West Park | |||||||||||||
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![]() West Park station platform | |||||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||||
Location | 14510 Lorain Road Cleveland, Ohio | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°27′25″N 81°47′34″W / 41.45694°N 81.79278°W | ||||||||||||
Owned by | Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority | ||||||||||||
Line(s) | NS Chicago Line | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
Connections | ![]() | ||||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||||
Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||
Parking | 351 spaces[2] | ||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Racks[3] | ||||||||||||
Accessible | ![]() | ||||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||||
Website | riderta | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
Opened | November 15, 1958 | ||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1996 | ||||||||||||
Original company | Cleveland Transit System | ||||||||||||
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West Park station 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.[4] The headhouse is connected to the platforms by a tunnel extending underneath the westbound track.
History
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/West_Park_station%2C_1919.png/220px-West_Park_station%2C_1919.png)
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 ten 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 that made it accessible to people with disabilities.[4]
Station layout
P Platform level |
Street level | Entrance/exit, station house, buses, parking |
Chicago Line | ← NS freight service | |
Westbound | ← Red Line toward Airport (Puritas–West 150th) | |
Island platform ![]() | ||
Eastbound | Red Line toward Windermere (Triskett) → | |
Chicago Line | ← NS freight service, Amtrak services do not stop here | |
← NS freight service, Amtrak services do not stop here → | ||
Amtrak services do not stop here → | NS freight service,||
T | Tunnel | Connection between station house and platform |
Notable places nearby
References
- ^ "Red Line Schedule" (PDF). Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. December 11, 2022. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
- ^ "NOACA 2007 Transit Network Guide, Park-and-Ride Inventory/Survey". Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency. August 2008. p. 30.
- ^ a b "West Park Rapid Station". Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
- ^ a b "About RTA: History of Public Transit in Greater Cleveland". RTA Website. Retrieved June 3, 2007.