RTA Links Lakewood With Crocker Park

The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority changed 22 bus schedules effective August 18. This included merging the #25 Madison and #46 Detroit-Wagar routes. This resulted in a bus route that runs from the West 117th Street rapid transit station to Crocker Park in Westlake via the Westgate Transit Center.
 
The Madison bus line has a long history. It was the last streetcar line in Cleveland and converted to bus service in 1954. The RTA extended the route from the Cordova bus loop to the Westgate TC and later cut back the east end of the route to the West 117th Street rapid transit station.
 
The route heads west on Madison Avenue from the rapid station through Lakewood to Riverside, then turns south on that street to Hilliard Boulevard. Then the line turns west and then south again on Wooster Road to Center Ridge Road, where it turns west and runs past the Westgate Mall to the Westgate TC. 
 
The extended route then turns north on Wagar Road to Detroit Road, and follows Detroit west to Crocker Park.  The line terminates at Market Street in Crocker Park. The bus going west leaves the rapid station on the hour (the service is hourly) and arrives at Warren Road at 8 minutes past the hour, the Westgate TC at 21 minutes past the hour, and arrives at Crocker Park at 48 minutes past the hour. There are additional trips at 30 minutes past the hour throughout the day. Eastbound the bus leaves Crocker Park at 4 minutes past the hour, arrives at the Westgate TC at 26 minutes past the hour, gets to Madison and Warren at 38 minutes past the hour, and terminates at the rapid station at 48 minutes past the hour. If you live on the north side of town, the #26 Detroit and #55 Clifton bus lines connect with the #25 at the Westgate TC.

Bus fare is $2.25 one way, and $1.00 for senior and disabled. An all day pass is $5.00, $2.50 for senior and disabled. Bus schedules are available at www.riderta.com, by calling 216-621-9500, or visiting the Lakewood Public Library at 15425 Detroit Avenue. The library has a rack of nearby bus timetables in a rack in the Community Room, located across from the main desk. With back to school time here and Christmas shopping only a few months away, the RTA has given you a direct route to the shopping mecca of Crocker Park. Happy shopping!