The McKeesport Transportation Center is a bus, and formerly train, station located in

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History

The station was served by the PATrain commuter rail service between

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and

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, and its predecessor, the

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operated Pittsburgh - Mckeesport - Versailles commuter service.

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's ''

Capitol Limited The ''Capitol Limited'' is a temporarily discontinued daily Amtrak train between Washington, D.C., and Chicago, running via Pittsburgh and Cleveland. Service began in 1981. On November 10, 2024, Amtrak temporarily combined the ''Capitol Limit ...

'' began stopping in McKeesport in 1982. PATrain service was discontinued in April 1989, and replaced by an express bus service from McKeesport. The ''Capitol Limited'' ceased to stop in 1991, and in the months prior an average of one passenger boarded at McKeesport per journey. The McKeesport Transportation Center has remained the primary transit hub of the greater McKeesport area. In response to significant cutbacks to routes in the region by the

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, Heritage Community Transportation began serving the station in 2014. In 2017 the complex underwent a $1 million redevelopment, which included demolition of aging structures, new road and parking surfaces, Port Authority driver rest facilities and new shelters.

Services

The McKeesport Transportation Center is currently served by the

and Heritage Community Transportation. The current Port Authority routes are the 56 Lincoln Place, 61C McKeesport-Homestead and P7 McKeesport Flyer. A number of additional routes stop kerbside on Lyle Boulevard. The current Heritage route serves a number of adjacent communities.

Facilities

There is a

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lot by the station.

References

External links

McKeesport Transportation Center Project
* * * {{Amtrak Pennsylvania stations Bus stations in Pennsylvania Former railway stations in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania McKeesport, Pennsylvania Railway stations in the United States closed in 1991 Former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad stations