Shaker Square station
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Shaker Square station is a station on the RTA Blue and Green Lines in Cleveland, Ohio, located in the median of Shaker Boulevard (Ohio State Route 87) at its intersection with Shaker Square, after which the station is named. It is the first station west of the junction of the Blue and Green Lines and serves as a transfer point between the two lines.
Shaker Square | |||||||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||||||
Location | 13051 Shaker Boulevard Cleveland, Ohio | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°29′2″N 81°35′30″W | ||||||||||||||
Owned by | Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority | ||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Shaker Boulevard | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Connections | RTA: 8, 48[1] | ||||||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||||||
Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Racks[2] | ||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes[2] | ||||||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||||||
Website | riderta | ||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||
Opened | April 11, 1920; 104 years ago (1920-04-11) | ||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1952, 1986, 2006, 2020 | ||||||||||||||
Previous names | Moreland Circle | ||||||||||||||
Original company | Cleveland Railway | ||||||||||||||
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It marks the dividing point between the line's grade-separated portion and its at-grade portion, with trains running on a grade-separated right-of-way west of this station to Tower City and running at-grade in the medians of Van Aken Boulevard (Blue) and Shaker Boulevard (Green) east of this station.