East 116th–St. Luke's station

East 116th–St. Luke's is a station on the RTA Blue and Green Lines in Cleveland, Ohio. It is located at the intersection of East 116th Street and Shaker Boulevard.

E. 116th–St. Luke's
light rail station
Station platform after reconstruction, April 2019
Location2780 East 116th Street,
Cleveland, Ohio
Coordinates41°29′2.5″N 81°36′12.3″W
Owned byGreater Cleveland RTA
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections RTA: 8
Construction
Structure typeBelow grade
Disabled access Yes
Other information
WebsiteE. 116th - St. Luke's Rapid Station
History
OpenedApril 11, 1920 (Blue Line)
August 16, 1920 (Green Line)
RebuiltOctober 30, 1981
March 8, 2019
Previous namesEast 116th (1920–2019)
Original companyCleveland Interurban Railroad
Services
Preceding station Rapid Transit Following station
Buckeye–Woodhill
toward Tower City
 Blue Line Shaker Square
toward Warrensville–Van Aken
Green Line Shaker Square
toward Green Road

The station comprises side platforms below grade in the median of Shaker Boulevard west of East 116th Street. The station can be accessed from street level via either a set of stairs or a ramp to each platform.

History

The station opened on April 11, 1920 when service commenced on the line west of Shaker Square to East 34th Street and via surface streets to downtown.[1]

In 1980 and 1981, the trunk line of the Green and Blue Lines from East 55th Street to Shaker Square was completely renovated with new track, ballast, poles and wiring, and new stations were built along the line. At East 116th station, new platforms and retaining walls were installed, and the wooden stairways were replaced by the present covered concrete stairways. The renovated line opened on October 30, 1981.[2]

The East 116th station originally served St. Luke's Hospital which opened in 1927 on Shaker Boulevard just west of East 116th Street. The Hospital closed in April 1999. A gradual name change was enacted in RTA timetables to coincide with the opening of the new station.

This station was originally planned to be rebuilt with upgraded amenities from January 2016 to September 2017.[3] Those dates were retracted by late 2015. The groundbreaking for construction came on May 30, 2018, with a proposed completion date set for May 2019.[4] The name East 116th–St. Luke's appeared on timetables as early as April 10, 2016.[5] The station was opened ahead of schedule on March 8, 2019.[6]

Station layout
G Street level Exit/entrance, buses
P
Platform level		 Side platform
Westbound ←           Blue Line, Green Line toward Tower City (Buckeye–Woodhill)
Eastbound ←      Blue Line toward Warrensville–Van Aken (Shaker Square) →
←      Green Line toward Green Road (Shaker Square) →
Side platform

Notable places nearby
  • The 1981 station in 2015
  • Temporary station
  • New station
  • Entrance to the inbound platform

References
  1. Toman, James (1990). The Shaker Heights Rapid Transit. Glendale, Cal.: Interurban Press. p. 22. ISBN 0-916374-95-5.
  2. Toman (1990). p. 115.
  3. "East 116th Street light-rail station". Archived from the original on 19 January 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. "Cleveland transit agency begins East 116th Station project". Progressive Railroading. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  5. "BlueGreenWaterfrontLine (September 11, 2016)" (PDF). Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (April 10th timetable acquired via a public records request to the GCRTA). Archived (PDF) from the original on October 6, 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
  6. "The new station at E. 116-St. Luke's". Twitter. Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
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