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

West 25th–Ohio City
RTA rapid transit station
Location 2350 Lorain Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44113
Coordinates 41°29′5″N 81°42′4″W / 41.48472°N 81.70111°W / 41.48472; -81.70111Coordinates: 41°29′5″N 81°42′4″W / 41.48472°N 81.70111°W / 41.48472; -81.70111
Owned by Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
Line(s)
  Red Line
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Connections # 20 (West 25th-State)
# 21 (West 25th-Clark) Weekdays
# 22 (Lorain Ave.)
# 35 (West 25th-Broadview)
#45A (Ridge) Rush Hour
# 51 (West 25th-Pearl)
# 79A and 79B (Fulton) 79A weekdays
# 81 (Tremont–Storer)
Construction
Structure type Below grade
Parking None
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened August 14, 1955
Rebuilt September 1992
Previous names West 25th–Lorain
Services
Preceding station   Rapid Transit   Following station
toward Airport
Red Line

West 25th-Ohio City is a station on the RTA Red Line in the Ohio City neighborhood of 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. The station is the first one toward the Airport to be located west of the Cuyahoga River; the Red Line is the only rapid transit line to serve Cleveland both east and west of the Cuyahoga.

Notable places nearby

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 head house.

Artwork

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

References

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

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