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 Gateway Center station platform in 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Stanwix Street and Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°26′30″N80°00′12″W / 40.4416°N 80.0032°W /40.4416; -80.0032 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Pittsburgh Regional Transit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | Downtown subway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | July 3, 1985 (old station)[1] March 25, 2012 (new station)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | October 30, 2009 (old station) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Gateway Center | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2020 | 5,357[3] (weekday boardings) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gateway station is a station onPittsburgh Regional Transit'slight rail network,[5] located inPittsburgh,Pennsylvania. Until October 30, 2009, it was the network's westernmost extent withindowntown Pittsburgh. The Port Authority closed Gateway Center as part of construction work on theNorth Shore Connector project, and a new station opened in 2012 (though its name was truncated from "Gateway Center" to simply "Gateway"). The former station entrance was demolished and a new station was built.[6] Gateway station andNorth Side station lie at the southern and northern ends of theAllegheny River Tunnel, respectively.
Gateway Center station was opened on July 3, 1985 as part of the new subway system that replaced the remaining downtown street running trolleys.[1] Named forGateway Center, the adjacent office complex, the station served the western portion of downtown. The stop also served major buildings such asOne PPG Place andFifth Avenue Place, the shopping and dining district atMarket Square, and the historical and recreational hub ofPoint State Park.
Gateway Center closed on October 30, 2009, as part of theNorth Shore Connector project, and a newly constructed station (named Gateway) opened just north of the original station on March 25, 2012. The original platform under Liberty Ave was left intact and abandoned, and can be seen while riding the train towards Wood Street.[7]
The station features amural by artistRomare Bearden. Commissioned by Pittsburgh Regional Transit as part of the original station complex, the mural is now valued at $15 million.[8] TheHeinz Endowments has pledged $250,000 toward the costs of removal and refurbishment.[9] The mural was removed when the station was demolished, but was reinstalled in the new station. The original mural had one tile which had accidentally been placed upside-down, and the reinstallation of the mural faithfully reproduced this error.[10]
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