West Park
West Park station platform
General information
Location14510 Lorain Road
Cleveland, Ohio
Coordinates 41°27′25″N 81°47′34″W / 41.45694°N 81.79278°W / 41.45694; -81.79278
Owned byGreater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
Line(s)NS Chicago Line
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus transport RTA: 22, 83, 86[1]
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Parking351 spaces[2]
Bicycle facilitiesRacks[3]
AccessibleHandicapped/disabled access Yes[3]
Other information
Websiteriderta.com/facilities/westpark
History
OpenedNovember 15, 1958 (1958-11-15)
Rebuilt1996
Original companyCleveland Transit System
Services
Preceding station Rapid Transit Following station
Puritas–West 150th
toward Airport
 Red Line Triskett
toward Windermere
Former services
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station
Berea
Terminus
 Old Main Line Cleveland
toward Nottingham

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

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 headhouse includes bus loading areas and also houses a training facility, which opened in 1983.[4] The headhouse is connected to the platforms by a tunnel extending underneath the westbound track.

History

West Park station in 1919

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 ten 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 that made it accessible to people with disabilities.[4]

Station layout

P
Platform level		 Street level Entrance/exit, station house, buses, parking
Chicago Line ← NS freight service
Westbound ←      Red Line toward Airport (Puritas–West 150th)
Island platform Handicapped/disabled access, doors open on the left
Eastbound      Red Line toward Windermere (Triskett) →
Chicago Line ← NS freight service,      Amtrak services do not stop here
← NS freight service,      Amtrak services do not stop here →
NS freight service,      Amtrak services do not stop here →
T Tunnel Connection between station house and platform

Notable places nearby

References

  1. ↑ "Red Line Schedule" (PDF). Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. December 11, 2022. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
  2. ↑ "NOACA 2007 Transit Network Guide, Park-and-Ride Inventory/Survey". Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency. August 2008. p. 30.
  3. 1 2 "West Park Rapid Station". Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
  4. 1 2 "About RTA: History of Public Transit in Greater Cleveland". RTA Website. Retrieved June 3, 2007.
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