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Steel Plaza | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pittsburgh Light Rail station | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | Sixth Avenue and Grant Street Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°26′28″N 79°59′48″W / 40.4411°N 79.9966°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Pittsburgh Regional Transit | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Downtown subway | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms, 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | most downtown bus routes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | July 3, 1985[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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2020 | 4,674[2] (weekday boardings) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Steel Plaza station is a station on the Pittsburgh Regional Transit's light rail network, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[3] It serves the city's Downtown district and is located at the intersection of Grant Street and Oliver Avenue. The station consists of an outbound (southbound) side platform and an inbound island platform, with one track for trains to Wood Street and the other for a disused branch line to Union Station. The station has rights to 4.25 acres[4] underground Mellon Green and is accessible by means of a tunnel that connects BNY Mellon Center and the US Steel Tower. It is also the closest station to PPG Paints Arena and the primary station used for the Pittsburgh Penguins' home games.
The busiest station in the system[citation needed], in addition to being directly connected to BNY Mellon Center and the Steel Tower, it provides access to eastern and central portions of downtown. Major office buildings including the Gulf Tower, 525 William Penn Place, and the Koppers Building are also only a block away, along with the many early 20th-century skyscrapers that make up downtown's inner core. The city's Uptown (commonly known as The Bluff) neighborhood and Duquesne University is also within a short walk.