The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Station, now

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's the Grand Concourse restaurant in

Station Square Station Square is a indoor and outdoor shopping and entertainment complex located in the South Shore neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States across the Monongahela River from the Golden Triangle of downtown Pittsburgh. Station S ...

Plaza in

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, is a building constructed in 1898. Into the 1960s, the station was the depot for the

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operations of the

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and the Pittsburgh depot from 1934 for the many trains of the

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from Baltimore, Washington, Chicago, Detroit, and St. Louis. In 1934, the B&O obtained trackage rights on the P&LE from New Castle Junction to McKeesport and, until the discontinuance of its passenger service, used the P&LE station to reduce the amount of heavy-curvature trackage required to reach the original B&O station on the opposite side of the Monongahela River. The station closed in 1985 after the last commuter train to College Hill station was discontinued. The Pittsburgh Station was listed on the

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in 1974.

Long distance passenger trains

Noteworthy named trains of the B&O included in 1956: * ''Ambassador'' (Detroit-Baltimore) * ''Capitol Limited'' (Chicago-Washington) * ''

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'' (Cleveland-Baltimore) * ''Columbian'' (Chicago-Washington) * ''Shenandoah'' (Chicago-Jersey City) * '' Washington - Chicago Express'' (Chicago-Washington) * '' Washingtonian'' (Cleveland-Washington) P&LE trains operating as New York Central trains: * ''Pittsburgh-Buffalo Express'' (Pittsburgh-Erie-Buffalo, with sleepers to Toronto and Albany, eastbound)/''Buffalo-Pittsburgh Express'' (Buffalo-Erie-Pittsburgh with sleepers from Toronto and Albany, westbound) * ''Pittsburgh-Detroit Express'' (Pittsburgh-Detroit, westbound only) * ''Steel King'' (Cleveland-Pittsburgh, with sleepers to Washington via the B&O's ''Washingtonian'')

Gallery

File:P. & L.E. Ry. Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad station and Mt. Washington, Pittsburgh, Pa. c.1905 (cropped).jpg, The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Station, c.1905 File:B&O Diplomat at Pittsburgh P&LE station.jpg, B&O's ''

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'' at the P&LE Station c.1968 File:Grand Concourse Pitts inside jeh.JPG, Inside the station concourse File:Pittsburgh Station Square area from Smithfield Bridge 1951.jpg, Station Square area of the Monongahela River showing the back of P&LE Railroad Station 1951.

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* * Article from ''Engineering News'' (1914

* Article from ''Railway Age'' (1902) with floor pla

Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Former Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad stations Neoclassical architecture in Pennsylvania Railway stations in the United States opened in 1898 Railway stations closed in 1985 Railway stations in Pittsburgh Former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad stations City of Pittsburgh historic designations Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmarks Historic American Buildings Survey in Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Pittsburgh Former railway stations in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania {{Pittsburgh-struct-stub

Long distance passenger trains

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