RTA Light Rail Historic Route Maps

These RTA Light Rail Historic Route Maps provide a pictorial representation of the development of the Blue and Green Lines of the RTA Rapid Transit, a rapid transit rail system in greater Cleveland and Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.

1915	1920	1930
Rail service was extended from Attleboro to Courtland	The Moreland division of the rapid opened, along with the private right-of-way to downtown	Cleveland Union Terminal opened to shaker trains, both rail divisions were extended east to Warrensville Center Road
1913 to 1920 street service to Downtown via Coventry Blvd. Coventry Southington South Park Lee Attleboro Eaton Courtland	1920 to 1928 street service to Terminal Square loop East 55th East 79th Woodhill Shaker Blvd. East 116th Moreland Circle Moreland Blvd. South Woodland Cleveland Shaker Heights border to Fairmount Blvd. Coventry Southington Southington Onaway Ashby South Park Lee Lee Avalon Attleboro Kenmore Eaton Lynnfield Courtland  Moreland Division   Shaker Division	1930 to 1936 Cleveland Terminal East 34th East 55th East 79th Woodhill Shaker Blvd. East 116th Shaker Square Moreland Blvd. South Woodland Cleveland Shaker Heights border Coventry Southington Southington Onaway Ashby South Park Lee Lee Avalon Attleboro Kenmore Eaton Lynnfield Courtland Farnsleigh Warrensville Warrensville  Moreland Division   Shaker Division
1936	1955, 1971	1978-1979, 1990
The Shaker Division was extended to Green Road	The CTS Rapid Line opened, Campus station opened	The lines were redesigned with colors, the downtown terminal was rebuilt
1936 to 1948 Cleveland Terminal East 34th East 55th East 79th Woodhill Shaker Blvd. East 116th Shaker Square Moreland Blvd. South Woodland Cleveland Shaker Heights border Coventry Southington Southington Onaway Ashby South Park Lee Lee Avalon Attleboro Kenmore Eaton Lynnfield Courtland Farnsleigh Warrensville Warrensville  Moreland Division  Belvoir West Green Green Road  Shaker Division	1948 to 1975  CTS Rapid  to Airport Downtown Terminal East 34th–Campus East 55th  CTS Rapid  to Windermere East 79th Woodhill Shaker Blvd. East 116th Drexmore Shaker Square Van Aken Blvd. South Woodland Cleveland Shaker Heights border Coventry Southington Southington Onaway Ashby South Park Lee Lee Avalon Attleboro Kenmore Eaton Lynnfield Courtland Farnsleigh Warrensville Warrensville  Van Aken Line  Belvoir West Green Green Road  Shaker Line	1978 to 1990  Red Line  to Airport  Blue Line   Green Line  Tower City East 34th–Campus East 55th  Red Line  to Louis Stokes–Windermere East 79th Woodhill Shaker Blvd. East 116th Drexmore Shaker Square Van Aken Blvd. South Woodland Cleveland Shaker Heights border Coventry Southington Southington Onaway Ashby South Park Lee Lee Avalon Attleboro Kenmore Eaton Lynnfield Courtland Farnsleigh Warrensville Warrensville  Blue Line  Belvoir West Green Green Road  Green Line