Gateway, location of this image, is the downtown
terminal for the light rail, and is one
of three subway stations. Next stop out is Wood St.,
and then comes Steel Plaza, after which the line comes out into the
open. There is then an additional stop downtown near the river
before
the route crosses the Monongahela on Panhandle Bridge. Most trains
-- all but the few peak-period Allentown runs -- twist off
the bridge descent on the South Side to reach busy Station Square, after
which comes the Mt. Washington tunnel and then South Hills Junction.
The
subway routing dates back to 1985; it was constructed as part of a massive
modernization of the city's remaining, very diminished, rail system. Prior
to its opening trolleys utilized surface running through downtown to make a broad
circuit along busy city streets |
