Martin Villa station

Martin Villa

Former Pittsburgh Light Rail station

The station site in 2017. Nothing remains.

General information

Location

Willow Avenue at Baldwin Avenue, Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania

Coordinates

40°21′48″N 80°01′42″W / 40.3634°N 80.0284°W

Owned by

Port Authority

Tracks

Construction

Structure type

street level

History

Opened

May 22, 1987^[1]

Closed

June 25, 2012^[2]

Former services

Preceding station		Following station
Willow toward Allegheny	Blue Line Library	St. Anne's toward Library
Willow toward Allegheny	Blue Line South Hills Village via Overbrook	St. Anne's toward South Hills Village
Overbrook Junction toward Allegheny	Red Line South Hills Village via Beechview	St. Anne's toward South Hills Village
Castle Shannon Terminus	47D Drake 1993–1999	St. Anne's toward Drake
Municipal Building toward Gateway	47D Drake 1984–1993	St. Anne's toward Drake

Location

Martin Villa was 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. On the opposite side of the street, a variety of residences were within walking distance.

Martin Villa was one of eleven stops closed on June 25, 2012, as part of a system-wide consolidation effort.^[2]

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History

The stop dated back to the PCC streetcar era, being at the transition between center street and off street reserved right of way.^[3]

References

^ Grata, Joe (May 17, 1987). "Newest LRT Link Opening Friday". The Pittsburgh Press. pp. A1, A16. Retrieved May 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b "Eleven T Stops Close June 25". Port Authority of Allegheny County. June 22, 2012. Archived from the original on August 18, 2012. Retrieved July 22, 2012.
^ "LRT in Pittsburgh". August 13, 2009. Retrieved February 15, 2010.