Washington Junction station

{{Short description|Pittsburgh Light Rail station}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox station | name = Washington Junction | style = PAAC | address = Library Road at Milford Road | borough = Bethel Park, Pennsylvania | coordinates = {{coord|40.3535|-80.0272|type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}} | image = 20060902 07 PAT Light Rail, Washington Jct (15412584993).jpg | image_caption = Washington Junction station, looking north | line = | platform = 2 side platforms | tracks = 2 | parking = 230 spaces | other = {{Bus icon}} MMVTA: A | structure = At-grade | opened = 1903 | rebuilt = 1984<ref name="1984opening">{{cite news |last1=Grata |first1=Joe |title=In Transit |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pittsburgh-press-south-hills-extensi/146419448/ |access-date=May 1, 2024 |work=The Pittsburgh Press |date=April 12, 1984 |pages=B1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pittsburgh-press-south-hills-station/146419479/ B10]|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref> | accessible = Yes | owned = Pittsburgh Regional Transit | passengers = 714<ref>{{cite web|url=https://paac.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=21b561fba9284378be9f1c620f2dd48e |title=System Map Winter 2018 |website=Port Authority }}</ref> | pass_year = 2018 | pass_percent = | pass_system = weekday boardings | services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=PRT |line1=Blue|left1=Smith Road|right1=Casswell |line2=Red|left2=Smith Road|right2=Casswell |line3=Silver|left3=Smith Road|right3=Hillcrest}} | other_services_header = Former services | other_services_collapsible = yes | other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=PAAC |line2=Blue Line|type2=Library|left2=Smith Road|right2=Mine 3|note-right2=Closed 2012 |line3=47D|type3=Gateway|left3=Smith Road|right3=Casswell }} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 15 | mapframe-marker-color = #000 | mapframe-marker = rail-light }} '''Washington Junction''' is a station on Pittsburgh Regional Transit's light rail network.<ref>{{PLR web|wash}}</ref> It is located in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. The facility is designed both as a transfer station for southbound travelers (the Red and Blue Lines continue toward Upper St. Clair and South Hills Village, while the Silver Line continues toward South Park and Library), and as a commuter park and ride facility. 230 spaces are located on site, designed for allowing travel to Downtown Pittsburgh by residents of northern Bethel Park and commuters who choose to use the stop by traveling from more eastern suburbs via Library or Broughton Roads.

==History== Washington Junction was once an important junction on the Pittsburgh Railways interurban service where the lines to Washington, Pennsylvania meets or diverges from the line to Charleroi. In 1953, both lines were cut back to the Allegheny County line at Drake and Library stations, respectively.<ref>{{cite book |url=http://eldorapark.com/trolley/era-forward.htm |title=Electric Railroads |volume=20 |date=July 1952 |publisher=Electric Railroaders Association, Inc |location=Lackawanna Terminal, Hoboken, New Jersey |accessdate=6 June 2009}}</ref>

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== External links == {{commons category-inline|Washington Junction (PAT station)}} *[http://www.portauthority.org/PAAC/CustomerInfo/BuswaysandT/LightRailTransitSystem/TStations/tabid/189/Default.aspx Port Authority T Stations Listings] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080422200249/http://www.portauthority.org/PAAC/CustomerInfo/BuswaysandT/LightRailTransitSystem/TStations/tabid/189/Default.aspx |date=April 22, 2008 }} *[https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=40.353568,-80.027193&spn=0.003843,0.01339&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.353569,-80.027198&panoid=xEtq1oo9Q6uvo1uEx66TZA&cbp=12,261.56,,0,5.41 Station from Google Maps Street View]

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