West Park station

West Park is a station on the RTA Red Line in Cleveland, Ohio. It is located off Lorain Avenue just west of West 143rd Street in the West Park neighborhood.

West Park
rapid transit station
Location14510 Lorain Road,
Cleveland, Ohio
Coordinates41°27′25″N 81°47′34″W
Owned byGreater Cleveland RTA
Line(s)Chicago Line (Norfolk Southern)
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections RTA: 22, 49, 75, 83, 86
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Parking351 spaces[1]
Disabled access Yes
Other information
WebsiteWest Park Rapid Station
History
OpenedNovember 15, 1958
RebuiltMay 1996
Original companyCleveland Transit System
Services
Preceding station Rapid Transit Following station
Puritas–West 150th
toward Airport
 Red Line Triskett
toward Louis Stokes–Windermere
Former services
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station
Berea
Terminus
 Old Main Line Cleveland
toward Nottingham

The station includes a large parking lot accessible from Lorain Avenue. The access road has been named Lloyd Peterson Lane. A station lobby building is located on the southeast side of the parking lot adjacent to the tracks. The station headhouse includes bus loading areas and also houses a training facility, which opened in 1983.[2] The headhouse is connected to the platforms by a tunnel extending underneath the westbound track.

History
Station sign

The CTS Rapid Transit was extended to West Park station on November 15, 1958, and the station functioned as the western terminus of the line for 10 years. There was a small rail yard just southwest of the station. When the line was extended to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport in 1968, the yard was removed and a new yard was built just beyond Brookpark station. The station building was connected to the platform by a tunnel extending under the westbound track.

In May 1996, RTA completed a $4-million renovation of the station.[2] The renovation made the station ADA compliant.

Station layout
P
Platform level		 Street level Exit/entrance, station house, buses, parking
Chicago Line ← Norfolk Southern Railway
Westbound ←      Red Line toward Airport (Puritas–West 150th)
Island platform
Eastbound ←      Red Line toward Louis Stokes–Windermere (Triskett) →
Chicago Line ←      Amtrak services do not stop here
←      Amtrak services do not stop here →
←      Amtrak services do not stop here →
M Mezzanine Connection between station house and platform

Notable places nearby
West Park station in 1919
  • Station sign

References
  1. 2007 Park-and-Ride Inventory/Survey, NOACA 2006 Transit Network Guide, June 2007, p. 29.
  2. "About RTA: History of Public Transit in Greater Cleveland". RTA Website. Retrieved 2007-06-03.
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