Cleveland Transit

Company History: The CTS was established in 1942 by the city of Cleveland, Ohio to take over the streetcar and bus (diesel and trackless trolley) lines of the Cleveland Railway Company. Operations continued as before through the war years. After the war, CTS resumed converting streetcar lines to buses. The last streetcar ran on the Madison line in January of 1954. However, CTS had already begun construction of an electric heavy rail commuter line. The so called Red Line opened in 1955 between Tower City and Wendermere. By 1968 it had been extended to the airport – becoming the first rapid transit rail line in the Western Hemisphere to serve a major airport. In 1975, Cleveland Transit System and the Shaker Heights Rapid Transit were combined under the Greater Cleveland Rapid Transit Authority.

Successor/Parent History: The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (officially the GCRTA, but historically and locally referred to as the RTA) is the public transit agency for Cleveland, Ohio, United States and the surrounding suburbs of Cuyahoga County. RTA is the largest transit agency in Ohio, with a ridership of 22,431,500, or about 75,300 per weekday as of the fourth quarter of 2023.

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