Tower City
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Red Line Blue Line Green Line Waterfront Line rapid transit and light rail station |
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The westbound Red Line platform
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Location | 230 West Huron Road Cleveland, Ohio 44113 |
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Coordinates | 41°29′51″N 81°41′38″W / 41.49750°N 81.69389°WCoordinates: 41°29′51″N 81°41′38″W / 41.49750°N 81.69389°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Platforms | 2 low island platforms for light rail 2 high island platforms for rapid transit |
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Tracks | 2 outer through tracks, 2 inner stub tracks, 1 non-revenue track | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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(Public Square/Tower City station) B Line Trolley E Line Trolley Other bus service at Public Square |
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Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Parking | Paid parking only | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Website | http://www.riderta.com/facilities/towercity | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | July 20, 1930 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | December 17, 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Previous names | Public Square, Downtown Terminals | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cleveland Union Terminal
1930-1990 |
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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.