First Avenue station (PAAC)

First Avenue is a station on the Port Authority of Allegheny County's Pittsburgh Light Rail network.[2] The station is part of the light rail's Downtown Pittsburgh free zone, and passengers embarking here may travel for free to any of the other stations within the zone (Steel Plaza, Wood Street, Gateway, North Side and Allegheny).

First Avenue
Pittsburgh Light Rail station
Location	First Avenue and Ross Street Pittsburgh, PA
Coordinates	40.4375°N 79.9966°W / 40.4375; -79.9966
Owned by	Port Authority
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	elevated
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	November 16, 2001
Passengers
2020	1,605[1] (weekday boardings)
Services
Preceding station Port Authority of Allegheny County Following station Steel Plaza toward Allegheny Blue Line Station Square toward South Hills Village Red Line Station Square toward Overbrook Junction or South Hills Village Silver Line Station Square toward Library
Former services Preceding station Port Authority of Allegheny County Following station Steel Plaza toward Gateway Brown Line William toward South Hills Junction

The station was a new addition to the light rail system in 2001, located in the PNC Firstside Complex, just before the tracks dip into the subway tunnel. It was opened on November 16, 2001 to provide better access to the southern quarter of downtown, which includes city and state government offices, major office buildings such as Oxford Centre and the Grant Building, downtown educational facilities such as Point Park University, Duquesne University and the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, and the many smaller office structures that mark this area of the Golden Triangle. It cost $6.7 million to construct.[3]