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{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{for|the station on the RTA Blue Line|Warrensville–Van Aken station}}
{{Short description|Rapid transit station in Cleveland}}
{{Infobox station
| name               = Warrensville–Shaker
| style              = RTA Rapid Transit
| image              = Warrensville-Shaker station (May 2022) (3).png
| image_caption      = Warrensville–Shaker station platforms in May 2022
| address            = 2800 Warrensville Center Road
| borough            = [[Shaker Heights, Ohio]]
| coordinates        = {{coord|41|28|43|N|81|32|13|W|display=inline,title}}
| owned              = [[Shaker Heights|City of Shaker Heights]]
| operator           = [[Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority]]
| line               = [[Green Line (Cleveland)|Shaker Boulevard]]
| platform           = 2 [[side platforms]]
| tracks             = 2
| connections        = {{bus icon}} [[RTA (Cleveland)|RTA]]: 41, 41F<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 20, 2022 |title=Blue Line Green Line Schedule |url=https://www.riderta.com/sites/default/files/schedule-pdfs/BlueGreenWaterfrontLine.pdf |access-date=May 10, 2023 |website=[[Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority]]}}</ref>
| structure          = At-grade
| parking            = 112 spaces<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 2008 |title=NOACA 2007 Transit Network Guide, Park-and-Ride Inventory/Survey |url=http://www.noaca.org/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=742 |website=Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency |page=30}}</ref>
| bicycle            = [[Bicycle parking rack|Racks]]<ref name="RTA station page">{{Cite web |title=Warrensville – Shaker Rapid Station |url=https://www.riderta.com/facilities/warrensvilleshaker |access-date=May 10, 2023 |website=[[Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority]]}}</ref>
| accessible         = {{RTA acc}} Yes<ref name="RTA station page" />
| website            = {{URL|riderta.com/facilities/warrensvilleshaker}}
| opened             = December 6, 1928<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 5, 1928 |title=Extend Rapid Transit |publisher=[[The Plain Dealer|Cleveland Plain Dealer]] |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives/?p_product=HA-CPDB&p_theme=histpaper&p_nbid=&p_action=doc&p_docid=126233BD8F4C5C5B&s_lastnonissuequeryname=30&d_viewref=search&p_queryname=30&p_docnum=4&s_trackval=&s_subexpires=01/21/2019%2022:55%20PM&s_dlid=DL0119012105074024857&s_accountid=AC0117122002355504832&s_referrer=&s_siteloc=&s_orderid=NB0119012103553523369&s_docsleft=43&s_docstart=50&s_docsbal=docs%20remaining:%2043&s_subterm=Subscription%20until:%2001/21/2019%2022:55%20PM&s_ecproduct=SBK-D50&s_docsread=7&s_ecprodtype=TEST&s_upgradeable=no&s_username=Cards84664&toc=true&p_docref=v2:122AFBBA107AC9E4@HA-CPDB-1262CC23AE1AAA4D@2425586-126233BD8F4C5C5B@1 |access-date=January 21, 2019}}</ref>
| rebuilt            = <!-- October 11, -->1980, <!-- November 22, -->2016
| original           = [[Cleveland Railway (Ohio)|Cleveland Railway]]
| services           = {{Adjacent stations|system=RTA Rapid Transit|line=Green|left=Courtland|right=Belvoir}}
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail-light |marker-color=#{{rcr|RTA Rapid Transit|Green}} |zoom=15 }}
| location_state = collapsed
}}

'''Warrensville–Shaker station''' is a [[tram stop|station]] on the [[Green Line (Cleveland)|Green Line]] of the [[Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority|RTA]] [[RTA Rapid Transit|Rapid Transit]] in [[Shaker Heights, Ohio]], located in the [[median (road)|median]] of Shaker Boulevard ([[Ohio State Route 87]]) on the west side of Warrensville Center Road.

