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    1. Rail

    Cleveland RTA Trolleys Celebrate 10th Birthday This Month

    April 12, 2016
    RTA’s popular trolleys have been in service 10 years, and 12 new trolleys begin service this month.
    Related To: Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA)
    Beth Castelucci, RTA Marketing Supervisor
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    RTA’s popular trolleys have been in service 10 years, and 12 new trolleys begin service this month.

    Balloons, streamers and party hats will decorate one special trolley all day as RTA celebrates 10 years of trolley service in Downtown Cleveland.

    RTA says to be on the look out for your favorite driver dressed in party gear and for the trolleys’ destination signs flashing “Happy Birthday Trolleys.”

    Photo opportunities of trolleys are available throughout Downtown, ourside RTA’s Main Office Building at 1240 W. Sixth St., or at the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Transit Center at East 21st Street and Prospect Avenue

    Background

    • Ridership in 2006: 381,038
    • Ridership in 2015: 1,530,698
    • Average daily ridership: 6,000
    • Total ridership since introduction: 10,975,665

    RTA
    The new Red Line station replaces an old and functionally obsolete facility and is the first new Red Line station in 46 years.
    RTA
    The Cleveland State Line replaced RTA’s popular 55 family of routes in December. Service is betweenWest Shore communities and Downtown via Clifton Boulevard and the Shoreway.
    Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
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