West Park station
West Park | |||||||||||
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rapid transit station | |||||||||||
Location | 14510 Lorain Road, Cleveland, Ohio | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°27′25″N 81°47′34″W / 41.45694°N 81.79278°WCoordinates: 41°27′25″N 81°47′34″W / 41.45694°N 81.79278°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | Greater Cleveland RTA | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Chicago Line (Norfolk Southern) | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Connections | RTA: 22, 83, 86 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
Parking | 351 spaces[1] | ||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Website | West Park Rapid Station | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | November 15, 1958 | ||||||||||
Rebuilt | May 1996 | ||||||||||
Original company | Cleveland Transit System | ||||||||||
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West Park is a station on the RTA Red Line in Cleveland, Ohio. It is located off Lorain Avenue just west of West 143rd Street in the West Park neighborhood.
The station includes a large parking lot accessible from Lorain Avenue. The access road has been named Lloyd Peterson Lane. A station lobby building is located on the southeast side of the parking lot adjacent to the tracks. The station headhouse includes bus loading areas and also houses a training facility, which opened in 1983.[2] The headhouse is connected to the platforms by a tunnel extending underneath the westbound track.
History[]
The CTS Rapid Transit was extended to West Park station on November 15, 1958, and the station functioned as the western terminus of the line for 10 years. There was a small rail yard just southwest of the station. When the line was extended to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport in 1968, the yard was removed and a new yard was built just beyond Brookpark station. The station building was connected to the platform by a tunnel extending under the westbound track.
In May 1996, RTA completed a $4-million renovation of the station.[2] The renovation made the station ADA compliant.
Station layout[]
P Platform level |
Street level | Exit/entrance, station house, buses, parking |
Chicago Line | ← Norfolk Southern Railway | |
Westbound | ← Red Line toward Airport (Puritas–West 150th) | |
Island platform | ||
Eastbound | Red Line toward Louis Stokes–Windermere (Triskett) → | |
Chicago Line | ← Amtrak services do not stop here | |
← Amtrak services do not stop here → | ||
Amtrak services do not stop here → | ||
M | Mezzanine | Connection between station house and platform |
Notable places nearby[]
Gallery[]
Station sign
References[]
- ^ 2007 Park-and-Ride Inventory/Survey, NOACA 2006 Transit Network Guide, June 2007, p. 29.
- ^ a b "About RTA: History of Public Transit in Greater Cleveland". RTA Website. Retrieved 2007-06-03.
External links[]
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- Red Line (RTA Rapid Transit)
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1958
- 1958 establishments in Ohio
- Former New York Central Railroad stations