West 25th–Ohio City station

W.25–Ohio City
W.25–Ohio City
	Red Line rapid transit station
Location	2350 Lorain Avenue; Cleveland, Ohio 44113
Coordinates	41°29′5″N 81°42′4″W / 41.48472°N 81.70111°WCoordinates: 41°29′5″N 81°42′4″W / 41.48472°N 81.70111°W
Owned by	Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
Line(s)	Cleveland Union Terminals Company
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	20 (West 25th-State); 21 (West 25th-Clark) Weekdays; 22 (Lorain Ave.); 35 (West 25th-Broadview); 45A (Ridge) Rush Hour; 51 (West 25th-Pearl); 79A and 79B (Fulton) 79A weekdays; 81 (Tremont–Storer)
Construction
Structure type	Below grade
Parking	None
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Website	W. 25 - Ohio City Rapid Station
History
Opened	August 14, 1955
Rebuilt	September 1992
Previous names	Lorain–West 25th
Original company	Cleveland Transit System
Services
Former services
Cleveland Transit System

West 25th–Ohio City is a station on the RTA Red Line in the Ohio City neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, USA. It is located at the intersection of West 24th Street, Abbey Avenue and Lorain Avenue (Ohio State Route 10), diagonally across Lorain Avenue from the West Side Market. The station is the first one toward the Airport to be located west of the Cuyahoga River; the Red Line is the only rapid transit line to serve Cleveland both east and west of the Cuyahoga.

History

The station opened on August 14, 1955 when the west side portion of the CTS Rapid Transit began operation.^[1]

When RTA began a program of rebuilding stations, including making them ADA compliant, West 25th Station was the first station renovated.^[2] The new $2.6 million station opened September 1992.^[1] The old utilitatian station was replaced with a station featuring a glass canopy with a bright red head house.

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/ Entrance
P Platform level
	Westbound	← Red Line toward Airport (West 65th–Lorain)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Eastbound	→ Red Line toward Louis Stokes–Windermere (Tower City) →

Artwork

The 1992 station renovation included an art installation by Cleveland artist Don Harvey.^[3]

Notable places nearby

References

1 2 "About RTA: History of Public Transit in Greater Cleveland". RTA Website. Retrieved 2007-06-12.
↑ Lawless, James (July 29, 1991). "RTA plans glass 'showpiece' station". The Plain Dealer. pp. 2B. Retrieved 2007-06-02.
↑ Litt, Steven (December 30, 1993). "A rapid dress-up stations starting to sport art in $940,000 project". The Plain Dealer. pp. 5D. Retrieved 2007-06-02.

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[RTA_History-1] 1 2 "About RTA: History of Public Transit in Greater Cleveland". RTA Website. Retrieved 2007-06-12.

[2] Lawless, James (July 29, 1991). "RTA plans glass 'showpiece' station". The Plain Dealer. pp. 2B. Retrieved 2007-06-02.

[3] Litt, Steven (December 30, 1993). "A rapid dress-up stations starting to sport art in $940,000 project". The Plain Dealer. pp. 5D. Retrieved 2007-06-02.