Tag: Westfield Stop

  • Rebuilding the Red Line

    Construction at the Hampshire Avenue grade crossing

    The Red Line has been closed between South Hills Junction and Potomac for extensive reconstruction. The workers did not dally: as soon as the line was closed, it was covered with construction equipment, and Pittsburgh Regional Transit has posted signs at all the shuttle-bus stops informing us that the line will reopen on schedule September 1. Here we see the Hampshire Avenue grade crossing under reconstruction.

    Hampshire Avenue

    This road looks about as closed as it can get.

    Hampshire Avenue grade crossing with a pile of gravel
    New track at the Westfield stop

    Newly laid track at the Westfield stop, whose platforms have also had extensive work. The track is Pennsylvania Broad Gauge, a relic of the laws that prohibited streetcar companies from using standard-gauge track out of well-founded fear that a secret deal with the railroad companies would send freight trains down the middle of city streets.

    New track

    New track along Suburban Avenue.

    New track
    Construction equipment
    Along Suburban Avenue