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The Blue Line - South Hills Village (formerly the 47S South Hills Village via Overbrook) is a line on the Pittsburgh Light Rail
Pittsburgh Light Rail
The Pittsburgh Light Rail is a light rail system in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; it functions as a subway in Downtown Pittsburgh and largely as an at-grade light rail service in the suburbs. The system is owned and operated by the Port Authority of Allegheny County...

 system that runs between South Hills Village
South Hills Village
South Hills Village is a two-level shopping mall located in the Pittsburgh suburbs of Bethel Park and Upper St. Clair. It was developed by the Oxford Development Co. as the first shopping complex to be built as a fully enclosed structure. The two-level complex is currently owned by Simon Property...

 and Downtown Pittsburgh via the Overbrook
Overbrook (Pittsburgh)
Overbrook is a neighborhood on Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's South Hills area. It has a zip codes of 15227, 15234 and 15210 and has representation on Pittsburgh City Council by the council member for District 4 . Originally called Fairhaven, the name was changed to Overbrook when breaking away from...

 neighborhood. The Blue Line - South Hills Village was created in 1987 to complement on the Red Line, which runs through Beechview
Beechview (Pittsburgh)
Beechview is a neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's South Hills area. It has a zip code of 15216, and has representation on Pittsburgh City Council by both the council member for District 4 and for District 2 . Beechview was founded in 1905. It is Pittsburgh Fire Bureau Zone 4-10 and...

 before reaching the same terminus. This line was originally operated using PCC's, most notably the 4000 series
Port Authority 4000 Series PCC
The 4000 Series PCC was a streetcar used by the Port Authority of Allegheny County. The PCC streetcar was designed by the Presidents' Conference Committee, a group of transit operators in the United States and Canada. The 4000's were a series of cars completely rebuilt from cars built in 1949 by...

, because the new light rail cars were incompatible with the Overbbrook line due to its age and condition. The line was suspended when the Overbrook Line closed in 1993, but was reinstated after that line was rebuilt and reopened in 2004.

Station List

Station Name Station Type Other Services Municipality
South Hills Village
South Hills Village (PAT station)
South Hills Village is a station on the Port Authority of Allegheny County's light rail network. It is the southern terminus of both the 42S and 47S. Port Authority's switching yard and shops are located just west of the station. The station is located in Upper St. Clair and is adjacent to the...

 
high level Red Line Upper St. Clair
Upper St. Clair, Pennsylvania
Upper St. Clair Township is a Home Rule Municipality and township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located about south of Pittsburgh. The population was 20,053 at the 2000 census.-History:...

Dorchester
Dorchester (PAT station)
Dorchester is a station on the Port Authority of Allegheny County's light rail network, located in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. The street level stop was added to the route to serve the nearby Dorchester Apartment complex, for which the stop was named...

 
street level Red Line Bethel Park
Bethel Park, Pennsylvania
Bethel Park is a home rule municipality in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and is part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area, approximately 7 miles southwest of Pittsburgh...

Bethel Village
Bethel Village (PAT station)
Bethel Village is a station on the Port Authority of Allegheny County's light rail network, located in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. This street level stop is designed to serve area residents that can walk to the station as well as shoppers who want to access the variety of big box stores located near...

 
street level Red Line Bethel Park
Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara (PAT station)
Santa Barbara 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.- External links...

 
street level Red Line Bethel Park
Highland
Highland (PAT station)
Highland is a station on the Port Authority of Allegheny County's light rail network, located in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. Located in a railroad cut, the stop is designed as a small commuter stop, serving area residents who walk to the train so they can be taken toward Downtown Pittsburgh.-...

 
street level Red Line Bethel Park
Casswell
Casswell (PAT station)
Casswell 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.Casswell is sometimes...

 
street level Red Line Bethel Park
Washington Junction
Washington Junction (PAT station)
Washington Junction is a station on the Port Authority of Allegheny County's light rail network. It is located in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. The facility is designed both as a transfer station for southbound travelers Washington Junction is a station on the Port Authority of Allegheny County's...

 
high level Red Line, Blue Line - Library Bethel Park
Smith Road
Smith Road (PAT station)
Smith Road is a station on the Port Authority of Allegheny County's light rail network, located in Castle Shannon, 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.- External links...

 
street level Red Line, Blue Line - Library Castle Shannon
Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania
Castle Shannon is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and is part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area. The population was 8,316 at the 2010 census.-Geography:...

