West Park (RTA Rapid Transit station)

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West Park
RTA Rapid Transit station

Station statistics

Address

14510 Lorain Road
Cleveland, Ohio 44111

Coordinates

41°27′25″N, 81°47′34″W

Lines

Red Line

Connections

Bus # 22 (Lorain Ave.)
Bus # 52 (Westgate - West Park)
Community Circulator # 809
(Kamm’s–Puritas)

Structure

At grade

Platforms

Island platform

Parking

Yes

Other information

Opened

November 15, 1958

Rebuilt

May 1996

Accessible

Owned by

Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority

West Park is a station on the RTA Red Line in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. It is located off Lorain Avenue just west of West 143rd Street.

The station includes a large parking lot accessible from Lorain Avenue. The access road has been named Lloyd Peterson Lane. A station lobby building is located on the southeast side of the parking lot adjacent to the tracks. The station building includes bus loading areas and also houses a training facility, which opened in 1983.^[1] The station building is connected to the platforms by a tunnel extending underneath the westbound track.

1 Notable places nearby
2 History
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Notable places nearby

West Park neighborhood

[edit] History

The CTS Rapid Transit was extended to West Park station on November 15, 1958, and the station functioned as the western terminus of the line for 10 years. There was a small rail yard just southwest of the station. When the line was extended to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport in 1968, the yard was removed and a new yard was built just beyond Brookpark station. The station building was connected to the platform by a tunnel extending under the westbound track.

In May 1996, RTA completed a $4-million renovation of the station.^[1] The tunnel to the platform was replaced by a bridge extending over the westbound track. The renovation also made the station ADA compliant.