Pittsburgh Railways

E315078
defunct transit company public transit operator streetcar operator

Pittsburgh Railways was a major streetcar and public transit operator in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, known for running one of the largest PCC streetcar fleets in the United States.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Pittsburgh Railways Company 2
Monongahela Street Railway Company 1
Pittsburgh Railways canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct transit company ⓘ
public transit operator ⓘ
streetcar operator ⓘ
category Defunct Pennsylvania railroads ⓘ
Public transportation in Pittsburgh ⓘ
Streetcars in Pennsylvania ⓘ
cityServed Bethel Park ⓘ
surface form: Bethel Park, Pennsylvania

Braddock, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Carnegie, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Dormont, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Dravosburg, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Homestead, Pennsylvania ⓘ
McKeesport ⓘ
surface form: McKeesport, Pennsylvania

Mt. Lebanon ⓘ
surface form: Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania

Swissvale, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Washington, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Wilkinsburg ⓘ
surface form: Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
electrification overhead line ⓘ
fareSystem paid public transit ⓘ
fleetType PCC streetcar ⓘ
headquartersLocation Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
industry public transportation ⓘ
urban rail transit ⓘ
locatedIn Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
notableFor operating one of the largest PCC streetcar fleets in the United States ⓘ
operatedFor passenger transport ⓘ
operatedIn 20th century ⓘ
operatedInfrastructure streetcar tracks ⓘ
trolley lines ⓘ
operatedMode bus ⓘ
interurban railway ⓘ
streetcar ⓘ
operatedService interurban service ⓘ
suburban streetcar service ⓘ
urban streetcar service ⓘ
railGauge standard gauge ⓘ
region Western Pennsylvania ⓘ
servedCity Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Pittsburgh
servedRegion Allegheny County ⓘ
surface form: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
serviceType commuter transit ⓘ
local transit ⓘ
successor Port Authority of Allegheny County ⓘ
transportType light rail precursor ⓘ
usedVehicle bus ⓘ
electric streetcar ⓘ
trolley ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

PCC streetcar → majorOperator → Pittsburgh Railways ⓘ
Kennywood → originalOwner → Pittsburgh Railways ⓘ
this entity surface form: Monongahela Street Railway Company
PCC → notableOperator → Pittsburgh Railways ⓘ
subject surface form: PCC streetcar
this entity surface form: Pittsburgh Railways Company
Pennsylvania trolley gauge → historicallyUsedBy → Pittsburgh Railways ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pittsburgh Railways Company