Red Line (Cleveland)

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A Red Line train

The Red Line (Route 66X) is a rapid transit line of the RTA Rapid Transit in Cleveland, Ohio, running from Hopkins International Airport northeast to Tower City in downtown Cleveland, then east and northeast to Windermere. 2.6 miles (4.2 km) of track, including two stations (East 34th-Campus and East 55th), are shared with the light rail Blue and Green Lines; the stations have high platforms for the Red Line and low platforms for the Blue and Green Lines. The whole Red Line is built next to current or former freight or intercity passenger railroads. It uses overhead lines to draw power. Unlike most rapid transit systems, most of the Red Line has an unsecure fare paid area. Only major stations have a secure turnstile system. In most stations, either in a station house or on the platform is a station agent booth. In this booth is a bus-like farebox in which passengers pay their fares. While in most cases the passenger flow is light enough to have a secure system, in a few cases with a busy station, some passengers may choose to bypass the step. In that case, the system doesn't have a proof of payment system, in which random checks are performed to make sure everyone paid their fares.

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[edit] History

The corridor along which the Red Line runs had been planned for use since before 1930, when the Cleveland Union Terminal opened. The first short section, between East 34th and East 55th Streets, was in use by the Cleveland Interurban Railroad in 1920, and in 1930 the line between East 34th and the Union Terminal was completed. It was not until March 15, 1955 that the eastern half of the Red Line opened, from the existing line near East 55th northeast next to the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (Nickel Plate Road) to Windermere. The line from downtown southwest to West 117th Street opened August 15; this line ran next to the Nickel Plate to the crossing of the New York Central Railroad near West 101st Street, and then next to the New York Central. On November 15, 1958 an extension to West Park opened, and the final section, continuing to Hopkins International Airport, opened in 1968, the first rapid transit connection to an airport in North America.

[edit] Station stops

The Red Line makes the following station stops from west to east:


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