Superior station

Superior is a station on the RTA Red Line in East Cleveland, Ohio. It is located on Superior Avenue (U.S. Route 6) at the intersection of Emily Street, approximately 1½ blocks west of Euclid Avenue (U.S. Route 20). A small parking lot is located northeast of the station entrance along Emily Street.

Superior
rapid transit station
Location13113 Superior Avenue,
East Cleveland, Ohio
Coordinates41°31′23″N 81°35′32″W
Owned byGreater Cleveland RTA
Line(s)Lake Erie District (Norfolk Southern)
Cleveland Short Line Sub. (CSX)
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections  HealthLine (Superior Avenue)
RTA: 3, 40
Construction
Structure typeEmbankment
Parking91 spaces[1]
Disabled access Yes
Other information
WebsiteSuperior Rapid Station
History
OpenedJune 22, 1930 (Railroad station)
March 15, 1955 (Red Line)
Closed1964 (Railroad station)
RebuiltSeptember 1996
Original companyCleveland Transit System
Services
Preceding station Rapid Transit Following station
Little Italy–University Circle
toward Airport
 Red Line Louis Stokes–Windermere
Terminus
Former services
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station
Cleveland
toward Chicago
 Main Line Nottingham
toward New York
Preceding station New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Following station
Cleveland
toward Chicago
 Nickel Plate District Euclid
toward Buffalo
Preceding station Rapid Transit Following station
Euclid–East 120th
(Closed 2015)
toward Airport
 Red Line Louis Stokes–Windermere
Terminus

History

The station opened along with CTS Rapid Transit on March 15, 1955.[2] It was located across Superior Avenue from the East Cleveland railroad station that served the Nickel Plate and New York Central railroads. The railroad station was constructed in 1929 as part of the Cleveland Union Terminal project, replacing a station located 1 mile southwest at Euclid and East 120th Street. East Cleveland railroad station was abandoned in the 1960s.

The station was completely rehabilitated as part of an RTA renovation program that began in the late 1990s. The $5 million rehabilitation was completed in September 1996.[3]

Station layout
P
Platform level		 Cleveland Short
Line Subdivision		 ← CSX Transportation
← CSX Transportation →
Lake Erie District ← Norfolk Southern Railway
← Norfolk Southern Railway →
Westbound ←      Red Line toward Airport (Little Italy–University Circle)
→ (No service: Euclid–East 120th)
Island platform
Eastbound ←      Red Line toward Louis Stokes–Windermere (Terminus) →
G Street level Exit/entrance, station house, buses

Notable places nearby

References
  1. 2007 Park-and-Ride Inventory/Survey, NOACA 2006 Transit Network Guide, June 2007, p. 29.
  2. Exner, Rich (March 14, 2005). "Red Line rapid marks 50 years in service". The Plain Dealer. p. A1. Retrieved 2007-06-02.
  3. "About RTA: History of Public Transit in Greater Cleveland". RTA Website. Retrieved 2007-06-03.

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