Starting Monday, riders on the Silver Line in Allegheny County will face a temporary service suspension as Pittsburgh Regional Transit works on improvements to electrical lines.Service between the Library and Lytle light rail stations is expected to be suspended for a week, with PRT offering shuttle bus services between the stations.”If you plan around the shuttle ride in between the stations when they do have work like this, it can put a little buffer into your schedule, but nothing too bad,” said Tyler Russell, who lives in Canonsburg.”A lot of people are frustrated with it, especially people like me who rely on it to get to work,” said Adrianna Bennett, of Bethel Park. “So when it’s down, I just have to text my boss and be like, ‘The T is down again.'”While some riders understand the necessity of the shutdown, many just hope the work will be completed on time.”It took them months and months to get the tunnels done. I hope it is just a week, that’s for sure, but you never know. I guess we’ll have to see,” Russell said. “I don’t believe any sort of construction project. I think that’s safe if you kind of expect the worst and hope for the best,” Bennett said.The work is expected to wrap up by Friday at 3 p.m.Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.

BETHEL PARK, Pa. —

Starting Monday, riders on the Silver Line in Allegheny County will face a temporary service suspension as Pittsburgh Regional Transit works on improvements to electrical lines.

Service between the Library and Lytle light rail stations is expected to be suspended for a week, with PRT offering shuttle bus services between the stations.

“If you plan around the shuttle ride in between the stations when they do have work like this, it can put a little buffer into your schedule, but nothing too bad,” said Tyler Russell, who lives in Canonsburg.

“A lot of people are frustrated with it, especially people like me who rely on it to get to work,” said Adrianna Bennett, of Bethel Park. “So when it’s down, I just have to text my boss and be like, ‘The T is down again.'”

While some riders understand the necessity of the shutdown, many just hope the work will be completed on time.

“It took them months and months to get the tunnels done. I hope it is just a week, that’s for sure, but you never know. I guess we’ll have to see,” Russell said.

“I don’t believe any sort of construction project. I think that’s safe if you kind of expect the worst and hope for the best,” Bennett said.

The work is expected to wrap up by Friday at 3 p.m.

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