East 116th–St. Luke's station

East 116th–St. Luke's is a station on the RTA Blue and Green Lines in Cleveland, Ohio. It is located at the intersection of East 116th Street and Shaker Boulevard.

E. 116th–St. Luke's
light rail station
Station platform after reconstruction, April 2019
Location	2780 East 116th Street, Cleveland, Ohio
Coordinates	41°29′2.5″N 81°36′12.3″W
Owned by	Greater Cleveland RTA
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	RTA: 8
Construction
Structure type	Below grade
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Website	E. 116th - St. Luke's Rapid Station
History
Opened	April 11, 1920 (Blue Line) August 16, 1920 (Green Line)
Rebuilt	October 30, 1981 March 8, 2019
Previous names	East 116th (1920–2019)
Original company	Cleveland Interurban Railroad
Services
Preceding station Rapid Transit Following station Buckeye–Woodhill toward Tower City Blue Line Shaker Square toward Warrensville–Van Aken Green Line Shaker Square toward Green Road

The station comprises side platforms below grade in the median of Shaker Boulevard west of East 116th Street. The station can be accessed from street level via either a set of stairs or a ramp to each platform.

History

The station opened on April 11, 1920 when service commenced on the line west of Shaker Square to East 34th Street and via surface streets to downtown.[1]

In 1980 and 1981, the trunk line of the Green and Blue Lines from East 55th Street to Shaker Square was completely renovated with new track, ballast, poles and wiring, and new stations were built along the line. At East 116th station, new platforms and retaining walls were installed, and the wooden stairways were replaced by the present covered concrete stairways. The renovated line opened on October 30, 1981.[2]

The East 116th station originally served St. Luke's Hospital which opened in 1927 on Shaker Boulevard just west of East 116th Street. The Hospital closed in April 1999. A gradual name change was enacted in RTA timetables to coincide with the opening of the new station.

This station was originally planned to be rebuilt with upgraded amenities from January 2016 to September 2017.[3] Those dates were retracted by late 2015. The groundbreaking for construction came on May 30, 2018, with a proposed completion date set for May 2019.[4] The name East 116th–St. Luke's appeared on timetables as early as April 10, 2016.[5] The station was opened ahead of schedule on March 8, 2019.[6]

Station layout

G	Street level	Exit/entrance, buses
P Platform level	Side platform
	Westbound	←           Blue Line, Green Line toward Tower City (Buckeye–Woodhill)
	Eastbound	←      Blue Line toward Warrensville–Van Aken (Shaker Square) → ←      Green Line toward Green Road (Shaker Square) →
	Side platform

Notable places nearby

• Weizer Building (11801 Buckeye Road, Cleveland, Ohio)
• St. Andrew Svorad Abbey
• Benedictine High School
• St. Luke's Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio)

Gallery

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  The 1981 station in 2015
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  Temporary station
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  New station
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  Entrance to the inbound platform

References

1. Toman, James (1990). The Shaker Heights Rapid Transit. Glendale, Cal.: Interurban Press. p. 22. ISBN 0-916374-95-5.
2. Toman (1990). p. 115.
3. "East 116th Street light-rail station". Archived from the original on 19 January 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
4. "Cleveland transit agency begins East 116th Station project". Progressive Railroading. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
5. "BlueGreenWaterfrontLine (September 11, 2016)" (PDF). Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (April 10th timetable acquired via a public records request to the GCRTA). Archived (PDF) from the original on October 6, 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
6. "The new station at E. 116-St. Luke's". Twitter. Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. Retrieved 15 April 2019.

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