Warrensville–Shaker station

Warrensville – Shaker is a station on the Green Line of the RTA Rapid Transit in Shaker Heights, Ohio, located in the median of Shaker Boulevard (Ohio State Route 87) on the west side of Warrensville Center Road.

For the station on the RTA Blue Line, see Warrensville–Van Aken station.
Warrensville – Shaker
light rail station
Warrensville–Shaker station
Location2800 Warrensville Center Road,
Shaker Heights, Ohio
Coordinates41°28′43″N 81°32′13″W
Owned byGreater Cleveland RTA
Line(s)Shaker Boulevard
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections RTA: 41, 41F
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Parking107 short term, 5 long term[1]
Disabled access Yes
Other information
WebsiteWarrensville - Shaker Rapid Station
History
OpenedDecember 6, 1928[2]
RebuiltOctober 11, 1980
November 22, 2016
Original companyCleveland Railway
Services
Preceding station Rapid Transit Following station
Courtland
toward Tower City
 Green Line Belvoir
toward Green Road

History
Turnaround loop east of Warrensville Center Road in 1936 just after single-track extension to Green Road was constructed.

The Cleveland Interurban Railroad (CIRR), the predecessor of the Green Line, was extended 0.4 mile (0.6 km) from Courtland Boulevard to Warrensville Road in 1928 using track removed from the Coventry Road connection between Shaker Boulevard and Fairmount Boulevard.[3] University School had moved to its nearby 36-acre (15-hectare) campus two years earlier,[4] and CIRR had made a promise to school officials to extend the line.[5] The extension, which was originally a single track, was double-tracked in 1930. A turnaround loop was built just east of the Warrensville Center Road overpass.

Further extensions east of Warrensville Road were planned. The right-of-way continued in a broad median of Shaker Boulevard with room for four rapid transit tracks as well as a high speed automobile parkway. This right-of-way extended along Shaker Boulevard to Brainard Road and from there along Gates Mills Boulevard all the way to near Mayfield Road, where it ended in a large loop suitable for use as a streetcar yard.

In 1936 the line was further extended one mile (1.6 km) east to Green Road.[6] This extension was also originally a single track, and a second track was added to the extension in 1942 when increased ridership during World War II made single track operation no longer feasible.[7]

Warrensville station was rebuilt as part of the renovation of the entire Green Line in 1980. Two concrete stairways with tinted acrylic glass canopies extended down to the platforms from the west side of the overpass carrying Warrensville Center Road over the tracks, and new platforms and parking lots were constructed. The renovated line opened on October 11, 1980[8]

In 2014, the station underwent another renovation.[1] The concrete stairways were removed and replaced by two concrete ramps leading up the grade on either side of the tracks to entrance plazas to access Warrensville Road or either side of Shaker Boulevard.[1] Additionally, wheelchair lifts were added on each platform to allow those in wheelchairs to board from the low-level platforms. The new station opened on November 22, 2016.[9]

Station signage in 2018

Station layout

The station comprises two side platforms. Two concrete walkways, each from the west side of Warrensvile Road at the intersections of Shaker Boulevard East and Shaker Boulevard West, extend down to the platforms. There is a parking lot along the westbound platform. Access to the parking is from westbound Shaker Boulevard. The Warrensville Center Road overpass is the only grade separation on the Green Line from Shaker Square east. (There is also a bridge at Green Road, but it extends over tracks beyond the end of the line used for layovers.)

Side platform 
Westbound ←      Green Line toward Tower City (Courtland)
Eastbound →      Green Line toward Green Road (Belvoir) →
Side platform 

Notable places nearby

References
  1. "Warrensville - Shaker Rapid Station". Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. February 14, 2014. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  2. "Extend Rapid Transit" (Morning). Cleveland Plain Dealer. December 5, 1928. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  3. Toman, James (1990). The Shaker Heights Rapid Transit. Glendale: Interurban Press. p. 45. ISBN 0-916374-95-5.
  4. Van Tassel, David D.; John J. Grabowski, eds. (1996). "University School". The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History (2nd ed.). Bloomington: Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-33056-4. Retrieved 2007-07-05.
  5. Toman (1990). p. 45.
  6. Toman (1990). p. 61.
  7. Toman (1990). p. 65.
  8. Toman (1990). p. 111.
  9. "Warrensville - Shaker Station, Green Line". Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. November 22, 2016. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
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