== History ==
[[File:Shaker Rapid Warrensville Loop Cropped.jpg|left|thumb|Turnaround loop east of Warrensville Center Road in 1936 just after single-track extension to Green Road was constructed.]]
The Cleveland Interurban Railroad (CIRR), the predecessor of the Green Line, was extended {{Convert|2/5|mi}} from [[Courtland station]] to Warrensville Road in 1928 using track removed from the Coventry Road connection between Shaker Boulevard and Fairmount Boulevard.<ref name="Toman 1990">{{Cite book |last=Toman |first=Jim |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22733637 |title=The Shaker Heights Rapid Transit |date=1990 |publisher=Interurban Press |year=1990 |isbn=0-916374-95-5 |location=Glendale, Calif. |oclc=22733637}}</ref>{{rp|45}} [[University School]] had moved to its nearby 36-acre (15-hectare) campus two years earlier,<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |year=1996 |title=University School |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History |publisher=Indiana University Press |location=Bloomington |url=http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=US1 |editor-last=Van Tassel |editor-first=David D. |edition=2nd |isbn=0-253-33056-4 |editor2=John J. Grabowski |accessdate=July 5, 2007}}</ref> and CIRR had made a promise to school officials to extend the line.<ref name="Toman 1990" />{{rp|45}} The extension, which was originally a single track, was double-tracked in 1930. A turnaround loop was built just east of the Warrensville Center Road overpass.

Further extensions east of Warrensville Road were planned. The [[Right-of-way (railroad)|right-of-way]] continued in a broad median of Shaker Boulevard with room for four rapid transit tracks as well as a high-speed automobile parkway. This right-of-way extended along Shaker Boulevard to Brainard Road and from there along Gates Mills Boulevard all the way to near [[U.S. Route 322|Mayfield Road]], where it ended in a large loop suitable for use as a streetcar yard.

In 1936 the line was further extended {{Convert|1|mi|km|spell=in}} east to [[Green Road station]].<ref name="Toman 1990" />{{rp|61}} This extension was also originally a single track, and a second track was added to the extension in 1942 when increased ridership during [[World War II]] made single track operation no longer feasible.<ref name="Toman 1990" />{{rp|65}}

Warrensville station was rebuilt as part of the renovation of the entire Green Line in 1980. Two concrete [[stairways]] with tinted [[acrylic glass]] [[canopy (building)|canopies]] extended down to the platforms from the west side of the overpass carrying Warrensville Center Road over the tracks, and new platforms and parking lots were constructed. The renovated line opened on October 11, 1980.<ref name="Toman 1990" />{{rp|111}}

In 2014, the station underwent another renovation.<ref name="Warrensville Shaker Page" /> The concrete stairways were removed and replaced by two concrete ramps leading up the grade on either side of the tracks to entrance plazas to access Warrensville Road or either side of Shaker Boulevard.<ref name="Warrensville Shaker Page" /> Additionally, ramps were added on each platform to allow people with disabilities to board from the low-level platforms. The renovated station reopened on November 22, 2016.<ref name="Warrensville Shaker Page">{{Cite web |date=November 22, 2016 |title=Warrensville – Shaker Station, Green Line |url=http://www.riderta.com/majorprojects/warrensville-shaker |access-date=December 4, 2016 |publisher=[[Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority]]}}</ref>

== Station layout ==
The station comprises two [[side platforms]]. Two concrete walkways, each from the west side of Warrensvile Road at the intersections of Shaker Boulevard East and Shaker Boulevard West, extend down to the platforms. Bus stops are located near each ramp. There is a [[parking lot]] along the westbound platform. Access to the parking is from westbound Shaker Boulevard. The Warrensville Center Road overpass is the only grade separation on the Green Line east of [[Shaker Square station]].

== Notable places nearby ==
* [[University School]]
* [[Shaker Heights Middle School]]

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode=nolines>
Warrensville-Shaker sign (2).jpg
Warrensville-Shaker stairs.jpg
Warrensville-Shaker sign.jpg
Warrensville-Shaker sign (3).jpg
Warrensville-Shaker sign (4).jpg
Warrensville-Shaker sign (5).jpg
Warrensville-Shaker sign - platform.jpg
</gallery>

== References ==
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== External links ==
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* [https://www.riderta.com/facilities/warrensvilleshaker Warrensville – Shaker Rapid Station (GCRTA)]

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[[Category:Green Line (RTA Rapid Transit)]]
[[Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1928]]
[[Category:1928 establishments in Ohio]]