East 79th (RTA Red Line Rapid Transit station)

E. 79TH RAPID
Red Line  rapid transit station
View of the station platform from East 79th Street
Coordinates	41°29′10″N 81°38′00″W / 41.48611°N 81.63333°W / 41.48611; -81.63333Coordinates: 41°29′10″N 81°38′00″W / 41.48611°N 81.63333°W / 41.48611; -81.63333
Owned by	Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
Line(s)	RTA Rapid Transit   Red Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	2 (Weekdays Only)
Construction
Parking	None
History
Opened	March 15, 1955
Services
Preceding station   Rapid Transit   Following station East 55th toward Airport Red Line East 105th – Quincy toward Louis Stokes – Windermere
Location
East 79th Location within Cleveland

Former Services 1955-1978
Services   Former services   Preceding station   Rapid Transit   Following station East 55th toward Airport Airport-Windermere Line 1975-1978 East 105th–Quincy toward Windermere Cleveland Transit System East 55th toward Airport CTS Rapid Transit 1955-1975 East 105th toward Windermere

East 79th is a station on the RTA Red Line in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. It is located on the west side of East 79th Street between Woodland Avenue and Grand Avenue. The entrance is on the east side of East 79th Street.

The station bears the same name as the East 79th station on the Green and Blue Lines. The Green and Blue Line station is located 0.4 miles south.

The station opened along with CTS Rapid Transit on March 15, 1955. It originally served nearby industrial facilities, such as the Van Dorn Company, as well as a connection for the East 79th Street bus line. With the closing of most of the industrial facilities adjacent to the station, passenger boardings have decreased so that it has become one of the least used stations on the Red Line. RTA has considered closing the station or moving it to the intersection of Woodland Avenue and Buckeye Road. Plans for the station are still under consideration. In the meantime, RTA will not renovate the station, as it has done with most other Red Line stations, since ridership and potential for growth is so low.