RedLine Rapid

[metraF40PH163]

Hey nice video! I am a huge fan of the Cleveland RTA!

[6V92TA]

@TheOrleansLasVegas That reminds me of the countless "Coast Thru Breaker" signs. Man i love those. there's like two between East 55th and Tower City. When i first got to Cleveland, They still had a few Pullman cars workin the red line along side the Tokyu Cars. After about 1991, they stopped running the older 100s and 10 or so years later, they disappeared from the Brookpark and East 55th yard.

[6V92TA]

@TheOrleansLasVegas I thought the SL cars were both the Blue Birds and the first of the Silver Railcars. I thought the Pullmans were the first series of Blue Birds. Man....learn somethin new everyday. Thanks dude!

[abusepawallecat]

I saw an old streetcar when i was on the green line to shaker square.

[6V92TA]

im not surprised. They store a couple historic rail vehicles down under Tower City right next to the platform on the Water Front Line side. if you;re ever down there, that a look into the darkness at the end of the Water Front Line platform and you'll spot out a couple ole rail cars from back in Cleveland Transit days.

[hexpress53]

how many people in cleveland use the llight rail? is it better than using a car/bus? Does cleveland have a subway or are there future plans to extend the light rail or get a subway?

[6V92TA]

im not sure how many people us the light rail but during rush hour runs, special events downtown and football games, trains are packed. No light Rail system can be better than the bus....the bus connects you from your starting point to said light rail. No, Cleveland does not have a subway system. Although the trains go under Tower City aka Terminal Tower, its technically still at ground level.

[6V92TA]

The Red Line runs in a series of Gullies, above ground and ground level right of ways. The two light rail routes mainly run at ground level with a few portions of the run in a gully. There were talks of extending the Red Line out to the county line, but i dont think thats going to happen. It'll be very nice to have the Red line run from County line east to the Airport and a bit pass the Airport but Norfolk Southern, which most of the Red Line follows next to, might not let it happen.

[hexpress53]

thanks, do you live in cleveland

[6V92TA]

i used too. Moved from Cleveland a little over 6 months ago.

[BadNews88]

Say what you will about The Red Line, but being from Chicago-and having lived in Cleveland from 1981 to 1997-I can't help but *still* be impressed that Cleveland ALWAYS had a Rapid serving their airport. Chicago's CTA "L" lines didn't extend to Midway or O'Hare until the mid-1980's/early-1990's!

[6V92TA]

Ya know dude....i think Cleveland was the first city in the US to have a Metro rail service connecting downtown straight to the airport. Its been that way since like.....the 60s. Sure it can use a bit more of improvement but it gets the job done

[qwandiddy]

Thats what Detroit needs Badly- non of their buses goes to their airport, thats not good.

[805219]

You forgot the Pullman Standard cars these were the 1968-1970 cars that were

ordered when the airport line was extended to the airport in 1968. Those

would be the second generation cars,

from 152-174 series the Toyku cars are

the third generation.

[6V92TA]

i thought the Blue trains were Pullman Standard and the silver 2nd Gen trains were the Saint Louis cars.

[EdM021]

The new Airporter cars look like Boston's 1990s-era MBTA Red Line Cars. Come to think of it, I believe Tokyu made them, too.

[RTD8481]

I love the Cleveland Rapid system how it mixes a stretch with the LRT line. Cool looking cars both heavy and light rail, it has a bit of an interurban look. Unfortunately when I visited the system I got detained by Cleveland police because I was filming on board the train. But I took home quite a bit of video! :)

[6V92TA]

Ive only been bothered once by RTA police for takin vids of the trains. IVe been down there so many times now, taking video is jus..well....not needed. Now onboard, ive taken one vid and was never bothered.

[andylui3333]

mta nyc subway are shit kinda, really, idk

[scotty2987]

I used to ride the rta when i lived in Cleveland and it has to be one of the worst systems I have ever seen. It's the only system I've ever seen where you still need exact change and plunk your money into a fare box on a train system. But, Tower City is a really nice station, one of the nicest ones I've ever seen. It seems they skipped the nice updates to University Circle Station, it still looks terrible.

[gretzkysyotes]

Tower City wasn't always so nice...I remember as a kid it used to be a dark platform...and the ride on the escalator upstairs wasn't very bright LOL Of course this was in the 80's riding downtown to see the Indians at old Muni Stadium. I haven't lived there in 18 years.

[6V92TA]

RTA has come a long ass way since the early 90s. All of the stations were old and run down. now RTA has rebuilt just about all of them except like 3 stations. tower city has really improved safety and visual wise for the rapid. Remember the old Saint Louis cars before the new Airporters came in?

[metrodash]

It's been some time since I took the Red Line (1992) but I just remember the Airport station as the most depressing transit station in the world

[6V92TA]

LMAO!! well its got a face lift now. As a matter of fact, since 1992, all of the stations got face lifts except for Puritus W150th, East 34th Campus, East 55th,Euclid East 120th and East 79th. RTA is trying to come up. All they need to do now is invest in some new HRV Rapid Cars.

[EsotericDesi]

Looks like very clean train system... much more shinier than our New York City Subway trains...

[6V92TA]

thats because its way smaller than NYC MTA. We've updated alot of areas of the Red Line to make it better for passengers.

[Matteo42]

leadingEdge04 ive been riding the RTA since I was 8 days old ive never run across a rude driver as far back as I can remember. even when my mother took me and when she used to ride herself long before i was around she too has never come across a rude RTA driver. Blame Calabrese the RTA CEO if your so pissed at the RTA. hes the only RTA employee i have no respect for.

[Matteo42]

My grandmother would remember the old St.Louis cars when the CTS had street cars runnin down E.55th.

[leadingEdge04]

It was the redline. I just noticed at the airport that the employees scream at customers who don't know how to get to Cleveland "Which train do I take?" "There is only One train, sir!!!" and are extremely rude when people are unfamiliar with the change machine.

[leadingEdge04]

the red line. I noticed that many of the RTA people at the airport tell customers off because they don't know the Cleveland area and need help getting to certain places or using the change machine.

[leadingEdge04]

The RTA sucks, the people are soooooo rude.

[6V92TA]

dunno what route you rode on,but every Transit Agency in this country has rude drivers. That doesnt make said public transit crappy.

[mikekole]

What makes it crappy is that it only serves a small segment of the east side, a smaller segment of the west side, and none of the south side suburbs like Parma, Strongsville, Brecksville, Independence...

I used to ride it from 55th to the airport, when I lived near Slavic Village. People looked at me like I was a lunatic for lugging a suitcase through that neighborhood.