Pittsburgh’s Gateway T Station closed during construction

The Gateway T station in Downtown Pittsburgh closed until further notice on Saturday, Oct. 31 to allow Port Authority of Allegheny County to build a new station near the intersection of Liberty Avenue and Stanwix Street. The new station will serve the extended T line, called the North Shore Connector, which is scheduled to be completed by 2012.

The Wood Street T station
is the closest weekday alternative for light-rail riders and is located about
three blocks from the Gateway station.

All rail cars will reverse
direction at Wood Street Station, and riders on the last car will not be able
to exit at low-level stops or stations without fare booth attendants. This
pertains especially to riders who are accustomed to boarding the inbound cars
at First Avenue or Steel Plaza in the afternoon and remaining seated as the
cars loop and head outbound.

Additionally, other
Downtown T stations will be closing on certain upcoming weekends for
construction work.  The schedule is
as follows:

• Oct. 31/Nov. 1: Gateway,
Wood Street and Steel Plaza stations will close. Bus shuttles will serve
street-level stops outside Gateway, Wood Street and Steel Plaza to First Avenue
station.

• Nov. 7/8: Gateway, Wood
Street and Steel Plaza will close. Bus shuttles will serve Wood Street and
Steel Plaza to First Avenue.

• Nov. 14/15: Gateway and
Wood Street closed.

• Nov. 21/22: Gateway and
Wood Street closed.

• Nov. 28/29: Gateway
closed. All other Downtown stations will be open.

Also, riders may travel for
free within Downtown at all times using buses following regular routes.