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West Park is a station on the RTA Red Line in Cleveland, Ohio. It is located off Lorain Avenue just west of West 143rd Street in the West Park neighborhood.

West Park
Rapid Transit station
General information
Location	14510 Lorain Road, Cleveland, Ohio
Coordinates	41°27′25″N 81°47′34″W
Owned by	Greater Cleveland RTA
Line(s)	Chicago Line (Norfolk Southern)
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	RTA: 22, 83, 86
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Parking	351 spaces[1]
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Website	West Park Rapid Station
History
Opened	November 15, 1958; 63 years ago (1958-11-15)
Rebuilt	May 1996
Original company	Cleveland Transit System
Services
Preceding station Rapid Transit Following station Puritas–West 150th toward Airport Red Line Triskett toward Windermere
Former services Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station Berea Terminus Old Main Line Cleveland toward Nottingham

The station includes a large parking lot accessible from Lorain Avenue. The access road has been named Lloyd Peterson Lane. A station lobby building is located on the southeast side of the parking lot adjacent to the tracks. The station headhouse includes bus loading areas and also houses a training facility, which opened in 1983.[2] The headhouse is connected to the platforms by a tunnel extending underneath the westbound track.

History

The CTS Rapid Transit was extended to West Park station on November 15, 1958, and the station functioned as the western terminus of the line for 10 years. There was a small rail yard just southwest of the station. When the line was extended to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport in 1968, the yard was removed and a new yard was built just beyond Brookpark station. The station building was connected to the platform by a tunnel extending under the westbound track.

In May 1996, RTA completed a $4-million renovation of the station.[2] The renovation made the station ADA compliant.

Station layout

P Platform level	Street level	Exit/entrance, station house, buses, parking
	Chicago Line	← Norfolk Southern Railway
	Westbound	←      Red Line toward Airport (Puritas–West 150th)
	Island platform
	Eastbound	←      Red Line toward Windermere (Triskett) →
	Chicago Line	←      Amtrak services do not stop here
		←      Amtrak services do not stop here →
		←      Amtrak services do not stop here →
M	Mezzanine	Connection between station house and platform

Notable places nearby

• John Marshall High School

Gallery

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  Station sign
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References

External links

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