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Boggs
Pittsburgh Light Rail station
Looking north
General information
LocationBoggston and Sylvania Avenues
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°24′58″N 80°00′37″W / 40.4161°N 80.0102°W / 40.4161; -80.0102
Owned byPittsburgh Regional Transit
Line(s)Overbrook Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
AccessibleYes
History
RebuiltJune 2, 2004
Passengers
201837 (weekday boardings)
Services
Preceding station Pittsburgh Regional Transit Following station
South Hills Junctiontoward Allegheny Blue Line Bon Airtoward South Hills Village
Silver Line Bon Airtoward Library
Former services
Preceding station Port Authority of Allegheny County Following station
South Hills Junctiontoward Gateway 47D Drake1984–1993 Morse Stepstoward Drake
47L Libraryvia Overbrook Morse Stepstoward Library
47S South Hills Villagevia Overbrook Morse Stepstoward South Hills Village
Location

Boggs is a station on the Overbrook branch of Pittsburgh Regional Transit's light rail network. It is located in the Beltzhoover neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Boggs is a high level handicap accessible station that exits onto Boggston Avenue and Sylvania Avenue. The station serves commuters from the hilly, residential neighborhood.

History

Boggs station opened on June 2, 2004, one of eight new platform equipped stations which replaced thirty-three streetcar style stops along the Overbrook branch.

References

  1. ^ Grata, Joe (June 2, 2004). "Overbrook Rail Service Throttles Up". Pittsburgh Press-Gazette. pp. A9, A12. Retrieved May 6, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. "System Map Winter 2018". Port Authority. Archived from the original on 2016-03-16. Retrieved 2019-02-19.

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