Green Line (RTA Rapid Transit)
The Green Line is a light rail line of the RTA Rapid Transit system in Cleveland and Shaker Heights, Ohio, running from Tower City Center downtown, then east to Green Road near Beachwood. 2.6 miles (4.2 km) of track, including two stations, are shared with the rapid transit Red Line; the stations have low platforms for the Green Line and high platforms for the Red Line. The Green Line shares the right-of-way with the Blue Line in Cleveland, and splits off after passing through Shaker Square. All RTA light rail lines use overhead lines and pantographs to draw power.
The Green Line at Courtland Blvd. in Shaker Heights
A PCC streetcar approaching Shaker Square station in 1968
The Coventry stop once housed an auto filling station
Belvoir station, near the eastern end of the line
Shaker Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city's population was 29,439. Shaker Heights is an inner-ring streetcar suburb of Cleveland, abutting the eastern edge of the city's limits. It is a planned community developed by the Van Sweringen brothers, railroad moguls who envisioned the community as a suburban retreat from the industrial inner city of Cleveland.
Shaker Village Historic District
A house at the North Union Shaker Site.
Shaker Heights City Hall
The main branch of the Shaker Heights Public Library, a member of the CLEVNET consortium.