Brookpark
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Red Line rapid transit station | |||||||||||
Location | 18010 Brookpark Road Brook Park, Ohio 44142 |
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Coordinates | 41°25′10″N 81°49′26″W / 41.41944°N 81.82389°WCoordinates: 41°25′10″N 81°49′26″W / 41.41944°N 81.82389°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority | ||||||||||
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Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Connections |
22 (Lorain) Late Night Only 54 (Brookpark) Weekdays 78 (West 117th–Puritas) 86 (Rocky River Dr. - Berea) |
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Structure type | Embankment | ||||||||||
Parking | 1,283 spaces (east) 322 spaces (west) |
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Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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Opened | April 20, 1969 | ||||||||||
Rebuilt | April 10, 2017 | ||||||||||
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Former Services
1969-1978 |
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Brookpark is a station on the RTA Red Line located on the borders of Brook Park and Cleveland, Ohio, USA. It is located along Brookpark Road (Ohio State Route 17), west of the intersection of Henry Ford Boulevard (Ohio State Route 291) and east of the intersection of the Berea Freeway (Ohio State Route 237).
It is the westernmost station on the RTA Rapid Transit that includes free parking, and it is the second busiest station on the RTA Rapid Transit, after Tower City.
Brookpark has a single island platform for the Red Line. At the south end of the platform is an enclosed waiting area and a staircase and elevator. The island platform is accessed by a tunnel underneath the tracks, connecting it to both the eastern and western parking lots on either side of the station. All buses serving Brookpark stop at the bus bay on the eastern side of the station.
The four-mile extension of the CTS Rapid Transit from West Park station to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport was opened in November 1968, but the Brookpark Station was not opened when this extension was opened. The station opened the following spring on April 20. The station lobby and parking lot were originally located on the northeast side of the tracks and connected to the platform by a tunnel extending under the eastbound track and the adjacent tracks of CSX Transportation.
In 2000, RTA announced plans for a $7.5 million renovation of the station similar to other Red Line stations that have been or are being rebuilt. The plans called for closing the present station and building a temporary station on the other side of the tracks. The temporary station was erected and the old station closed, but further plans for a new station have been sidetracked.