South Bank station (Pittsburgh Regional Transit)

South Bank

Pittsburgh Light Rail station

General information

Location

off of Saw Mill Run Boulevard
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Coordinates

40°23′35″N 79°59′54″W / 40.3930°N 79.9983°W

Owned by

Pittsburgh Regional Transit

Platforms

4 side platforms

Tracks

Bus routes

Y1, Y45, Y46, Y47, Y49

Construction

Accessible

Yes

History

Opened

1977

Rebuilt

June 2, 2004^[1]

Passengers

2018

141^[2] (weekday boardings)

Services

Preceding station		Following station
Denise toward Allegheny	Blue Line	McNeilly toward South Hills Village
Denise toward Allegheny	Silver Line	McNeilly toward Library
Whited toward Station Square	South Busway	Central toward Glenbury

Former services

Preceding station		Following station
Ansonia toward Gateway	47D Drake 1984–1993	Central toward Drake
	47L Library via Overbrook	Central toward Library
	47S South Hills Village via Overbrook	Central toward South Hills Village

Location

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 Overbrook neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The station is a major transit facility, serving as not only a light rail stop but also as a bus stop along the South Busway, a bus rapid transit route. The station is also designed to serve the crowded and mostly residential community that surrounds the site.

History

South Bank was opened in 1977, as a stop on the then-new South Busway, which served as the final connection point to the Overbrook line before reaching South Hills Junction, since the streetcar line left the busway at this point and crossed Route 51. In 1993, the Overbrook line was suspended, and the stop became a bus-only stop. Rail service returned when the Overbrook line was rebuilt in 2004, and was the only stop on the once shared portion of the busway to return as a rail-busway connection point.