East 105th–Quincy station

Quincy–E. 105th
 Red Line  rapid transit station
Location 10351 Quincy Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44106
Coordinates 41°29′37″N 81°36′56″W / 41.49361°N 81.61556°W / 41.49361; -81.61556Coordinates: 41°29′37″N 81°36′56″W / 41.49361°N 81.61556°W / 41.49361; -81.61556
Owned by Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
Line(s) NYC&St.L Main line
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Connections 10 (East 105th)
11 (Quincy-Buckeye)
Construction
Structure type Below grade
Parking None
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Website E. 105 - Quincy Rapid Station
History
Opened March 15, 1955
Rebuilt November 4, 2005
Original company Cleveland Transit System
Services
Preceding station   Rapid Transit   Following station
toward Airport
Red Line
Former services
Preceding station   Rapid Transit   Following station
toward Airport
Airport-Windermere Line
1975-1978
toward Windermere
Cleveland Transit System
toward Airport
CTS Rapid Transit
1955-1975
toward Windermere
The station platform

East 105th–Quincy is a station on the RTA Red Line in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. It is located in the Fairfax neighborhood, on the city's east side. The station has a small entrance on the north side of Quincy Avenue.

History

The station opened on March 15, 1955 as one of the original stations on the CTS Rapid Transit.[1] The original station, which had an entrance on the east side of East 105th Street, lasted almost 50 years.

On January 11, 2005, RTA broke ground for a reconstruction of the station.[2] The station is located just west of the original station and includes an entrance on Quincy Avenue. The new $1.3 million station opened on November 4, 2005.[3] Further construction of a second entrance on East 105th Street is planned after a new bridge is built on East 105th Street.

Until a 2017-2018 renovation project, the platform at the station was substantially shorter than platforms at other stations on The Red Line as well as shorter than the train itself. Therefore, only the first door in the first car adjacent to the operator cab opened while at the platform requiring detraining passengers to walk to the front of the first car to disembark while passengers who are boarding could only do so though the same one door.

In 2017 and 2018, a renovation project was undertaken. That project resulted in extending the platform to fit the full length of a three-car train and opened an additional entrance on East 105th Street.[4]

Station layout

G Street Level Exit/ Entrance
P
Platform level
Westbound ←  Red Line  toward Airport (East 79th)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Eastbound →  Red Line  toward Louis Stokes–Windermere (Cedar–University) →

Notable places nearby

References

  1. ↑ Exner, Rich (March 14, 2005). "Red Line rapid marks 50 years in service". The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer. pp. A1. Retrieved 2007-06-02.
  2. ↑ "RTA breaks ground at E. 105 & Quincy, new rail station to open this fall" (Press release). Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. January 11, 2005. Retrieved 2007-06-11.
  3. ↑ "New rail station opens at E. 105 & Quincy" (Press release). Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. November 4, 2005. Retrieved 2007-06-03.
  4. ↑ "E. 105th – Quincy Station Expansion" (PDF). Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
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