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Transit Expressway Revenue Line
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Westinghouse Electric Corporation· from 1965· proposed people mover rapid transit system
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 20240606 03 Skybus, West Mifflin, Pennsylvania: David Wilson· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The Transit Expressway Revenue Line (TERL), commonly known as Skybus, was a proposed people mover rapid transit system developed by Westinghouse for the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania during the 1960s–1970s. In contrast to the traditional streetcars then in use, the technology used a dedicated elevated concrete track and rubber-tired driverless cars. A demonstration of the Skybus technology was installed at the Allegheny County Fairgrounds in 1965, and operated as a visitor attraction during the Allegheny County Fair until 1971.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 61 years ago, in 1965.
- 9.1 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 6 years (1965–1971).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1965
- in service from
- 1965
- retired
- 1971
- status
- retired
- number built
- 3
- kind
- People mover
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Westinghouse Electric Company
- operators
- Pittsburgh Regional Transit
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- —
- electric system
- Conductor rails, 565 V 60 Hz 3φ AC
- length
- 9.1 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16985735, Wikipedia: Transit Expressway Revenue Line (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.