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Public Square (RTA Blue Line Rapid Transit station)

Tower City
 Red Line  Blue Line  Green Line  Waterfront Line 
GCRTA wordmark logo.svg rapid transit and light rail station
Westbound Red Line platform at Tower City.jpg
The westbound Red Line platform
Location 230 West Huron Road
Cleveland, Ohio 44113
Coordinates 41°29′51″N 81°41′38″W / 41.49750°N 81.69389°W / 41.49750; -81.69389Coordinates: 41°29′51″N 81°41′38″W / 41.49750°N 81.69389°W / 41.49750; -81.69389
Owned by Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
Line(s)
  Red Line
  Blue Line
Platforms 2 low island platforms for light rail
2 high island platforms for rapid transit
Tracks 2 outer through tracks, 2 inner stub tracks, 1 non-revenue track
Connections (Public Square/Tower City station)
B Line Trolley
E Line Trolley
Other bus service at Public Square
Construction
Structure type Underground
Parking Paid parking only
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Website http://www.riderta.com/facilities/towercity
History
Opened July 20, 1930
Rebuilt December 17, 1990
Previous names Public Square, Downtown Terminals
Services
Preceding station   GCRTA wordmark logo.svg Rapid Transit   Following station
toward Airport
Red
Line
through to Waterfront Line
Blue
Line
Green
Line
Waterfront Line
Location
Tower City is located in Cleveland
Tower City
Tower City
Location within Cleveland
Cleveland Union Terminal
1930-1990
Services
  Former services  
Preceding station   GCRTA wordmark logo.svg Rapid Transit   Following station
toward Airport
Red
Line
1978-1990
Terminus Blue
Line
1978-1990
Green
Line
1978-1990
toward Airport
Airport-Windermere Line
1975-1978
Terminus Van Aken
Line
1975-1978
Shaker
Line
1975-1978
Conrail
toward Youngstown
Cleveland-Youngstown
1976-1977
Terminus
Erie Lackawanna Railway
toward Youngstown
Cleveland-Youngstown
1970-1976
Terminus
toward Pymatuning
Mahoning First-Sub Division
1960-1970
Terminus
Cleveland Transit System
toward Airport
CTS Rapid Transit
1955-1975
toward Windermere
Shaker Heights Rapid Transit
Terminus Van Aken
Line
1944-1975
toward Warrensville
or Green
Shaker
Line
1944-1975
BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak
toward Chicago
Lake Shore
1971-1972
Baltimore and Ohio
Terminus Cleveland – Wheeling
(1930-1960s)
toward Wheeling
New York Central Railroad
toward Chicago
Water Level Route
1930-1968
toward Toledo
Norwalk Branch
1930-1968
Terminus
toward Cincinnati
Cincinnati – Cleveland
1930-1968
toward Detroit
Mercury
1936-1959
Terminus
Erie Railroad
toward Pymatuning
Mahoning First-Sub Division
1948-1960
Terminus
Cleveland Interurban Railroad
Terminus Moreland
Division
1930-1944
toward Warrensville
or Green
Shaker
Division
1930-1944

Tower City Rapid Station is a rapid transit station in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. It is the central station on the RTA Red Line and the major station on the RTA Green and Blue Lines. The station is located directly beneath Prospect Avenue in the middle of the Tower City Center shopping mall. The station is only accessible through the Tower City Center shopping complex, and, for this reason, the public concourse of the shopping mall is open at all times that the RTA Rapid Transit is in operation.

Located in downtown Cleveland, the station is the busiest RTA Rapid Transit station. It is also the only station to serve all of downtown Cleveland, in spite of the fact the Tower City complex is located on the south end of this district near the east shore of the Cuyahoga River; the rest of downtown is serviced by frequent bus service. It offers connections to all RTA buses serving Public Square. The station also includes a "Walkway to Gateway," which is a completely enclosed and air-conditioned skyway from Tower City Center to Quicken Loans Arena and Progressive Field of the Gateway Sports and Entertainment Complex, allowing RTA passengers, as well as those using the Tower City parking facilities, to walk to the arena or ballpark without having to go outside.

The station has two fare-collection entrances, one leading to a low platform station for use by the light rail Green and Blue Lines, and one leading to a high platform station for the heavy rail Red Line. Both entrances open from a lobby located on the lowest level of the Tower City shopping mall, and this lobby is accessible by escalators and elevators from the other levels of the mall. Each entrance has multiple fare gates along with two operator booths. The entrance for the Green and Blue Lines collects fares from passengers entering and leaving the station, since westbound passengers pay their fare upon leaving. The Red Line entrance collects fares from passengers entering the station and also requires arriving passengers to swipe their proof of payment card at the gate in order to exit the station. To transfer from the Red Line to the Green or Blue Lines, or vice versa, passengers must exit through the fare gates at one station entrance and enter through the other station entrance. The high and low platform portions of the station can also be reached from each other without going through the lobby by an access passageway located on each side of the lobby along the tracks; however, with the implementation of the proof of payment system on the Red Line, the passageway has been closed.


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