Little Italy–University Circle station

Rapid transit station in Cleveland

Preceding station	Rapid Transit			Following station
Cedar–University toward Airport		Red Line		Superior toward Windermere

Location

Little Italy–University Circle station (signed as Mayfield Road, Little Italy–University Circle) is a station on the RTA Red Line in the University Circle neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. It is located at the Mayfield Road (U.S. Route 322) and East 119 Street intersection, near the western end of Little Italy.

History

The station was built to replace the older Red Line station located at Euclid and East 120th street approximately 0.3 miles (0.48 km) north which RTA deemed to be functionally obsolete.

Construction began in October 2013 and reuses an old vault under the railroad bridges as the lobby area. The vault was built in the 1920s as a potential commuter rail station by the Van Sweringen brothers and was composed of passenger tunnels and stairways. As part of the construction, a new headhouse, entrance plaza, and platform were built, an elevator installed, and two transit track bridges were rehabilitated. In addition, multiple pieces of public art were installed in the station, and new concrete sidewalks, landscaping, and lighting were added, as well as repairs made to the bridge abutment.^[4]

The station opened on August 11, 2015, making it the first new station on the Red Line since 1969 when Brookpark station opened.

Notable places nearby

Little Italy
Case Western Reserve University (northern campus)
University Hospitals Case Medical Center
Cozad–Bates House
Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland
Holy Rosary Church
Cleveland Feast of the Assumption Festival
Alta Public Library
Mayfield Cemetery
Lake View Cemetery

References

^ "Red Line Schedule" (PDF). Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. December 11, 2022. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
^ "CircleLink Brochure" (PDF). University Circle. July 2022. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Little Italy - University Circle Rapid Station". Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
^ "RTA cuts ribbon at Little Italy–University Circle Station" (Press release). Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. August 11, 2015. Retrieved August 13, 2015.