Tracks 2 Disabled access Yes Platforms in use 2 | Structure type At grade Opened 10 July 1996 | |
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Location Robert J. Lockwood Jr. Drive
at West Superior Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44113 Owned by Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority Line(s) Waterfront Line
(designation)
Blue Line
Green Line Address Cleveland, OH 44113, United States Owner Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority Similar South Harbor, Tower City – Public Square, Warrensville–Van Aken, Green Road, Buckeye – Woodhill | ||
Settlers Landing Rapid Station is a station on the RTA Waterfront Line portion of the Blue and Green Lines in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. The station is located just south of the intersection of West Superior Avenue and Old River Road.
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It is the first station beyond Tower City–Public Square Station of the Waterfront line, which extended the Green and Blue Lines into The Flats along the east bank of the Cuyahoga River and along the Lake Erie waterfront. The station is adjacent to the Settlers Landing historical site which marks the location where Moses Cleaveland and his surveying team disembarked from the Cuyahoga River to survey the city in 1796.
History
The station opened on July 10, 1996, when light rail service was extended 2.2 miles from Tower City through The Flats and along the lakefront. This extension was designated the Waterfront Line, although it is actually an extension of the Blue and Green Lines, as trains leaving this station toward Tower City continue along the Blue or Green Line routes to Shaker Heights.
Notable places nearby
Artwork
The station includes eight etched glass panels created by local artist Martin Boyle. The panels join to make up windscreens to shield waiting riders at the outdoor station. Each of the panels, which measure 63 inches by 24 or 20 inches, have fine, detailed etchings of ships, canoes, early settlers in covered wagons and local waterways illustrating different local transportation eras. Each image is hand-drawn in a classical etching style and using a crosshatch technique. One illustration is a map of Cleaveland's route to the Cuyahoga.