Platforms 2 side platforms Opened 10 July 1996 | Tracks 2 | |
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Location 1400 South Marginal Road
Cleveland, Ohio 44114 Owned by Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority Line(s) Waterfront Line
(designation)
Blue Line
Green Line Connections RTA Bus: NineTwelve Trolley Address 1300 S. Marginal Road, Cleveland, OH 44114, USA Owner Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority Similar Settlers Landing, Green Road, Warrensville–Van Aken, Tower City – Public Square, Buckeye – Woodhill | ||
South Harbor Rapid Station is a station on the RTA Waterfront Line portion of the Blue and Green Lines in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. It is the northern terminus of the Waterfront Line and the terminus of the Blue and Green Lines.
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The station is located in a rather isolated setting on the southeast side of the Cleveland Municipal Parking Lot (locally known as the "Muny Lot"), and is generally only useful to access the parking areas. Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport is relatively close to the station, but to reach the airport one must cross the Cleveland Memorial Shoreway, and there is no pedestrian crossing.
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.
There have been several proposals to extend the Waterfront Line beyond South Harbor station since its completion in 1996. The proposal currently under consideration would extend the line southeast from through downtown past Playhouse Square and the Cuyahoga Community College main campus, where it would reconnect with the existing line in the vicinity of East 30th Street and the Main Post Office. The proposal is intended to improve downtown access to the rapid transit system and to “complete the loop” initiated by the Waterfront Line extension.
Another proposal, part of Cleveland's Lakefront Plan, is to extend the line east along the lakefront as far as East 88th Street and possibly out to Collinwood, where public and private sector development investments would be targeted.