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Coordinates: 41°28′0″N 81°32′46″W / 41.46667°N 81.54611°W / 41.46667; -81.54611
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RTA light rail station
Lynnfield Station from near the eastbound platform
General information
Location18801 Van Aken Boulevard
Shaker Heights, Ohio 44122
Coordinates41°28′0″N 81°32′46″W / 41.46667°N 81.54611°W / 41.46667; -81.54611
Owned byGreater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
Line(s)Lua error: expandTemplate: template "GCRTA color" does not exist.
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Parking147 short term, 10 long term[1]
History
OpenedApril 11, 1920
RebuiltOctober 30, 1981
Services
Preceding station   GCRTA   Following station
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Lynnfield is a station stop on the RTA Blue Line in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. It is located at the intersection of Lynnfield Road, Parkland Drive, Norwood Road and Van Aken Boulevard in Shaker Heights.

The station comprises two side platforms east of the intersection, with a large station building an attached sheltered waiting area on the westbound platform. There are parking spaces along the median of Van Aken Boulevard on both sides just east of the platforms.

History

The station opened on April 11, 1920 with the initiation of rail service by the Cleveland Interurban Railroad on what is now Van Aken Boulevard from here to Shaker Square and then to East 34th Street and via surface streets to downtown.[2] At the time, Lynnfield was the end of the line. In 1923 the station building was built at a cost of $17,926 to provide a waiting room for passengers. It also housed tobacco and newspaper stands. The newspapers were delivered to the station by rapid transit.[3] The building included outside shelters on both sides.

After the line was extended to Warrensville Center Road in 1930, Lynnfield no longer functioned as the end of the line and the station building was not needed. The building was leased to a series of tenants.

In 1980 and 1981, the Green and Blue Lines were completely renovated with new track, ballast, poles and wiring, and new stations were built along the line. The renovated line along Van Aken Boulevard opened on October 30, 1981.[4] The improvements at Lynnfield included renovating the original station building, providing benches in the waiting shelter, and enclosing the waiting shelter in glass.

  • A train of three 1200-type cars laying over at the Lynnfield station terminus shortly after the station house was constructed in the early 1920s.
    A train of three 1200-type cars laying over at the Lynnfield station terminus shortly after the station house was constructed in the early 1920s.
  • A train of two PCC cars stops at Lynnfield station with its unenclosed outdoor shelter in the 1970s.
    A train of two PCC cars stops at Lynnfield station with its unenclosed outdoor shelter in the 1970s.

References

  1. ^ 2007 Park-and-Ride Inventory/Survey, NOACA 2007 Transit Network Guide, August 2008, p. 30.
  2. ^ Toman, James (1990). The Shaker Heights Rapid Transit. Glendale, Calif.: Interurban Press. p. 22. ISBN 0-916374-95-5. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  3. ^ Toman (1990). p. 41.
  4. ^ Toman (1990). p. 111.
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