Gateway Center (PAT station)

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Gateway Center
Station statistics
Address	Stanwix Street and Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh, PA
Lines	42 Castle Shannon 42 South Hills Village 47 Library 47 South Hills Village 52 Allentown
Connections	Downtown bus routes
Other information
Accessible
Owned by	Port Authority

Gateway Center is a station on the Port Authority of Allegheny County's light rail network. As of 2006 it is the westernmost extent within downtown Pittsburgh of the "T" system. Passengers embarking at Gateway Center may travel free to any of the other stations in the Downtown area–First Avenue, Steel Plaza, and Wood Street. There are future plans to rebuild Gateway Center as part of the North Shore Connector project. There will also be an extension from the station going under the Allegheny River through the Allegheny River Tunnel over to the North Shore.

Located within the station is a mural by artist Romare Bearden. Commissioned by the Port Authority as part of the original station complex, the mural is now valued at $15 million, and there are now concerns about the mural's fate as the extension project moves forward.^[1] The Heinz Endowments has pledged $250,000 toward the costs of removal and refurbishment.^[2]

[edit] See also

• Gateway Center (Pittsburgh)

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• Official Port Authority information page

• Gateway Center (PAT station) is at coordinates 40°26′30″N 80°00′12″W / 40.441623, -80.003235 (Gateway Center (PAT station))Coordinates: 40°26′30″N 80°00′12″W / 40.441623, -80.003235 (Gateway Center (PAT station))

Preceding station		The "T"		Following station
Terminus		42 Castle Shannon		Wood Street toward Overbrook Junction
		42 South Hills Village		Wood Street toward South Hills Village
		47 South Hills Village
		47 Library		Wood Street toward Library
		52 Allentown		Wood Street toward South Hills Junction