Puritas (RTA Rapid Transit station)

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Puritas

Station statistics

Address

4200 West 150th Street
Cleveland, Ohio 44135

Lines

RTA Rapid Transit

Red Line

Connections

70 (Bunts–West 150)
78 (West 98th–Puritas)
809 (Kamm’s–Puritas Community Circulator)

Platforms

Island platform

Parking

Yes

Other information

Opened

November 15, 1968

Owned by

Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority

Puritas is a station on the RTA Red Line in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. It is located at off West 150th Street just north of Interstate 71. The entrance to the station parking lot is off exit/entrance ramp to Interstate 71. There is also an entrance from West 154th Street, connecting the station directly to Puritas Avenue.

The station lobby building is on the northwest side of the parking lot, and tunnel under the CSX railroad (formerly New York Central) tracks and the eastbound Red Line tracks connects the station building to the platform. The tunnel also extends under the westbound Red Line tracks, and there is another station entrance on a cul-de-sac at the eastern end of Valleyview Avenue.

The station opened with the extension of the CTS Rapid Transit to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport on November 15, 1968.^[1] The parking lot was originally larger, but a portion of the lot has been used for the adjacent La Quinta Inn.

The station has not been renovated since its initial construction. It remains inaccessible under ADA. The new station will be ADA compliant, with a new headhouse, two entrances, new signage, public art and a new parking lot in late 2008.