Avalon (RTA Rapid Transit station)

Infobox Station
name=Avalon
type=RTA light rail station


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address=17400 Van Aken Boulevard
Shaker Heights, Ohio 44120
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structure=At-grade
platform=Side platforms
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parking=95 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=April 11, 1920
closed=
rebuilt=October 30, 1981
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owned=Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
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Avalon is a station stop on the RTA Blue Line in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. It is located at the intersection of Avalon Road and Van Aken Boulevard in Shaker Heights.

The station comprises two side platforms, the westbound platform east of the intersection, and the eastbound platform west of the intersection, with a small shelter on the westbound platform and two small shelters on the eastbound platform. Diagonal parking is provided on both sides of Van Aken Boulevard adjacent to the westbound platform and off westbound Van Aken adjacent to the eastbound platform.__NOTOC__

History

The station opened on April 11, 1920 with the initiation of rail service by the Cleveland Interurban Railroad on what is now Van Aken Boulevard from Lynnfield Road to Shaker Square and then to East 34th Street and via surface streets to downtown.cite book
last = Toman
first = James
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coauthors =
title = The Shaker Heights Rapid Transit
publisher = Interurban Press
date = 1990
location = Glendale, Calif.
pages = p. 22
url =
doi =
isbn = 0-916374-95-5 ]

In 1980 and 1981, the Green and Blue Lines were completely renovated with new track, ballast, poles and wiring, and new stations were built along the line. The renovated line along Van Aken Boulevard opened on October 30, 1981. [Toman (1990). p. 111.]

References

External links

* [http://www.riderta.com/rapidtransit_loc_avalon.asp Avalon Rapid Station page from RTA Website]