{"id":233743,"date":"2026-07-02T13:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T13:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/233743\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T13:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T13:30:09","slug":"portion-of-ts-red-line-to-close-for-rail-crossing-replacement-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/233743\/","title":{"rendered":"Portion of T\u2019s Red Line to close for rail crossing replacement \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH \u2014 Pittsburgh Regional Transit announced it will temporarily close a part of the T\u2019s Red Line for rail crossing replacement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The Red Line will be closed from Monday, July 6, through Sunday, July 12, between Alabama and Hillsdale avenues in Dormont. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">During the work, Red Line service will operate in three sections, with shuttle buses connecting the closed portion of the line.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">How service will operate\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>South Hills Village to St. Anne Station: Regular Red Line service will operate before trains are diverted onto the Blue Line toward DowntownOverbrook Junction to Dormont Junction: A Rail Construction Shuttle will operate, serving Castle Shannon, Arlington, Poplar, and Mt. Lebanon StationsDormont Junction to Potomac Station: Shuttle buses will replace rail servicePotomac Station to Downtown: A second Rail Construction Shuttle will operate between Potomac Station and South Hills Junction, where riders can continue to Downtown as normal<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The easiest way Downtown\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">For riders boarding at Castle Shannon, Arlington, Poplar, Mt. Lebanon or Dormont Junction, the fastest trip to Downtown will likely be:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Board the outbound Rail Construction Shuttle\u00a0Ride to Overbrook Junction\u00a0Transfer to any inbound rail car at nearby Willow Station \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Traveling outbound from Downtown\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If you usually take the Blue Line, simply board the train to your destination.\u00a0If you\u2019re traveling to a station on the closed portion of the Red Line, board any rail car and exit at South Hills Junction. Follow signs for the Rail Construction Shuttle, which will operate between South Hills Junction and Potomac Station.\u00a0Shuttle buses will operate between Potomac Station and Dormont Junction\u00a0A second rail shuttle will operate between Dormont Junction and Overbrook Junction.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">All construction shuttle buses and shuttle trains will be free during the closure. Regular fares will apply on all other rail service. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 Pittsburgh Regional Transit announced it will temporarily close a part of the T\u2019s Red Line for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62817,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[100957,3727,100958,100959,21072,73,75,74,100956,33693,33577,7212],"class_list":["post-233743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-alabama-avenue","tag-closure","tag-hilldale-avenue","tag-hillsdale-avenue","tag-light-rail","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-rail-crossing","tag-red-line","tag-t","tag-work"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}