East 105th–Quincy station

The station opened on March 15, 1955, as one of the original stations on the CTS Rapid Transit.{{Cite news |last=Exner |first=Rich |date=March 14, 2005 |title=Red Line rapid marks 50 years in service |pages=A1 |publisher=The Plain Dealer |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:CPDB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=108D9BD89956CF6D&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated4&req_dat=0D1C2ED46ABD2E15 |access-date=June 2, 2007}} The original station, which had an entrance on the east side of East 105th Street, lasted almost 50 years.

On January 11, 2005, RTA broke ground for a reconstruction of the station.{{Cite press release |title=RTA breaks ground at E. 105 & Quincy, new rail station to open this fall. |date=January 11, 2005 |publisher=Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority |url=http://www.riderta.com/nu_newsroom_releases.asp?listingid=694 |accessdate=June 11, 2007}} The station was relocated just west of the original station at East 105th and includes an entrance on Quincy Avenue. The new $1.3 million station opened on November 4, 2005.{{Cite press release |title=New rail station opens at E. 105 & Quincy |date=November 4, 2005 |publisher=Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority |url=http://www.riderta.com/nu_newsroom_releases.asp?listingid=802 |accessdate=June 3, 2007}}

Until a 2017–2018 renovation project, the platform at the station was substantially shorter than platforms at other stations on The Red Line as well as shorter than the train itself. Therefore, selective door operation was used; only the first door in the first car adjacent to the operator cab opened while at the platform, requiring detraining passengers to walk to the front of the first car to disembark while passengers who are boarding could only do so through the same one door.

From 2017 to 2019, a renovation project was undertaken to add a second entrance on East 105th Street, which had been planned for after a new bridge was built on East 105th Street. The project resulted in extending the platform to fit the full length of a three-car train.{{Cite web |title=E. 105th – Quincy Station Expansion |url=http://www.riderta.com/sites/default/files/pdf/presentations/2016-11-01E.105station.pdf |access-date=September 1, 2018 |publisher=Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority}} The East 105th entrance opened on April 5, 2019.{{Cite web |last=GCRTA |date=April 5, 2019 |title=RTA marks completion of new ODOT-funded entrance at E. 105 – Quincy Station in Opportunity Corridor; installs plaque to honor late board president Harry Alexander |url=http://www.riderta.com/news/rta-marks-completion-new-odot-funded-entrance-e-105-quincy-station-opportunity-corridor |access-date=April 30, 2019 |website=Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority}} Station renovations with the reconstruction of the Quincy entrance were completed on June 15, 2019.{{Cite web |date=April 10, 2019 |title=E. 105-Quincy Stair Repair |url=http://www.riderta.com/service-alerts/e-105-quincy-stair-repair |access-date=April 30, 2019 |website=Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority}}

Station signage referred to the station as Quincy–East 105th until renovations and expansion were completed.

File:East 105th Cleveland RTA station.jpg|The entrance on Quincy Avenue, built in 2005

File:Platform at E. 105th-Quincy, looking east (40759771413).jpg|East 105th–Quincy station platform

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