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Little Italy–University Circle (RTA Rapid Transit station)

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Line(s)
  
Red Line

Structure type
  
Embankment

Opened
  
11 August 2015

Tracks
  
2

Connections
  
9 (Mayfield)

Parking
  
None

Platforms in use
  
1

Little Italy–University Circle (RTA Rapid Transit station)

Location
  
11851 Mayfield Road Cleveland, Ohio 44106

Owned by
  
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority

Address
  
11851 Mayfield Rd & E 119th St, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA

Owner
  
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority

Similar
  
Cedar–University, Tower City–Public Square, East 105th – Quincy, Brookpark, Louis Stokes Station at

Little Italy - University Circle is a station on the RTA Red Line in the University Circle neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, USA. It is located at the Mayfield Road (U.S. Route 322) and East 119 Street intersection, near the western end of Little Italy.

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Notable places nearby

  • Little Italy
  • Case Western Reserve University (northern campus)
  • University Hospitals Case Medical Center
  • History

    The station was built to replace the older Red Line station located at Euclid and East 120th street approximately 0.3 miles north which RTA deemed to be functionally obsolete.

    Construction began in October 2013 and reuses an old vault under the railroad bridges as the lobby area. The vault was built in the 1920s as a potential commuter rail station by the Van Sweringen brothers and was composed of passenger tunnels and stairways. As part of the construction, a new headhouse, entrance plaza, and platform were built, an elevator installed, and two transit track bridges were rehabilitated. In addition, multiple pieces of public art were installed in the station and new concrete sidewalks, landscaping, and lighting were added as well as repairs made to the bridge abutment.

    The station opened on August 11, 2015, making it the first new station on the Red Line since 1969 when Brookpark Station opened.

    References

    Little Italy–University Circle (RTA Rapid Transit station) Wikipedia