Tower City (RTA Rapid Transit station)

Tower City
Red Line  Blue Line  Green Line  Waterfront Line  rapid transit and light rail station
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   Green Line   Waterfront 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	HealthLine B Line Trolley E Line Trolley Other bus service at Public Square
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Parking	Paid parking only
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	July 20, 1930
Rebuilt	December 17, 1990
Previous names	Public Square, Downtown Terminals
Services
Preceding station   Rapid Transit   Following station West 25th–Ohio City toward Airport Red Line East 34th–Campus toward Louis Stokes – Windermere, Warrensville – Van Aken, or Green Road Settlers Landing toward South Harbor Blue Line Green Line Waterfront Line Terminus
Location
Tower City–Public Square Location within Cleveland

Cleveland Union Terminal 1930-1990

Services   Former services   Rapid Transit West 25th–Ohio City toward Airport Red Line 1978-1990 East 34th–Campus toward Louis Stokes – Windermere, Warrensville – Van Aken, or Green Road Terminus Blue Line 1978-1990 Green Line 1978-1990 Lorain–West 25th toward Airport Airport-Windermere Line 1975-1978 East 34th–Campus toward  Windermere, Warrensville, or Green Terminus Van Aken Line 1975-1978 Shaker Line 1975-1978 Conrail East 55th Street toward Pymatuning Mahoning First-Sub Division 1976-1977 Terminus Erie Lackawanna Railway East 55th Street toward Pymatuning Mahoning First-Sub Division 1960-1976 Terminus Cleveland Transit System Lorain–West 25th toward Airport CTS Rapid Transit 1955-1975 Campus toward Windermere Shaker Heights Rapid Transit Terminus Van Aken Line 1944-1975 East 34th toward Warrensville or Green Shaker Line 1944-1975 Amtrak Toledo toward Chicago Lake Shore 1971-1972 Buffalo Central Terminal toward New York City Baltimore and Ohio Terminus Cleveland – Wheeling (1930-1960s) South Park toward Wheeling New York Central Railroad Linndale toward Chicago Water Level Route 1930-1968 East Cleveland toward New York City Linndale toward Toledo Norwalk Branch 1930-1968 Terminus Linndale toward Cincinnati Cincinnati – Cleveland 1930-1968 Erie Railroad East 55th Street toward Pymatuning Mahoning First-Sub Division 1948-1960 Terminus Cleveland Interurban Railroad Terminus Moreland Division 1930-1944 East 34th toward Warrensville or Green Shaker Division 1930-1944

Tower City–Public Square Station (or simply Tower City 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.