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| Mind the Curve!Where PCCs ran: Spring 2000 finds LRV 4123 inbound on the Library line, PCC-operated up to 1988 --Roger DuPuis photo. |
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Port Authority Rail Routes:
Pre- and Post-LRT
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NOTES Mt. Lebanon 42 42/38 a South Hills Village via Beechview 42S new route - Library via Beechview 42L new route b Shannon - Overbrook 47 37 c Drake via Overbrook 47D 36 c,d Library via Overbrook 47L 35 b,c South Hills Village via Overbrook 47S new route c Allentown 52 49 e Subway Local n/a n/a f Notes
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DETAILS a 42 Mt. Lebanon was one short-turn working of Route 42S, and is no longer seen on public schedules b 47S Replaced 47L circa 1988. LRVs using Library tracks could not operate over Overbrook c Overbrook services suspended 6/6/93 d Truncated Drake operated as a shuttle between Drake and Castle Shannon, 6/93-9/99 using PCCs e Formerly 49 Arlington-Warrington; LRVs came equipped with signs using the former route name. Suspended from 11/21/86 to 5/17/93 due to drawn-out street and track reconstruction projects. Suspended again from 6/6/93 to 10/31/93 while routes 42S and 42L were detoured over the line during tunnel track construction f Operated between downtown and Station Square during Mt. Washington Transit Tunnel reconstruction, 6/6/93-10/ 31/93. Currently, six trips are run between downtown and South Hills Junction each weekday for the benefit of lunchtime riders.
