Euclid–East 120th (RTA Rapid Transit station)

Infobox Station
name=Euclid–East 120th
type=RTA Rapid Transit station

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address=12000 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44106
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other=Bus # 4 (Payne–Wade Park)
Bus # 6 (Euclid Ave.)
Bus # 50 (East 116th–Harvard–West 117th)
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Euclid–East 120th is a station on the RTA Red Line in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. It is located along Euclid Avenue (U.S. Route 20) at the corner of Coltman Road, near the western end of Lake View Cemetery.

The station has the fewest passenger boardings of any station on the RTA Red Line. It receives meager use because there is little commercial or residential development around the station and no immediate parking. RTA plans to close the station and open a new station at Mayfield Road in 2010.

Notable places nearby

* Lake View Cemetery
* Little Italy
* Case Western Reserve University (northern campus)

History

The station is near the site of the old Nickel Plate railroad station. The lobby building of the railroad station was located on the other side of the tracks along the south side of Euclid Avenue. That railway station was removed as part of the Cleveland Union Terminal project and replaced by the East Cleveland station adjacent to today's Superior Rapid Transit station.

When the Cleveland Transit System Rapid Transit was constructed in the early 1950s, it used the original right-of-way laid out for the Van Sweringen brothers' rapid transit system in 1928. The original right-of-way included passenger tunnels and stairways at Mayfield Road (U.S. Route 322), but CTS decided not to place a station there because the buses running on Mayfield Road were those of Redifer Bus Co., not CTS, and CTS did not want to provide an interconnection for a competing bus line. [cite book
last = Christiansen
first = Harry
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = Trolley Trails Through Greater Cleveland and Northern Ohio
volume = 3
publisher = Trolley Lore/Western Reserve Historical Society
date = 1975
location = Lakewood
pages = p. 473
url =
doi =
isbn = ] Therefore, the Mayfield station was eliminated in favor of the Euclid-East 120th station. The station opened with the opening of the CTS Rapid Transit on the east side on March 15, 1955. [cite news
last = Exner
first = Rich
coauthors =
title = Red Line rapid marks 50 years in service
work =
pages = A1
language =
publisher = The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer
date = March 14, 2005
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=108D9BD89956CF6D&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated4&req_dat=0D1C2ED46ABD2E15
accessdate = 2007-06-02 ]

When originally opened, the entrance to the station along Euclid Avenue was in the middle of the railroad bridge over the street. The station was not very visible, and this may have contributed to its disuse. A further tunnel was constructed under the tracks to provide a more visible entrance at the east side of the bridge.

As ridership on the rapid transit system declined, RTA examined the economic viability of maintaining stations that had minimal rider counts. As few as 70 people a day used Euclid–East 120th Station, making it the least used station on the system, and a policy was proposed to allow closing the station. [cite news
last = Lawless
first = James
coauthors =
title = Policy would let RTA shut station committee OKs rider minimum
work =
pages = 1B
language =
publisher = The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer
date = 1992-05-06
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=0F803A76ACE21591&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated4&req_dat=0D1C2ED46ABD2E15
accessdate = 2007-06-02 ] "The Plain Dealer" endorsed the station closing as part of an overall program to control costs on the rapid transit system. [cite news
last =
first =
coauthors =
title = A stop too many on the Red Line
work = Editorial
pages = 10C
language =
publisher = The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer
date = 1992-05-08
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=0F803A80D0221A1D&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated4&req_dat=0D1C2ED46ABD2E15
accessdate = 2007-06-02 ] Despite protests from city and union officials, RTA adopted the policy. [cite news
last = Lawless
first = James
coauthors =
title = New policy may doom 4 rapid stations
work =
pages = 4B
language =
publisher = The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer
date = 1992-06-17
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=0F803B445B73EB5C&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated4&req_dat=0D1C2ED46ABD2E15
accessdate = 2007-06-02 ] However, opposition to closing the station increased, [cite news
last = Thoma
first = Pauline
coauthors =
title = ‘Don’t close that station’ Rapid riders plead with RTA to save stop on Euclid Ave.
work =
pages = 2B
language =
publisher = The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer
date = 1992-08-25
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=0F803CA1631E1615&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated4&req_dat=0D1C2ED46ABD2E15
accessdate = 2007-06-02 ] and the station has remained open. In September 2007, RTA announced plans to begin construction of a new station at Mayfield Road (U.S. Route 322) to replace the East 120th station. [cite news
last = Litt
first = Steven
coauthors =
title = RTA projects in University Circle are just the ticket; Two new stations could jump-start a transformation
work =
pages = E5
language =
publisher = The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer
date = September 8, 2007
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=11B9863E96CAC720&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated4&req_dat=0D1C2ED46ABD2E15
accessdate = 2007-09-27 ] [cite news
last = Litt
first = Steven
coauthors =
title = Alliance bodes well for University Circle
work =
pages = J1
language =
publisher = The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer
date = August 13, 2006
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=113852B7A3056C70&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated4&req_dat=0D1C2ED46ABD2E15
accessdate = 2007-06-10 ] Plans call for construction to start in 2009 and be completed in 2010.

References

External links

* [http://www.riderta.com/rapidtransit_loc_e120.asp Euclid/E 120 Station page from RTA Website]