West 3rd (RTA Rapid Transit station)

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name=West 3rd
type=RTA light rail station

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Cleveland, Ohio 44114
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West 3rd Street Station at Cleveland Browns Stadium is a station on the RTA Waterfront Line portion of the Blue and Green Lines in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. The station is located on the east side of West 3rd Street and south of the westboard exit ramp of the Cleveland Memorial Shoreway. The station primarily serves as a destination for those going to Cleveland Browns football games and as an access for those leaving the games.

The station's main entrance is from the north platform on its west side from West 3rd Street. There is a small station lobby with an attendant booth (usually unattended) and an elevator and stairs leading down to the north side platform. There are also ramps on its north side from West 3rd Street and from Lerner Way adjacent to Cleveland Browns Stadium. These ramps are usually closed except during Browns games, and there are multiple faregates to handle crowds using the station during the games. Access to the south platform is by crossings that extend across both tracks at each end of the south platform.

Foundations for the station were put in place when the Waterfront Line was constructed, but there was no station when the Waterfront Line opened on July 10, 1996, since Cleveland Municipal Stadium was being demolished and construction of Cleveland Browns Stadium had not yet begun. The $5 million station was later completed and opened on August 12, 1999, [cite web
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title = About RTA: History of Public Transit in Greater Cleveland
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accessdate = 2007-05-06] in time for the first home game. [cite news
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title = RTA's Game Plan
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publisher = The Plain Dealer
date = August 13, 1999
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=0F80D612CECDC0E0&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated4&req_dat=0D1C2ED46ABD2E15
accessdate = 2007-05-06 ]

Notable places nearby

* Cleveland Browns Stadium
* Justice Center
* The Warehouse District
* Port of Cleveland
* Great Lakes Science Center

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