East 79th station (GCRTA Red Line) explained

E. 79th St.
Style:RTA Rapid Transit
Address:2700 East 79th Street
Borough:Cleveland, Ohio
Owned:Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
Line:NS Lake Erie District
Platform:1 island platform
Tracks:2
Connections: RTA: 2[1]
Structure:Below-grade
Bicycle:Racks[2]
Accessible: Yes
Rebuilt:2021
Original:Cleveland Transit System
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail-metro
Zoom:15
Location State:collapsed

East 79th station (signed as East 79th Street) is a station on the RTA Red Line in Cleveland, Ohio. It is located on the west side of East 79th Street between Woodland Avenue and Grand Avenue. The entrance is on the east side of East 79th Street.

The station opened along with CTS Rapid Transit on March 15, 1955.[3] It originally served nearby industrial facilities, such as the Van Dorn Company, as well as a connection for the East 79th Street bus line. With the closing of most of the industrial facilities adjacent to the station, passenger boardings have decreased so that it has become one of the least used stations on the Red Line. RTA had considered closing the station or moving it to the intersection of Woodland Avenue and Buckeye Road.[4] [5] In early 2020, the RTA made the decision to renovate the station, with construction scheduled to finish in the summer of 2021.[6] The station renovation was completed ahead of schedule, and reopened on March 10, 2021.[7]

Station layout

GStreet levelEntrance/exit, buses
P
Platform level
Lake Erie
District
NS freight service
NS freight service →
Westbound← toward
Eastbound toward →

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: December 11, 2022 . Red Line Schedule . May 8, 2023 . Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority.
  2. Web site: E. 79 (Red Line) Rapid Station . May 8, 2023 . Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority.
  3. News: Exner . Rich . Red Line rapid marks 50 years in service . A1 . . March 14, 2005 . June 2, 2007 .
  4. News: McIntyre . Michael K. . RTA plans new sites, upgrades for Red Line on east side . 1B . The Plain Dealer . January 6, 1999 . June 2, 2007 .
  5. News: Sweeney . James F. . RTA considers closing 3 stations on Red Line . 3B . The Plain Dealer . October 27, 1999 . June 2, 2007 .
  6. Web site: E. 79 St. Closure. April 1, 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200330112713/http://www.riderta.com:80/service-alerts/e-79-st-closure . March 30, 2020 .
  7. Web site: Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority . Twitter . March 10, 2021.