West Park station

West Park
 Red Line  rapid transit station
Location 14510 Lorain Road
Cleveland, Ohio 44111
Coordinates 41°27′25″N 81°47′34″W / 41.45694°N 81.79278°W / 41.45694; -81.79278Coordinates: 41°27′25″N 81°47′34″W / 41.45694°N 81.79278°W / 41.45694; -81.79278
Owned by Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
Line(s) Chicago Line (Norfolk Southern)
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Connections 22 (Lorain)
49 (Center Ridge)
75 (Lorain)
83 (West 130th)
86 (Rocky River Dr. - Berea)
Construction
Structure type At grade
Parking 351 spaces[1]
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Website West Park Rapid Station
History
Opened November 15, 1958
Rebuilt May 1996
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
1958-1975
toward Windermere
New York Central Railroad (1914–1930)
Closed 1954
toward Chicago
Main Line
1914–1930
Cleveland Union Depot
Closed 1930
toward New York

West Park is a station on the RTA Red Line in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. 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.[2] The headhouse is connected to the platforms by a tunnel extending underneath the westbound track.

History

Station sign

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 10 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.[2] The renovation made the station ADA compliant.

Station layout

G
Platform level		 Westbound ←  Red Line  toward Airport (Puritas–West 150th)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Eastbound →  Red Line  toward Louis Stokes–Windermere (Triskett) →
LL Underpass Exit/ Entrance

Notable places nearby

West Park station in 1919

References

  1. ↑ 2007 Park-and-Ride Inventory/Survey, NOACA 2006 Transit Network Guide, June 2007, p. 29.
  2. 1 2 "About RTA: History of Public Transit in Greater Cleveland". RTA Website. Retrieved 2007-06-03.
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