East 79th (RTA Red Line Rapid Transit station)
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East 79th is a station on the RTA Red Line
in Cleveland, Ohio
, USA. 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 bears the same name as the East 79th station on the Green and Blue Lines
. The Green and Blue Line station is located 0.4 miles south.
The station opened along with CTS Rapid Transit on March 15, 1955.
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 has considered closing the station or moving it to the intersection of Woodland Avenue and Buckeye Road.
Plans for the station are still under consideration. In the meantime, RTA will not renovate the station, as it has done with most other Red Line stations, since ridership and potential for growth is so low.
Red Line (Cleveland)
The Red Line is a rapid transit line of the RTA Rapid Transit in Cleveland, Ohio, running from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport northeast to Tower City in downtown Cleveland, then east and northeast to Windermere...
in Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
, USA. 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 bears the same name as the East 79th station on the Green and Blue Lines
Blue and Green Lines (Cleveland)
The Blue Line, Green Line, and Waterfront Line are the interurban/light rail component of the RTA Rapid Transit, a rapid transit rail system in greater Cleveland and Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio...
. The Green and Blue Line station is located 0.4 miles south.
The station opened along with CTS Rapid Transit on March 15, 1955.
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 has considered closing the station or moving it to the intersection of Woodland Avenue and Buckeye Road.
Plans for the station are still under consideration. In the meantime, RTA will not renovate the station, as it has done with most other Red Line stations, since ridership and potential for growth is so low.