Puritas – West 150th (RTA Rapid Transit station)

 Puritas – West 150th
RTA rapid transit station
Location 4200 West 150th Street
Cleveland, Ohio 44135
Coordinates 41°26′28″N 81°48′21″W / 41.44111°N 81.80583°W / 41.44111; -81.80583Coordinates: 41°26′28″N 81°48′21″W / 41.44111°N 81.80583°W / 41.44111; -81.80583
Owned by Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
Line(s)
  Red Line
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Connections 78 (West 117th–Puritas)
Construction
Structure type At-grade
Parking 558 spaces[1]
History
Opened November 15, 1968
Rebuilt May 2011
Services
Preceding station   Rapid Transit   Following station
toward Airport
Red Line

Puritas – West 150th (formerly just Puritas) is a station on the RTA Red Line in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. It is located at off West 150th Street just north of Interstate 71. The entrance to the station parking lot is off exit/entrance ramp to Interstate 71. There is also an entrance from West 154th Street, connecting the station directly to Puritas Avenue.

History

The station opened with the extension of the CTS Rapid Transit to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport on November 15, 1968. As originally constructed, the headhouse on the northwest side of the parking lot included an escalator to a tunnel leading under the Norfolk Southern (formerly New York Central Railroad) tracks and the eastbound Red Line tracks to a second escalator connecting the platform. The tunnel also extended under the westbound Red Line tracks to another station entrance on a cul-de-sac at the eastern end of Valleyview Avenue.

In 2009, groundbreaking occurred for a renovation of the station, which was completed in May 2011. The new station includes a completely rebuilt headhouse built on the site of the former headhouse as well as a replacement entrance on Valleyview Avenue. The former tunnel was replaced with a bridge over the tracks and public art was installed in parts of the station. To make the station ADA compliant, three elevators, one at each entrance, and one connecting the bridge to the platform, were installed. In addition, the station now includes designated overnight parking.[2]


References

  1. ↑ "2007 Park-and-Ride Survey Log Records" (PDF). NOACA 2006 Transit Network Guide. Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency. June 2007. p. 29. Retrieved March 31, 2012.
  2. ↑ "About RTA: History of Public Transit in Greater Cleveland". Greater Cleveland RTA. Retrieved 2007-06-03.
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