Grant Street Station

This article is about the historical commuter rail station. For the current Pittsburgh intercity bus terminal, see Grant Street Transportation Center. For the station at the current site, see First Avenue station (PAAC).

For the Transperth station, see Grant Street railway station.

Grant Street Station

Commuter rail

Grant Street B&O Station in 1968

General information
Location| Grant & 1st
Pittsburgh, PA
Coordinates| 40°26′10″N 79°59′54″W﻿ / ﻿40.43611°N 79.99833°W﻿ / 40.43611; -79.99833
Owned by| B&O/CSXT
History
Opened| 1957
Closed| 1989
Former services
| Preceding station  | Port Authority of Allegheny County | Following station

|
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Terminus |  | PATrain |  | Braddock

toward Versailles

Grant Street Station, also known as the B&O Pittsburgh Terminal, was a passenger rail station on Grant Street downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) announced plans for it on May 3, 1955, after selling the original B&O Station bordering the Monongahela River to the state for construction of Interstate 376. It opened in 1957 to serve commuter rail traffic; all intercity traffic continued to use the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad's (P&LE) station (now called Station Square). However during the late 1950s the B&O ran a two-car (RDC'S) inter-city train to/from Washington DC. If traffic warranted, three units were used as a single train. They were nicknamed "Daylighters" because of their morning departures and late afternoon arrivals. Grant Street was the last such privately owned train station built in Pennsylvania.[1]

After the Port Authority of Allegheny County (PAT) assumed control of the B&O's Pittsburgh--McKeesport--Versailles commuter route in 1975 (which it re-branded PATrain), Grant Street continued to serve as the Pittsburgh depot for this service. PAT discontinued the service in 1989; Grant Street itself was demolished in 1998. The site is now home to PNC Firstside Complex and the First Avenue light rail station.[2]

## See also

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* Eliza Furnace Trail
* Union Station (Pittsburgh)
* Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal

## References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Grant Street Station (Pittsburgh).

1. ^ Cupper, Dan (2002). Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania trail of history guide. ISBN 9780811729567. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
2. ^ "PNC Firstside Center" (PDF). Western Pennsylvania Brownfields Center. Summer 2007. Retrieved 2011-05-30.

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