Travel and Directions
Directions to UPMC Cancer Centers-affiliated hospitals
Directions to UPMC facilities in the Oakland and Shadyside areas can also be obtained by calling UPMC at 412-647-9803. Links to travel information for travel by train, air, taxicabs and busways are below.
Air transportation
- Pittsburgh International Airport
Phone: 412-472-3525
Located about 16 miles southwest of downtown Pittsburgh, the airport serves a number of airline carriers:
AirTran Airlines
Phone: 1-800-359-4968
American Airlines
Phone: 1-800-433-7300
Continental Airlines
Phone: 1-800-525-0280
Delta Airlines
Phone: 1-800-221-1212
Northwest Airlines
Phone: 1-800-225-2525
United Airlines
Phone: 1-800-241-6522
USAirways
Phone: 1-800-428-4322
- County Airfields
Private pilots or corporate jet service through Miracle Flights for Kids® can land at these airfields:
- Allegheny County Airport
Lebanon Church Road
West Mifflin, PA 15122
Phone: 412-461-4300
- Beaver County Airport
Piper Street
Chippewa Township, PA
Phone: 724-847-4662
- Butler County Airport
473 Airport Road
Penn Twp., PA
Phone: 724-586-6665
- Westmoreland County Airport
200 Pleasant Unity Road
Latrobe, PA 15650
Phone: 412-539-8100
- AMTRAK
Phone: 1-800-USA-RAIL
Pittsburgh station: Liberty Avenue & Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA
Two runs daily to New York City, Philadelphia and Chicago; one trip daily to Washington, D.C.
Bus transportation
- Greyhound Lines Inc.
Phone: 412-392-6527 or 1-800-231-2222
Pittsburgh station: 11th Street & Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh PA
- Pittsburgh Area Transit Authority (PAT)
Phone: 412-442-2000
Local bus transportation in Pittsburgh. The route from the airport is 28X and it costs $2.25 USD. One zone is $1.75 per ride.
- Trolley
Phone: 412-623-6257
A trolley that makes runs between a number of Shadyside, Oakland and Squirrel Hill community stops. A schedule is available at UPMC Cancer Centers in these areas.
- UPMC Blue Shuttle
Phone: 412-647-5618
The shuttle serves the Oakland and Shadyside areas. A schedule is available at all Family House locations, UPMC Shadyside and UPMC Presbyterian.
Taxicab transportation
- Yellow Cab Company
Phone: 412-665-8100
- Peoples Cab Company
Phone: 412-441-3200
- Other Cab Companies
Special needs transportation
- Access
Phone: 412-562-5353
Sponsored by Pittsburgh Area Transit. Door-to-door transportation, advance reservation (one day required) service for those with physical needs in Allegheny County.
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