East 116th (RTA Rapid Transit station)

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East 116th
Station statistics
Address 2780 East 116th Street
Cleveland, Ohio 44120
Lines RTA Rapid Transit
Green Line
Blue Line
Connections Bus # 11 (Quincy)
Bus # 12 (Woodland)
Bus # 13 (Buckeye)
Bus # 50 (East 116th–Harvard–West 117th)
Platforms Side platforms
Other information
Opened April 11, 1920
Rebuilt October 30, 1981
Owned by Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority

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 Plexiglas canopies lead from the bridge over the tracks down to the platforms.

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[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

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