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Arrival, information and getting around
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Greyhound pulls in at Eleventh Street and Liberty Avenue downtown, across from Amtrak. From the modern, efficient
Pittsburgh International Airport
(tel 412/472-3500), fifteen miles west, Airlines Transportation (tel 412/321-4990) runs hourly
shuttles
downtown (daily 7am-10pm; $14 one-way, $24 round-trip) and to Oakland ($15 one-way, $26 round-trip). Almost as quick and significantly cheaper, the excellent
local bus
#28X runs roughly every 20min between the airport and Oakland via Robinson town center and downtown (daily 5am-midnight; $2). Pittsburgh's main
visitor center
is downtown on Liberty Avenue, adjacent to the Gateway Center (Mon-Fri 9am-4.45pm, Sat & Sun 9am-2.45pm; tel 412/281-7711 or 1-800/366-0093,
), with subsidiary branches at the airport (Mon-Sat 8am-8pm, Sun noon-8pm), Station Square (daily 10am-5pm) and in the Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center (daily 10am-5pm). The main
post office
is at Seventh and Grant (Mon-Fri 7am-6pm, Sat 7am-2.30pm; tel 412/642-4472; zip code 15230).
Though Pittsburgh is a city of distinct districts,
transportation
between them is simple.
Buses
through town ($1.60), the Monongahela trolley incline to Mount Washington (daily until around midnight; $1.60) and a small "T"
subway
system (free downtown, $1 to cross the river to Station Square, $1.60 or $2 farther into South Hills) are all run by PAT (tel 412/442-2000), which has a downtown service center at 534 Smithfield St (Mon & Thurs 9am-6pm, Tues, Wed & Fri 9am-5pm) where you can pick up timetables. Twenty-five cent transfers, which must be bought simultaneously with your fare if needed, allow you to connect with any of the system's vehicles within three hours. For
taxis
, call Yellow Cab (tel 412/665-8100). Other useful information
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