First Avenue station is a station on
Pittsburgh Regional Transit
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's
light rail
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network. The station is part of the light rail's Downtown Pittsburgh free zone, and passengers embarking here may travel for free to any of the other stations within the zone (
Steel Plaza
Steel Plaza station is a station on the Pittsburgh Regional Transit's Pittsburgh Light Rail, light rail network, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It serves the city's Downtown Pittsburgh, Downtown district and is located at the intersectio ...
,
Wood Street, Gateway, North Side and
Allegheny).
The station was a
new addition
New Addition, also called West Harbor, is a small triangular neighborhood in the Indiana Harbor (East Chicago), Indiana Harbor section of East Chicago, Indiana, west of Kennedy Avenue, east of the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal, and north of United ...
to the light rail system in 2001, located in the PNC Firstside Complex, just before the tracks dip into the
subway tunnel. It was opened on November 16, 2001 to provide better access to the southern quarter of downtown, which includes city and state government offices, major office buildings such as
Oxford Centre
One Oxford Centre is a 45-story skyscraper in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The complex is named for Oxford Development Company, the developer and previous owner. Among the commercial tenants of One Oxford Centre are Buchanan Ingersoll & ...
and the
Grant Building, downtown educational facilities such as
Point Park University
Point Park University is a private university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Formerly known as Point Park College, the school name was revised in 2004 to reflect the number of graduate programs being offered. In 2021, it had a total undergraduate ...
,
Duquesne University
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and the
Art Institute of Pittsburgh
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, and the many smaller office structures that mark this area of the Golden Triangle. It cost $6.7 million to construct.
Bus connections
*67 Monroeville
*69 Trafford
*65 Squirrel Hill
See also
*
Grant Street Station (former train station near site of First Avenue station)
References
External links
Port Authority T Stations Listings
Port Authority of Allegheny County stations
Railway stations in the United States opened in 2001
Railway stations in Pennsylvania at university and college campuses
2001 establishments in Pennsylvania
Blue Line (Pittsburgh)
Red Line (Pittsburgh)
Silver Line (Pittsburgh)
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