West 25th–Ohio City (RTA Rapid Transit station)

Infobox Station
name=West 25th–Ohio City
type=RTA rapid transit station

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other=Bus # 20 (West 25th/State)
Bus # 22 (Lorain Ave.)
Bus # 35 (Broadview–Quincy)
Bus # 79A and 79B (Fulton)
Bus # 81 (Tremont–Storer)
Community Circulator # 807 (Tremont)
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platform=Island platform
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opened=August 14, 1955
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rebuilt=September 1992
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owned=Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
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West 25th-Ohio City is a station on the RTA Red Line in the Ohio City neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, USA. It is located at the intersection of West 24th Street, Abbey Avenue and Lorain Avenue (Ohio State Route 10), diagonally across Lorain Avenue from the West Side Market.

Notable places nearby

* Great Lakes Brewing Company
* Saint Ignatius High School
* St. John's Episcopal Church
* West Side Market

History

The station opened on August 14, 1955 when the west side portion of the CTS Rapid Transit began operation.cite web
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title = About RTA: History of Public Transit in Greater Cleveland
work = RTA Website
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url = http://www.gcrta.org/ar_RTAhistory.asp
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accessdate = 2007-06-12]

When RTA began a program of rebuilding stations, including making them ADA compliant, West 25th Station was the first station renovated. [cite news
last = Lawless
first = James
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title = RTA plans glass ‘showpiece’ station
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pages = 2B
language =
publisher = The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer
date = July 29, 1991
url = http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:CPDB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0F340E8A364EAA0D&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated4&req_dat=0D1C2ED46ABD2E15
accessdate = 2007-06-02 ] The new $2.6 million station opened September 1992. The old utilitatian station was replaced with a station featuring a glass canopy with a bright red head house.

Artwork

The 1992 station renovation included an art installation by Cleveland artist Don Harvey. [cite news
last = Litt
first = Steven
coauthors =
title = A rapid dress-up stations starting to sport art in $940,000 project
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pages = 5D
language =
publisher = The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer
date = December 30, 1993
url = http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:CPDB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0F8079E3F5E5F216&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated4&req_dat=0D1C2ED46ABD2E15
accessdate = 2007-06-02 ]

References

External links

* [http://www.riderta.com/rapidtransit_loc_w25.asp W 25 – Ohio City Station page from RTA Website]