Cleveland Lakefront Station

Cleveland Lakefront Station
Amtrak station as seen from trackside in August 2022
General information
Location	200 Cleveland Memorial Shoreway Cleveland, Ohio United States
Coordinates	41°30′20″N 81°41′47″W / 41.505653°N 81.696468°W / 41.505653; -81.696468
Owned by	Amtrak
Line(s)	NS Chicago Line / Cleveland Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	Yes
Accessible	Amtrak platform accessible, RTA car stop not accessible
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: CLE
History
Opened	October 28, 1975; 48 years ago (1975-10-28)[1]
Rebuilt	1977
Passengers
FY 2023	48,784[2] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Elyria toward Chicago Capitol Limited Alliance toward Washington, D.C. Lake Shore Limited Erie toward New York or Boston South Preceding station Rapid Transit Following station East 9th–North Coast toward South Harbor Waterfront Line West 3rd toward Tower City
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Elyria toward Chicago Pennsylvanian 1998–2003 Alliance toward Philadelphia
Location

Cleveland Lakefront Station is an Amtrak train station at North Coast Harbor in Cleveland, Ohio. The current station was built in 1977 to provide service to the Lake Shore Limited route (New York/Boston-Chicago), which was reinstated by Amtrak via Cleveland and Toledo in 1975.^[3] It replaced service to Cleveland Union Terminal. Lakefront Station is located in downtown Cleveland near the Lake Erie waterfront, adjacent to the Cleveland Memorial Shoreway and in the immediate vicinity of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Great Lakes Science Center, the Steamship William G. Mather Museum and Cleveland Browns Stadium. The station has had little to no renovation since its opening.

The station is a service stop on Amtrak's daily Lake Shore Limited and Capitol Limited trains, both of which pass through in the middle of the night. The station is also served by the RTA Waterfront Line. The Pennsylvanian served Cleveland from 1998 to 2003, when it reverted to its original Pittsburgh–New York route. As of 2021, proposals exist for the Pennsylvanian and several other routes to return to Cleveland.