| Style: | MARTA | ||||||||||
| Type: | MARTA rapid transit station | ||||||||||
| Address: | 65 Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard NW Atlanta, GA 30314 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 33.7563°N -84.4176°W | ||||||||||
| Other: | MARTA Bus: 1, 68 | ||||||||||
| Structure: | Underground | ||||||||||
| Platform: | 2 split platforms (1 on each level) | ||||||||||
| Tracks: | 2 (1 on each level) | ||||||||||
| Parking: | daily parking | ||||||||||
| Bicycle: | None | ||||||||||
| Passengers: | 1,791 (avg. weekday)[1] | ||||||||||
| Pass Year: | 2013 | ||||||||||
| Pass Percent: | 16 | ||||||||||
| Accessible: | YES | ||||||||||
| Code: | W3 | ||||||||||
| Owned: | MARTA | ||||||||||
| Mapframe: | yes | ||||||||||
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Ashby is a train station in Atlanta, Georgia, serving the Blue and Green lines of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) rail system. It incorporates the use of split platforms, where the westbound platform is on the upper level and the eastbound platform is on the lower level. This is to facilitate the Green Line's split toward Bankhead, immediately west of this station.[2]
Ashby was opened on December 22, 1979 along with all other stations west of Five Points, including the Five Points East/West section itself and excluding Bankhead. Ashby is part of the second oldest section of MARTA, only preceded by the stations east of Five Points.[3]
| G | Street Level | Exit/Entrance |
| 2F Platform level | Westbound | ← Green Line toward Bankhead (Terminus) ← Blue Line toward H. E. Holmes (West Lake) |
| 3F Platform level | Eastbound | Green Line toward Edgewood / Candler Park (weekends toward King Memorial, nights toward Vine City) → Blue Line toward Indian Creek (Vine City) → |
In 2007 Ashby was proposed to be renamed after Joseph E. Lowery, the current name of Ashby Street, while a different proposal by councilman Ivory Lee Young, Jr. suggested changing it to Historic Westside Village station, after the mixed-use development adjacent to the station.
The station is served by the following MARTA bus routes: