RTA Rapid Transit
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| Owner | Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority | ||||||
| Locale | Cuyahoga County, Ohio | ||||||
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Rapid transit Light rail Bus rapid transit |
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| Number of lines | 1 Rapid transit: Red Line 2 Light rail: Blue and Green lines 2 Bus rapid transit: HealthLine, Cleveland State Line |
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| Number of stations | 18 Rapid transit 34 Light rail |
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| Daily ridership | 19,300 (Rapid transit) 10,800 (Light rail)(2006 figures) |
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| Began operation | April 11, 1920 (light rail) March 15, 1955 (Rapid transit) |
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| Operator(s) | Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority | ||||||
| Number of vehicles | 60 Rapid transit cars 48 Light rail cars |
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| System length | 19 miles (31 km) Rapid transit, 18 miles (29 km) Light rail |
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| Track gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge | ||||||
RTA Rapid Transit (generally known as The Rapid) is a rapid transit and light rail system in Cleveland and Cuyahoga County owned by the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA). The system comprises three lines—the Red Line (rapid transit), and Blue and Green Lines (light rail).
All four (Red, Green, Blue and Waterfront) lines join at Tower City Center in downtown Cleveland, the former Cleveland Union Terminal. From Tower City to East 55th the three (Red, Green and Blue) lines share track and stations. This sharing of one route between light and heavy rail is quite unusual, and the shared stations have connected platforms of two heights to accommodate the two kinds of trains. The two types of trains both use the same maintenance facility since they both use the same track gauge and same source of power (overhead catenary). Also, all three of the lines share one set of tracks at two of the three stations that are served by all three lines. The two stations where all of the lines are on one set of track are East 55th and East 34th-Campus. They then separate into three separate sets of track again before reaching Tower City Station.
The Red Line, a heavy-rail route, runs in both directions on fully grade-separated rights-of-way, built from 1955 to 1968. It serves Cleveland's southwest suburbs with its southwestern terminus at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. Heading northeast, the Red Line serves University Circle before heading to its northeastern terminus at the Louis Stokes Station at Windermere in East Cleveland.
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