Puritas (RTA Rapid Transit station)

Infobox Station
name=Puritas
type=RTA rapid transit station

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address=4200 West 150th Street
Cleveland, Ohio 44135
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other=Bus # 70 (Bunts–West 150)
Bus # 78 (West 98th–Puritas)
Community Circulator # 809 (Kamm’s–Puritas)
structure=At-grade
platform=Island platform
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parking=558 spaces [2007 Park-and-Ride Inventory/Survey, [http://www.noaca.org/06transitguide.pdf NOACA 2006 Transit Network Guide] , June 2007, p. 29.]
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opened=November 15, 1968
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Puritas is a station on the RTA Red Line in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. It is located at off West 150th Street just north of Interstate 71. The entrance to the station parking lot is off exit/entrance ramp to Interstate 71. There is also an entrance from West 154th Street, connecting the station directly to Puritas Avenue.

The station headhouse is on the northwest side of the parking lot, and tunnel under the CSX railroad (formerly New York Central) tracks and the eastbound Red Line tracks connects the station building to the platform. The tunnel also extends under the westbound Red Line tracks, and there is another station entrance on a cul-de-sac at the eastern end of Valleyview Avenue.

The station opened with the extension of the CTS Rapid Transit to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport on November 15, 1968. [cite web
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title = About RTA: History of Public Transit in Greater Cleveland
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url = http://www.gcrta.org/ar_RTAhistory.asp
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accessdate = 2007-06-03] The parking lot was originally larger, but a portion of the lot has been used for the adjacent La Quinta Inn.

The station has not been renovated since its initial construction. It remains inaccessible under ADA. The new station will be ADA compliant, with a new headhouse, two entrances, new signage, public art and a new parking lot in late 2008. [cite web
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title = About RTA: Major Projects – Puritas Rapid Station
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url = http://www.riderta.com/majorprojects/puritas.asp
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accessdate = 2008-07-03]

References

External links

* [http://www.riderta.com/rapidtransit_loc_pur.asp West 150th and Puritas Rapid Transit Station page from RTA Website]
* [http://www.riderta.com/majorprojects/puritas.asp Pictures of Proposed New Station from RTA Website]