RTA Rapid Transit

RTA Rapid Transit
RTA Rapid Transit
Overview
Owner	Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
Locale	Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Transit type	Rapid transit; Semi-metro
Number of lines	1 rapid transit: Red; 3 light rail: Blue, Green, Waterfront
Number of stations	18 rapid transit; 34 light rail
Daily ridership	9,200 (rapid transit, weekdays, Q3 2024); 1,700 (light rail, weekdays, Q3 2024)
Annual ridership	3,469,100 (rapid transit, 2023); 661,500 (light rail, 2023)
Operation
Began operation	October 25, 1859; (first streetcar line);; December 17, 1913; (current lines);; March 15, 1955; (rapid transit);; October 11, 1980; (semi-metro)
Ended operation	October 30, 1981; (last streetcar use)
Number of vehicles	40 rapid transit cars; 34 light rail cars
Technical
System length	19 mi (31 km) rapid transit; 18 mi (29 km) light rail
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
System map
System map
	Legend
	South
	Harbor
	Little Italy–
	University Circle
	Louis Stokes–
	Windermere
	Warrensville-
	Van Aken
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RTA Rapid Transit (generally known as The Rapid) is a rapid transit and semi-metro^[4] system owned and operated by the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA).

The system serves Cleveland and surrounding areas in Cuyahoga County. The system currently consists of four total service lines: one rapid transit rail line and three light rail lines.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Overview: Facts about the Greater Cleveland RTA". Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. 29 November 2014. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
^ "Transit Ridership Report Third Quarter 2024" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. November 20, 2024. Retrieved November 23, 2024.
^ "Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2023" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. March 4, 2024. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
^ Landgraf, Robert J. (1992). "Cleveland's Light Rail System in the 1980s: The Ongoing Revolution". Transportation Research Record (1361): 259. ISSN 0361-1981. Retrieved 7 May 2024.

[GCRTA-facts-1] "Overview: Facts about the Greater Cleveland RTA". Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. 29 November 2014. Retrieved 2018-01-03.

[APTAdaily-2] "Transit Ridership Report Third Quarter 2024" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. November 20, 2024. Retrieved November 23, 2024.

[APTA_Ridership_Report-3] "Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2023" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. March 4, 2024. Retrieved September 5, 2024.

[TRR1361-4] Landgraf, Robert J. (1992). "Cleveland's Light Rail System in the 1980s: The Ongoing Revolution". Transportation Research Record (1361): 259. ISSN 0361-1981. Retrieved 7 May 2024.

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