Farnsleigh (RTA Rapid Transit station)

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Farnsleigh

Station statistics

Address

20100 Van Aken Boulevard
Shaker Heights, Ohio 44122

Lines

RTA Rapid Transit

Blue Line

Parking

Yes

Other information

Opened

July 30, 1930

Rebuilt

October 30, 1981

Owned by

Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority

Farnsleigh is a station stop on the RTA Blue Line in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. It is located at the intersection of Farnsleigh Road and Van Aken Boulevard in Shaker Heights.

The station comprises two side platforms west of the intersection. There is parking along he median on both sides of Van Aken Boulevard adjacent to the station. There is also a large parking lot on the north side of Shaker Boulevard.

[edit] History

The station opened when the Van Aken line was extended east from Lynnfield Road. The extension used rail removed from Coventry Road between Shaker Boulevard and Fairmount Boulevard used to connect the Shaker line to the Cleveland streetcar system before 1920.^[1] The extension opened on July 30, 1930 at the same time that trains began using Cleveland Union Terminal.^[2]

In 1980 and 1981, the Green and Blue Lines were completely renovated with new track, ballast, poles and wiring, and new stations were built along the line. The renovated line along Van Aken Boulevard opened on October 30, 1981.^[3]

[edit] References

^ Toman, James (1990). The Shaker Heights Rapid Transit. Glendale, Calif.: Interurban Press, p. 45. ISBN 0-916374-95-5.
^ Toman (1990). p. 48.
^ Toman (1990). p. 111.