Farnsleigh (RTA Rapid Transit station)

Infobox Station
name=Farnsleigh
type=RTA light rail station


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address=20100 Van Aken Boulevard
Shaker Heights, Ohio 44122
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structure=At grade
platform=Side platforms
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parking=140 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=July 30, 1930
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rebuilt=October 30, 1981
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owned=Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
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Farnsleigh is a station stop on the RTA Blue Line in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. It is located at the intersection of Farnsleigh Road and Van Aken Boulevard in Shaker Heights.

The station comprises two side platforms west of the intersection. There is parking along he median on both sides of Van Aken Boulevard adjacent to the station. There is also a large parking lot on the north side of Shaker Boulevard.

History

The station opened when the Van Aken line was extended east from Lynnfield Road. The extension used rail removed from Coventry Road between Shaker Boulevard and Fairmount Boulevard used to connect the Shaker line to the Cleveland streetcar system before 1920.cite book
last = Toman
first = James
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title = The Shaker Heights Rapid Transit
publisher = Interurban Press
date = 1990
location = Glendale, Calif.
pages = p. 45
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doi =
isbn = 0-916374-95-5 ] The extension opened on July 30, 1930 at the same time that trains began using Cleveland Union Terminal. [Toman (1990). p. 48.]

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_farnsleigh.asp Farnsleigh Rapid Station page from RTA Website]