East 116th station

E. 116th Street
 Blue Line   Green Line  light rail station
Location 2780 East 116th Street
Cleveland, Ohio 44120
Coordinates 41°29′2.5″N 81°36′12.3″W / 41.484028°N 81.603417°W / 41.484028; -81.603417Coordinates: 41°29′2.5″N 81°36′12.3″W / 41.484028°N 81.603417°W / 41.484028; -81.603417
Owned by Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
Line(s) C.I.R.R. Main line
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Connections 8 (Cedar-East 116th) (Weekdays)
Construction
Structure type Below grade
Other information
Website E. 116 Rapid Station
History
Opened April 11, 1920 (Blue Line)
April 16, 1920 (Green Line)
Rebuilt October 30, 1981
May 2019 (proposed)
Original company Cleveland Interurban Railroad
Services
Preceding station   Rapid Transit   Following station
toward Tower City
Blue Line
Green Line
toward Green Road
Former services
Preceding station   Rapid Transit   Following station
Van Aken
Line
1975-1978
toward Warrensville
Shaker
Line
1975-1978
toward Green
Shaker Heights Rapid Transit
Van Aken
Line
1944-1975
toward Warrensville
Shaker
Line
1944-1975
toward Green
Cleveland Interurban Railroad
South Moreland Division
1920-1944
toward Warrensville
Shaker Boulevard Division
1920-1944
toward Green

East 116th is a station on the RTA Blue and Green Lines in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. It is located at the intersection of East 116th Street and Shaker Boulevard.

The station comprises side platforms below grade in the median of Shaker Boulevard west of East 116th Street. Two concrete stairways with tinted acrylic glass canopies lead from the East 116th bridge over the tracks down to the platforms.

History

The station opened on April 11, 1920 when service commenced on the line west of Shaker Square to East 34th Street and via surface streets to downtown.[1]

In 1980 and 1981, the trunk line of the Green and Blue Lines from East 55th Street to Shaker Square was completely renovated with new track, ballast, poles and wiring, and new stations were built along the line. At East 116th station, new platforms and retaining walls were installed, and the wooden stairways were replaced by the present covered concrete stairways. The renovated line opened on October 30, 1981.[2]

The station originally served St. Luke's Hospital which opened in 1927 on Shaker Boulevard just west of East 116th Street. The Hospital closed in April 1999.

This station was originally planned to be rebuilt with upgraded amenities from January 2016 to September 2017.[3] Those dates were retracted by late 2015. The groundbreaking for construction came on May 30, 2018, with a proposed completion date set for May 2019.[4] The station will be renamed East 116th–St. Lukes for the former St. Lukes hospital.

Station layout

G Street level Exit/Entrance
P
Platform level		 Side platform, doors open on the right
Westbound ←  Blue Line  toward Tower City (Buckeye–Woodhill)
←  Green Line  toward Tower City (Buckeye–Woodhill)
Eastbound →  Blue Line  toward Warrensville–Van Aken (Shaker Square) →
→  Green Line  toward Green Road (Shaker Square) →
Side platform, doors open on the right

Notable places nearby

References

  1. ↑ Toman, James (1990). The Shaker Heights Rapid Transit. Glendale, Cal.: Interurban Press. p. 22. ISBN 0-916374-95-5.
  2. ↑ Toman (1990). p. 115.
  3. ↑ East 116th Street light-rail station at the Wayback Machine (archived 19 January 2015)
  4. ↑ "Cleveland transit agency begins East 116th Station project". Progressive Railroading. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
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