Buckeye – Woodhill (RTA Rapid Transit station)

Buckeye Woodhill
Blue Line   Green Line  light rail station
Location	9528 Buckeye Road Cleveland, Ohio 44104
Coordinates	41°28′58″N 81°37′7″W / 41.48278°N 81.61861°W / 41.48278; -81.61861Coordinates: 41°28′58″N 81°37′7″W / 41.48278°N 81.61861°W / 41.48278; -81.61861
Owned by	Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
Line(s)	Blue Line   Green Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	10 11
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	33 spaces
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	April 11, 1920
Rebuilt	1981, 2011-2012
Services
Preceding station   Rapid Transit   Following station East 79th toward Tower City Blue Line East 116th toward Warrensville – Van Aken or Green Road Green Line
Location
Buckeye–Woodhill Location within Cleveland

Former Services 1920-1978

Services   Former services   Preceding station   Rapid Transit   Following station East 79th toward Public Square Van Aken Line 1975-1978 East 116th toward Warrensville or Green Shaker Line 1975-1978 Shaker Heights Rapid Transit East 79th toward Downtown Terminal Van Aken Line 1944-1975 East 116th toward Warrensville or Green Shaker Line 1944-1975 Cleveland Interurban Railroad East 79th toward Union Terminal Moreland Division 1920-1944 East 116th toward Warrensville or Green Shaker Division 1920-1944

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Buckeye–Woodhill Rapid Station is a station on the RTA Blue and Green Lines in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. It is located at the intersection of Woodhill Road, Buckeye Road and Shaker Boulevard.

The station comprises side platforms below grade west of the intersection. Two concrete stairways, one on the north from Buckeye Road and the second on the south from Woodhill Road, lead down to the platforms. There is a small parking lot north of the platforms off Buckeye Road.

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

The station was located at the mouth of a cut over a mile in length from Shaker Square. The cut averages 25 feet (7.6 m) in depth, but just before Buckeye–Woodhill it is up to 40 feet (12 m) deep, with a 2.44 percent incline down from the Shaker Square (the steepest grade on the line). The line was constructed with a tunnel under the intersection of Buckeye and Woodhill Roads, which was built without disturbing the automobile and streetcar traffic above. The location of the tunnel dictated the placement of the line.