St. Anne's
St. Anne's (PAT station)
St. Anne's is a station on the Port Authority of Allegheny County's light rail network, located in Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania. Unlike every other small, street level stop along the network, St. Anne's features a parking lot. 130 spaces are available to commuters, and the station is also within...

 
street level Red Line, Blue Line - Library Castle Shannon
Martin Villa
Martin Villa (PAT station)
Martin Villa is a station on the Port Authority of Allegheny County's light rail network, located in Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania. The street level stop was incorporated into the system to serve an apartment complex of the same name...

 
street level Red Line, Blue Line - Library Castle Shannon
Willow
Willow (PAT station)
Willow is a station on the Overbrook branch of the Port Authority of Allegheny County's light rail network. It is located in Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania. It is a transfer point between the Beechview and Overbrook lines...

 
high level Blue Line - Library Castle Shannon
Memorial Hall
Memorial Hall (PAT station)
Memorial Hall is a station on the Overbrook branch of the Port Authority of Allegheny County's light rail network. It is located in Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania. The station serves primarily as a park and ride center, with 340 spaces available for commuters. A variety of residents also walk...

 
high level Blue Line - Library Castle Shannon
Killarney
Killarney (PAT station)
Killarney is a station on the Overbrook branch of the Port Authority of Allegheny County's light rail network. It is located in Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania. The station features no parking and connecting buses, but is located in a crowded residential neighborhood and provides easy access for local...

 
high level Blue Line - Library Castle Shannon
McNeilly
McNeilly (PAT station)
McNeilly is a station on the Overbrook branch of the Port Authority of Allegheny County's light rail network. It is located in the Overbrook neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...

 
high level Blue Line - Library Pittsburgh
South Bank
South Bank (PAT station)
South Bank is a station on the Overbrook branch of the Port Authority of Allegheny County's light rail network. It is located in the Brookline neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The station is a major transit facility, serving as not only a right rail stop but also along the South Busway, a...

 
high level Blue Line - Library Pittsburgh
Denise
Denise (PAT station)
Denise is a station on the Overbrook branch of the Port Authority of Allegheny County's light rail network. It is located in the Carrick neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...

 
high level Blue Line - Library Pittsburgh
Bon Air
Bon Air (PAT station)
Bon Air is a station on the Overbrook branch of the Port Authority of Allegheny County's light rail network. It is located in the Bon Air neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Bon Air is a high level handicap accessible station that exits into Bon Air from a valley bellow Roseton Avenue...

 
high level Blue Line - Library Pittsburgh
Boggs
Boggs (PAT station)
Boggs is a station on the Overbrook branch of the Port Authority of Allegheny County's light rail network. It is located in the Beltzhoover neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Boggs is a high level handicap accessible station that exits onto Boggston Ave. and Sylvania Ave...

 
high level Blue Line - Library Pittsburgh
South Hills Junction
South Hills Junction (PAT station)
South Hills Junction is a station on the Port Authority of Allegheny County's light rail network. This station served as the original "merge point" of the inbound Beechview and Overbrook branches of the light rail system, just before the run under Mount Washington through the Mount Washington...

 
high level Red Line, Blue Line - Library, Blue Line - South Hills Village, Brown Line Pittsbugh
Station Square
Station Square (PAT station)
Station Square is a Transit station on the Port Authority of Allegheny County's light rail network. It is the last Transit station on the south side of the Monongahela River.This station is named for the nearby mixed-use development Station Square...

 
high level Red Line, Blue Line - Library, Blue Line - South Hills Village Pittsburgh
First Avenue
First Avenue (PAT station)
First Avenue is a station on the Port Authority of Allegheny County's Pittsburgh Light Rail 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 .The station was a new addition...

 
high level Red Line, Blue Line - Library, Blue Line - South Hills Village, Brown Line Pittsburgh
Steel Plaza
Steel Plaza (PAT station)
Steel Plaza is a station on the Port Authority of Allegheny County's light rail network. The station is located at Grant St and Oliver Avenue in Downtown Pittsburgh. The station consists of an outbound side platform and an inbound island platform, with one track for trains to Wood Street and the...

 
underground Red Line, Blue Line - Library, Blue Line - South Hills Village, Brown Line Pittsburgh
Wood Street
Wood Street (PAT station)
Wood Street is a station on the Port Authority of Allegheny County's light rail network. With the closure of Gateway Center, Wood Street is the northern terminus of the network. Passengers embarking at Wood Street may travel free to any of the other stations in the Downtown area– First Avenue...

 
underground Red Line, Blue Line - Library, Blue Line - South Hills Village, Brown Line Pittsburgh
Gateway Center
Gateway Center (PAT station)
Gateway Center was a station on the Port Authority of Allegheny County's Pittsburgh Light Rail network, and until October 30, 2009 it was the "T" system's westernmost extent within downtown Pittsburgh. The Port Authority closed Gateway Center as part of construction work on the North Shore...

underground Red Line, Blue Line - Library, Blue Line - South Hills Village, Brown Line Pittsburgh

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