Green (RTA Rapid Transit station)

Green Road
Green Line  light rail station
Location	22900 Shaker Boulevard Shaker Heights, Ohio 44122
Coordinates	41°28′43″N 81°31′4″W / 41.47861°N 81.51778°W / 41.47861; -81.51778Coordinates: 41°28′43″N 81°31′4″W / 41.47861°N 81.51778°W / 41.47861; -81.51778
Owned by	Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
Line(s)	Green Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	34 (Weekdays) 94
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	810 short-term, 10 long-term (including West Green)
Disabled access	Since renovation of the station in 2001, the station has been accessible by means of wheelchair ramps on the loading platforms.
Other information
Website	Green Road Rapid Station
History
Opened	1936
Rebuilt	October 11, 1980; 1998
Services
Preceding station   Rapid Transit   Following station Shaker Boulevard West Green toward Tower City Green Line Terminus
Former services Preceding station   Rapid Transit   Following station West Green toward Public Square Shaker Line 1975–1978 Terminus Shaker Heights Rapid Transit West Green toward Downtown Terminal Shaker Line 1944–1975 Terminus Cleveland Interurban Railroad West Green toward Union Terminal Shaker Division 1936–1944 Terminus

34 (Weekdays)

Green Road is a station on the Green Line of the RTA Rapid Transit in Cleveland, Ohio. It is the eastern terminus of the Green Line.

The station is located below street level, depressed in the enlarged median of Shaker Boulevard at its intersection with Green Road in Shaker Heights. The station includes a large open parking area which extends to West Green station.

When Shaker Boulevard east of Warrensville Center Road was laid out by the Van Sweringen brothers in the 1920s, it included a broad median strip with room for four rapid transit tracks as well as a high-speed automobile parkway. The rapid transit right-of-way extended along Shaker Boulevard to Brainard Road and from there along Gates Mills Boulevard all the way to near Mayfield Road, where it ended in a large loop suitable for use as a streetcar yard.

The Shaker Boulevard line of the Shaker Heights Rapid Transit was expanded one mile east from Warrensville Center Road to Green Road in 1936. The extension was originally a single track using rails and poles from a scrapped interurban line. A loop was provided east of Green Road for the cars to reverse direction. A second track was added to the extension in 1942, when increased ridership during World War II made single-track operation no longer feasible.

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