regional Transit's Pittsburgh Light Rail network, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The stop serves the North Shore neighborhood and other adjacent neighborhoods. Among the locations within walking distance are: Acrisure Stadium, the Pittsburgh Steelers football stadium; Rivers Casino; the Stage AE amphitheater; Community College of Allegheny County's Allegheny Campus; and Carnegie Science Center.

This station currently acts as the northern terminus of the Pittsburgh Light Rail system, and it is most distant station of the North Shore Connector project. It also marks the beginning of the Light Rail system's six-station "Free Fare Zone" within which riders do not need to pay to ride.

Bus bays are located under the elevated station.

Future developments

Although Allegheny station is currently a terminus, in the future, Pittsburgh Regional Transit plans to extend service westward toward Pittsburgh International Airport as well as northward into the North Hills area.