Steel Plaza station (PAAC)

Steel Plaza
Pittsburgh Light Rail station
Station platform
Location	Sixth Avenue and Grant Street Pittsburgh, PA
Coordinates	40°26′28″N 79°59′48″W / 40.4411°N 79.9966°W / 40.4411; -79.9966Coordinates: 40°26′28″N 79°59′48″W / 40.4411°N 79.9966°W / 40.4411; -79.9966
Owned by	Port Authority
Line(s)	Blue Line Library   Blue Line South Hills Village via Overbrook   Red Line Castle Shannon   Red Line South Hills Village via Beechview
Platforms	2 side platforms and 1 island platform
Tracks	4
Connections	most downtown bus routes
Construction
Structure type	underground
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	July 3, 1985
Services
Preceding station   The "T"   Following station Wood Street toward Allegheny Blue Line Library First Avenue toward Library Blue Line South Hills Village via Overbrook First Avenue toward South Hills Village Red Line South Hills Village via Beechview Red Line Castle Shannon First Avenue toward Overbrook Junction   Former services   Wood Street Terminus Brown Line First Avenue toward South Hills Junction Penn Station Rush period service Terminus 42S South Hills Village via Beechview First Avenue toward South Hills Village

Steel Plaza is a station on the Port Authority of Allegheny County's light rail network. The station is located at Grant Street and Oliver Avenue in Downtown Pittsburgh. The station consists of an outbound (southbound) side platform and an inbound island platform, with one track for trains to Wood Street and the other for a disused branch line to Union Station. The station has rights to 4.25 acres underground Mellon Green and is accessible by means of a tunnel that connects BNY Mellon Center and the US Steel Tower.

The busiest station in the system, it provides access to eastern and central portions of downtown, including the city's tallest buildings, the US Steel Tower and BNY Mellon Center. Major office buildings including the Gulf Tower, Three Mellon Center, and the Koppers Building are also only a block away, along with the many early Twentieth Century skyscrapers that make up downtown's inner core. The city's Uptown (commonly known as The Bluff) neighborhood, which includes PPG Paints Arena and Duquesne University is also within a short walk.

The station is located in what was originally the Pittsburgh & Steubenville Extension Railroad Tunnel, which was opened in 1865.

In 1984, Jane Haskell's work "Rivers of Light" was installed.

There is no fare collection in the Steel Plaza Station. Passengers embarking at Steel Plaza may travel free to any of the other stations in the free fare zone–First Avenue, Wood Street, Gateway Center, North Side, and Allegheny. Outbound passengers pay fares when disembarking.