Pittsburgh Railways

Pittsburgh Railways Company
PCC 1647 on a fantrip in Downtown Pittsburgh, signed for route 77/54
Overview
HeadquartersPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
LocaleAllegheny County and Washington County, Pennsylvania
Dates of operation1902–1964
PredecessorPittsburgh and Castle Shannon Railroad
Consolidated Traction Company
Southern Traction Company
United Traction Company of Pittsburgh
SuccessorPort Authority of Allegheny County
Technical
Track gauge5 ft 2+12 in (1,588 mm)
Pennsylvania trolley gauge
Length400 miles (640 km) in 1902
606 miles (975 km) in 1918

Pittsburgh Railways was one of the predecessors of Pittsburgh Regional Transit. It had 666 PCC cars, the third largest fleet in North America (after Toronto (745) and Chicago (683)). It had 68 streetcar routes, of which only three (until April 5, 2010, the 42 series, the 47 series, and 52) are used by the Port Authority as light rail routes. With the Port Authority's Transit Development Plan, many route names will be changed to its original, such as the 41D Brookline becoming the 39 Brookline. Many of the streetcar routes have been remembered in the route names of many Port Authority buses (e.g. 71 series).