Neeld
Former Pittsburgh Light Rail station
General information
LocationBroadway Avenue and Neeld Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA
Coordinates40°24′08″N 80°01′52″W / 40.4023°N 80.0311°W / 40.4023; -80.0311
Owned byPort Authority
Tracks2
History
Opened1987
Closed2012
Former services
Preceding station Port Authority of Allegheny County Following station
Shiras
toward Allegheny
Red Line
Overbrook Junction
via Beechview
Stevenson

Neeld was a station on the Port Authority of Allegheny County's light rail network, located in the Beechview neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The street level stop was located on a small island platform in the middle of Broadway Avenue, through which the T travels along former streetcar tracks. The station served a densely populated residential area through which bus service is limited because of the hilly terrain.

Neeld was one of eleven stops closed on June 25, 2012 as part of a system-wide consolidation effort.[1]

The station in 2017.

History

The stop was the location of the turning loop of the Pittsburgh Railways 43 Neeld Avenue streetcar service.

References

  1. "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.


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