Mesta 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.
Mesta | |||||||||||
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.svg){kind=small} Pittsburgh Light Rail station | |||||||||||
 The inbound platform | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Brightwood Road at Mesta Street, Bethel Park, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°19′52″N 80°01′51″W / 40.3310°N 80.0308°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Pittsburgh Regional Transit | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | street level | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1903 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1987 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2018 | 28[1] (weekday boardings) | ||||||||||
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History
editA stop was established at Mesta 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
edit- ^ "System Map Winter 2018". Port Authority.
- ^ John Baxter (July 1952). Electric Railroads, Number Twenty. Lackawanna Terminal, Hoboken, New Jersey: Electric Railroaders Association, Inc. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
- ^ 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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