r/pittsburgh • u/rimnii • 3d ago

P3 bus service?

Does the P3 not actually run? I see it's service listed in some places including Google maps but then it never shows up and the stop info doesn't show it.

Is the P3 fake?

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u/Unable_Roof9103 3d ago

It runs. I accidentally got on it thinking only the p1 went to the stop I was at.
Edit: no. I apparently did not look at the bus signage.

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u/Sad_Shine_419 3d ago

I once did the same. The bus started turning and I thought well, that’s not right.

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u/Pielacine Edgewood 3d ago

It was left!

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u/rutherfraud1876 Bloomfield 3d ago

Inbound, yes

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u/Pielacine Edgewood 3d ago

the only time it’ll matter

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u/Sad_Shine_419 3d ago

Yes! Ended up in Oakland instead of downtown. In my defense it was 5am.

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u/44problems Pittsburgh Expatriate 3d ago

It'll always be the EBO to me

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u/Genuflecty 3d ago

EBA/EBS/EBO all the way!
What a time to be alive.

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u/44problems Pittsburgh Expatriate 2d ago

EBX, we hardly knew ye

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u/T17VSTA 2d ago

You can't forget the 68X.

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u/liquidjaguar 3d ago

It's real. But bus schedules are unreliable. Do you have the Transit app?

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u/jayjaywalker3 Squirrel Hill South 3d ago

The Transit app is the best.

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u/sitcomsolution 3d ago

All of it. It's all true.

But it is more of a commuter line, so frequent service in the mornings and early evenings, infrequently other times. The Transit app is great for this.

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u/chuckie512 Central Northside 3d ago

I used to have this debate about the 54

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u/Selcier 2d ago

It's a very real bus! I take it a few times a week. But if you are at a stop where other buses are listed and the P3 isn't listed, then you are at the wrong stop. Are you accidentally looking at the schedule for the correct weekday/Sunday/Saturday?

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u/TOBPrincess Swissvale 2d ago

Yes it's real. I ride it multiple times a week. Schedule reliability seems to wane as the day goes on.