South Harbor station
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Short description|Rapid transit station in Cleveland}}
{{Infobox station
| name = South Harbor
| style = RTA Rapid Transit
| image = South Harbor RTA.jpg
| image_caption = The station as viewed from the eastbound platform
| address = 1300 South Marginal Road
| borough = Cleveland, Ohio
| coordinates = {{coord|41|30|33|N|81|41|18|W|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| owned = City of Cleveland
| operator = Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
| platform = 2 side platforms
| tracks = 2
| connections =
| structure = At-grade
| parking = Paid parking nearby
| bicycle = Racks{{Cite web |title=South Harbor Rapid Station |url=https://www.riderta.com/facilities/southharbor |access-date=May 12, 2023 |website=Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority}}
| accessible = {{RTA acc}} Yes
| status = Unstaffed
| website = {{URL|riderta.com/facilities/southharbor}}
| opened = {{Start date and age|1996|07|10}}
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=RTA Rapid Transit|line=Waterfront|left=East 9th–North Coast|to-left=Tower City}}
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail-light |marker-color=#{{rcr|RTA Rapid Transit|Waterfront}} |zoom=15 }}
| location_state = collapsed
}}
South Harbor station is a station on the RTA Waterfront Line in Cleveland, Ohio. It is the northern terminus of the Waterfront Line and the terminus of the Blue and Green Lines. The station is located in a rather isolated setting on the southeast side of the Lakefront Municipal Parking Lot (locally known as the "Muni Lot"), and is generally only useful to access the parking areas.
History
The station opened on July 10, 1996,{{Cite web |date=2012 |title=History of public transit in Greater Cleveland |url=http://www.riderta.com/history |access-date=April 17, 2015 |publisher=Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority |location=Cleveland, Ohio}} when light rail service was extended 2.2 miles from Tower City through The Flats and along the lakefront. This extension was designated the Waterfront Line, although it is actually an extension of the Blue and Green Lines, as trains leaving this station toward Tower City continue along the Blue or Green Line routes to Shaker Heights.
There have been several proposals to extend the Waterfront Line beyond South Harbor station since its completion in 1996. The proposal currently under consideration would extend the line southeast from
through downtown past Playhouse Square and the Cuyahoga Community College main campus, where it would reconnect with the existing line in the vicinity of East 30th Street and the Main Post Office.{{Cite web |date=December 2004 |title=Transit 2025 Long Range Plan |url=http://www.riderta.com/sites/default/files/pdf/transit2025/TRANSIT_2025_March_2006_Final.pdf |publisher=Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority |pages=61 |accessdate=April 17, 2015}}{{Cite web |title=Greater Cleveland RTA rail planning updates |url=http://www.ecocitycleveland.org/transportation/rail/rta_rail_updates.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041231083403/http://ecocitycleveland.org/transportation/rail/rta_rail_updates.html |archive-date=December 31, 2004 |access-date=June 20, 2007 |website=Transportation Choices |publisher=EcoCity Cleveland}}
The proposal is intended to improve downtown access to the rapid transit system and to “complete the loop” initiated by the Waterfront Line extension.
Another proposal, part of Cleveland's Lakefront Plan, is to extend the line east along the lakefront as far as East 88th Street and possibly out to Collinwood, where public and private sector development investments would be targeted.
Notable places nearby
- Cleveland Municipal Parking
Gallery
South Harbor RTA (2).jpg
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Waterfront line sign (SH) RTA.jpg
References
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External links
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- [https://www.riderta.com/facilities/southharbor South Harbor Rapid Station]
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Category:Waterfront Line (RTA Rapid Transit)
Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1996