Brilliant Branch

Brilliant Branch
Freight cars can be seen on the Brilliant Branch in this 1913 photograph
Overview
Termini
History
OpenedNovember 27, 1904 (1904-11-27)
Closed2024 (2024)
Technical
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Route map

Highland Drive
Lincoln Avenue

The Brilliant Branch, also known as the Brilliant Cutoff, was a railway line in Pittsburgh and Aspinwall, Pennsylvania. It was opened by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1904 and abandoned in 2024. It connected the Pittsburgh Line to the Conemaugh Line and to Allegheny Valley Railroad's Allegheny Subdivision. There are plans to convert it into a rail trail.