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===Rail=== [[File:Pennsylvania Railroad Station in Wilkinsburg.jpg|thumb|[[Wilkinsburg station]]]] {{see also|Pennsylvania Railroad Station-Wilkinsburg}} Until September 14, 1975, Wilkinsburg had inter-city passenger rail service. On that day [[Amtrak]] discontinued service, citing a total of 128 passengers boarding or alighting in the first six months of 1975, the lowest system-wide. The last train serving Wilkinsburg was the ''[[National Limited (Amtrak train)|National Limited]]'', which operated daily between [[New York City]] and [[Kansas City, Missouri]].<ref>{{cite news | title=Wilkinsburg Rail Stop To End, Amtrak Says | newspaper=[[Pittsburgh Press]] | date=September 9, 1975 | access-date=2010-09-08 | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YsobAAAAIBAJ&pg=1262,3748545&dq=amtrak+wilkinsburg&hl=en}}</ref> The [[PennDOT]]-operated ''[[Parkway Limited]]'' provided commuter service to Pittsburgh for nine months in 1981 but was also canceled because of low ridership.<ref>{{cite news | title=Commuters gear up for Parkway work | newspaper=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] | date=March 3, 1981 | access-date=2010-09-08 | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PugNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4227,157637&dq=amtrak+wilkinsburg&hl=en | first=Ken | last=Fisher}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Riders Bid Farewell To 'Parkway Limited' | date=November 14, 1981 | access-date=2010-09-08 | first=Lee | last=Bowman | newspaper=[[Pittsburgh Press]] | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CBovAAAAIBAJ&pg=6847,7417835&dq=parkway-limited&hl=en}}</ref> Wilkinsburg has multiple stations operated by the [[Port Authority of Allegheny County]], on the [[Martin Luther King Jr. East Busway]]: * [[Wilkinsburg (PAT station)|Wilkinsburg bus station]] * [[Hamnett (PAT station)|Hamnett bus station]]
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