HealthLine

The HealthLine (formerly known as the Silver Line and as the Euclid Corridor Transportation Project) is a bus rapid transit (BRT) line run by the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority in Cleveland and East Cleveland, Ohio, United States. The line runs along Euclid Avenue from Public Square in downtown Cleveland to the Louis Stokes Station at Windermere in East Cleveland. It began operation on October 24, 2008. Its current name was the result of a naming rights deal with the Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals of Cleveland. The HealthLine is denoted with a silver color and abbreviated simply as HL on most RTA publications.

Overview
OperatorGCRTA
GarageHayden
VehicleNew Flyer Xcelsior XN60
StatusOperational
Began serviceOctober 24, 2008
Route
Route typeBus rapid transit
LocaleCleveland and East Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
StartPublic Square
EndLouis Stokes Station at Windermere
Length6.8 mi (11 km)
Stations59
Service
Operates24 hours
Ridership1,462,001 (2020)
      

The HealthLine's ridership peaked at 5.08 million rides in 2014, but has since declined by over 25% through 2018, with 3.7 million rides that year.

The Healthline is tied with Connecticut Transit's CTfastrak as the second-top rated BRT system in the United States each with Silver rating according to the BRT Standard. Only ABQ RIDE's Albuquerque Rapid Transit has achieved the top rating of Gold.

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