The Blue Line, Green Line, and Waterfront Line are the interurban/light rail component of the RTA Rapid Transit, a rapid transit rail system in greater Cleveland and Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority numbers them as Route 67 (Blue) and Route 67A (Green). The lines are also referred to by their former names; the respective boulevards that they travel on: the Van Aken Line (Blue) and the Shaker Line (Green). The system dates to 1913, making it one of the few surviving American "light rail" systems of the original streetcar era during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.Route descriptionWaterfront LineThe first 2.2mi of both lines is designated the Waterfront Line as it travels near the shoreline of Lake Erie and the east bank of the Cuyahoga River. The northernmost terminus is South Harbor located adjacent to the Municipal Parking lot. The lines extend generally west-southwest directly adjacent to the former Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway and New York Central Railroad tracks now used by the Norfolk Southern and Amtrak, with stations at East 9th Street (North Coast station adjacent to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame) and West 3rd Street (adjacent to FirstEnergy Stadium). Between these stations, trains will stop at Cleveland's Amtrak station upon request.
