West 25th–Ohio City (RTA Rapid Transit station)

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West 25th–Ohio City
Station statistics
Lines RTA Rapid Transit
Red Line
Connections 20 (West 25th/State)
22 (Lorain Ave.)
35 (Broadview–Quincy)
79A and 79B (Fulton)
81 (Tremont–Storer)
807 (Tremont Community Circulator)
Platforms Island platform
Parking None
Other information
Opened August 14, 1955
Rebuilt September 1992
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access
Owned by Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority

West 25th-Ohio City is a station on the RTA Red Line in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. It is located at the intersection of West 24th Street, Abbey Avenue and Lorain Avenue (Ohio State Route 10), diagonally across Lorain Avenue from the West Side Market.

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[edit] History

The station opened on August 14, 1955 when the west side portion of the CTS Rapid Transit began operation.[1]

When RTA began a program of rebuilding stations, including making them ADA compliant, West 25th Station was the first station renovated.[2] The new $2.6 million station opened September 1992.[1] The old utilitatian station was replaced with a station featuring a glass canopy with a bright red station house.

[edit] Artwork

The 1992 station renovation included an art installation by Cleveland artist Don Harvey.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b About RTA: History of Public Transit in Greater Cleveland. RTA Website. Retrieved on 2007-06-12.
  2. ^ Lawless, James. "RTA plans glass ‘showpiece’ station", The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer, July 29, 1991, pp. 2B. Retrieved on 2007-06-02. 
  3. ^ Litt, Steven. "A rapid dress-up stations starting to sport art in $940,000 project", The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer, December 30, 1993, pp. 5D. Retrieved on 2007-06-02. 

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