Airport station (GCRTA)

Coordinates: 41°24′40″N 81°50′15″W / 41.41111°N 81.83750°W / 41.41111; -81.83750
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Airport
Cleveland Transit System
Services
Preceding station Rapid Transit Following station
Terminus Red Line Brookpark
toward Windermere

Airport station is a station on the RTA

Red Line in Cleveland, Ohio. It is the western terminus of the Red Line and is located off the lower level below the middle of the baggage claim level of Cleveland Hopkins International Airport
.

History

The station opened on November 15, 1968, when the CTS Rapid Transit was extended four miles from

West Park station, making Cleveland the first city in North America to offer direct rapid transit service to its major airport.[2] A $1.9-million renovation of the station was completed in May 1994.[2]

RTA has considered extending the Red Line beyond Hopkins Airport to

Brookpark station past the I-X Center and into Berea. The proposal included the possibility that direct service to the airport terminal would end, with a new station outside the airport grounds which would require riders to be transferred to the terminal by other means. However, the extension failed to obtain approval of the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency because it was too expensive and would not attract enough riders.[4]

RTA continues to consider Red Line extensions to development areas adjacent to the airport, and an extension along the southwest corridor to the I-X Center, Berea or the growing areas of Lorain County is included as part of RTA's long-range plan, Transit 2025.[5] RTA is also working with the City of Cleveland, the State of Ohio, and other passenger rail interests to create an Amtrak station near Hopkins Airport, which would serve as an intermodal airport hub similar to those in

Newark, Baltimore, or Milwaukee.[6]

Station layout

B Bridge level Bridge between terminal and parking garage
TL Terminal Level Hopkins Airport ticketing, security, gates
BC Baggage Claim level Street entrance/exit, baggage claim
LL
Platform level 		Eastbound      Red Line toward Windermere (Brookpark) →
Island platform Handicapped/disabled access
Eastbound      Red Line toward Windermere (Brookpark) →

Notable places nearby

Gallery

  • Red Line train at Airport station
    Red Line train at Airport station
  • Airport station platform
    Airport station platform
  • Airport station wall design
    Airport station wall design
  • Airport station platform seem from entrance
    Airport station platform seem from entrance
  • Exit to terminal seen from Airport station platform
    Exit to terminal seen from Airport station platform
  • Hallway from ticket machines to platform
    Hallway from ticket machines to platform

References

  1. ^ "Airport Rapid Station". Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "About RTA: History of Public Transit in Greater Cleveland". RTA Website. Archived from the original on June 23, 2007. Retrieved June 3, 2007.
  3. ^ "RTA approves $1 million to assess Berea line". The Plain Dealer. April 23, 1997. pp. 2B. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
  4. ^ Sweeney, James F. (April 20, 2000). "Costs may halt Red Line extension". The Plain Dealer. pp. 1B. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
  5. ^ "Transit 2025 Plan" (PDF). Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. March 2006. pp. 5–6.
  6. ^ "Greater Cleveland RTA rail planning updates". Transportation Choices. EcoCity Cleveland. Retrieved June 20, 2007.

External links

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