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The Beechview Construction Shuttle
was a temporary shuttle route offered by PAT during the LRT construction in Beechview. It
was run with cutaway van style buses. Its primary purpose was to serve residents in the
vicinity of the Alton, Westfield, Pennant, and Traymore stops because the geography of the
area made sending a regular bus impossible.
Garages assigned to the Beechview Construction Shuttle:
- Collier Garage - 04/15/84 - 05/23/87
Destination Signs:
Operated with window cards only.
Routing:
Original 1984 AM round trip routing from Broadway at Fallowfield, via
Fallowfield, Sebring, Westfield, Andick, Lettie Hill, Sebring, Orangewood, Princess,
Westfield, Hampshire, Cape May, Dagmar, Sebring, Beechview to Broadway at Fallowfield.
Original 1984 PM round trip routing from Broadway at Fallowfield, via
Fallowfield, Sebring, Dagmar, Cape May, Hampshire, Westfield, Princess, Orangewood,
Sebring, Lettie Hill, Andick, Westfield, Sebring, Beechview to Broadway at Fallowfield.
1985 AM round trip routing from Broadway at Fallowfield, via
Fallowfield, Sebring, Westfield, Andick, Lettie Hill, Sebring, Orangewood, Princess,
Westfield, Hampshire, Cape May, Dagmar, Sebring, Beechview to Broadway at Fallowfield.
1985 PM round trip routing from Broadway at Fallowfield, via
Fallowfield, Sebring, Dagmar, Cape May, Hampshire, Westfield, Princess, Orangewood,
Andick, Westfield, Sebring, Beechview to Broadway at Fallowfield.
The AM routing was in effect from 5am until 2pm and then the PM routing
was in effect from 2pm until 1am.
A limited service extension to the Beechview Construction Shuttle was
instituted effective 02/15/87 between Broadway at Fallowfield to St. Pamphilus Church on
weekdays only. The routing: Broadway at Fallowfield, via Fallowfield, Sebring, Beechview,
Crane, Tropical to church parking lot. Return was from the church parking lot via
Tropical, Crane, Beechview to Broadway and Fallowfield.
Route Highlights:
Started: 04/15/84 as a temporary shuttle.
Ended: 05/23/87 when LRT service resumed in Beechview starting
05/24/87.
The Beechview Construction Shuttle ran 7 days a week including
holidays.
The route was run with leased Ford Econoline cutaway shuttle buses by
PAT operators.
The reason for the change in routing for the PM trips is not
currently known.
The 02/15/87 service extension to St. Pamphilus Church was due to
almost constant requests by residents along the discontinued 44A Shadycrest route. By the
time the extension was implemented, the Beechview Construction Shuttle only had a few more
months of operation and there was another gap in service to the Shadycrest area until the
44H route was created in August of 1987.
Schedules (Known PAT issued schedules are listed):
The Beechview Construction Shuttle had 1 distinct schedule style
issued.
The schedules issued from Collier Division were a 5 panel fold out
schedule in black and carried the folder number C-30. The Beechview Construction Shuttle
shared a folder with the 38 Mt. Lebanon bus and 42 Potomac Only bus and for a short time,
the 44A Shadycrest.
- C-30A - 04/15/84
- C-30B - ?
- C-30C - ?
- C-30D - 06/09/85
- C-30E - 08/25/85
- C-30F - ?
- C-30G - 04/27/86
- C-30H - 02/15/87
Route Disposition:
The Beechview Construction Shuttle was discontinued effective 05/24/87
when LRV service resumed in Beechview. St. Pamphilus service also was discontinued at this
time but picked up by a new replacement route for the former 44A which was called the 44H
Beechview on 08/03/87.
The route map for the 1985 routing of the Beechview Construction
Shuttle. . |
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