Cleveland's new Greyhound station to open next month
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Presenting: your new Cleveland Greyhound station. Photos: Sam Allard/Axios
Cleveland's Greyhound and Barons Bus operations are preparing to relocate next month from their longtime downtown terminal to a new station at the RTA Brookpark Rapid stop.
Why it matters: Built in the 1940s, the historic Greyhound terminal on Chester Avenue is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and has long served as the city's primary intercity bus hub.
- Come next month, local riders will have to venture 14 miles to a new station that's … much less architecturally significant.
State of play: The relocation follows the sale of the Art Deco downtown station, which was purchased by Playhouse Square in 2024 after being sold to an investment firm the year before.
Catch up quick: In 2024, RTA approved a 10-year lease of nearly 2 acres of land at the Brookpark Rapid station to Barons, Greyhound's local partner.
- The parcel is part of an RTA overflow parking lot, just north of Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.
The latest: Barons has completed construction of a 2,100-square-foot brick station that includes restrooms, ticketing space and a passenger waiting area.
💠Sam's thought bubble: Cleveland.com's Susan Glaser described it as "modest," which is generous.
- I ventured there this week to see for myself. It looks like a penitentiary or a pump station.
- It's a fenced-in outpost about as far removed (architecturally and geographically) from the downtown terminal as one could imagine.
Barons has not immediately responded to an Axios request for comment about the new station.
Zoom out: Since the sale of historic Greyhound stations nationwide, riders have often been forced to wait at improvised outdoor pickup locations without bathrooms or seats.
- A recent DePaul University study found that Greyhound riders tend to be younger and lower-income than other travelers, and are less likely to have access to a car.
- At least the new Cleveland station has walls and a roof, and is located on a transit line.
What's next: Playhouse Square has said it will initially use the former downtown station for valet operations and bus parking, and plans to release its long-term redevelopment plans later.