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East 116th (RTA Blue Line Rapid Transit station)

E. 116th Street
GCRTA wordmark logo.svg  Blue Line   Green Line  light rail station
East 116th Rapid Station September 2015.JPG
Location 2780 East 116th Street
Cleveland, Ohio 44120
Coordinates 41°29′2.5″N 81°36′12.3″W / 41.484028°N 81.603417°W / 41.484028; -81.603417Coordinates: 41°29′2.5″N 81°36′12.3″W / 41.484028°N 81.603417°W / 41.484028; -81.603417
Owned by Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
Line(s)
  Blue Line
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Connections GCRTA wordmark logo.svg Bus transport 8 (Cedar-East 116th) (Weekdays)
Construction
Structure type Below grade
History
Opened April 11, 1920
Rebuilt October 30, 1981
Services
Preceding station   GCRTA wordmark logo.svg Rapid Transit   Following station
toward Tower City
Blue
Line
Green
Line
Location
East 116th is located in Cleveland
East 116th
East 116th
Location within Cleveland
Former Services
1920-1978
Services
  Former services  
Preceding station   GCRTA wordmark logo.svg Rapid Transit   Following station
Van Aken
Line
1975-1978
toward Warrensville
or Green
Shaker
Line
1975-1978
Shaker Heights Rapid Transit
Van Aken
Line
1944-1975
toward Warrensville
or Green
Shaker
Line
1944-1975
Cleveland Interurban Railroad
Moreland
Division
1920-1944
toward Warrensville
or Green
Shaker
Division
1920-1944

East 116th is a station on the RTA Blue and Green Lines in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. It is located at the intersection of East 116th Street and Shaker Boulevard.

The station comprises side platforms below grade in the median of Shaker Boulevard west of East 116th Street. Two concrete stairways with tinted acrylic glass canopies lead from the East 116th bridge over the tracks down to the platforms.

This station will be rebuilt with upgraded amenities from January 2016 to September 2017.

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

In 1980 and 1981, the trunk line of the Green and Blue Lines from East 55th Street to Shaker Square was completely renovated with new track, ballast, poles and wiring, and new stations were built along the line. At East 116th station, new platforms and retaining walls were installed, and the wooden stairways were replaced by the present covered concrete stairways. The renovated line opened on October 30, 1981.

The station originally served St. Luke's Hospital which opened in 1927 on Shaker Boulevard just west of East 116th Street. The Hospital closed in April 1999.


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