East Point station explained

Style:MARTA
Type:MARTA rapid transit station
Coordinates:33.6778°N -84.4403°W
Address:2848 East Main Street
East Point, GA 30344
Other: MARTA Bus: 78, 79, 81, 84, 93, 181, 192, 193
Structure:Open-cut
Tracks:2
Parking:927 spaces
Bicycle:8 spaces
Passengers:4,571 (avg. weekday)[1]
Pass Year:2013
Pass Percent:1
Accessible:YES
Code:S5
Other Services Header:Proposed Services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail-metro
Marker-Color:
  1. 000
Zoom:15

East Point is a train station in East Point, Georgia, serving the Red and Gold lines of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) rail system. It has an island platform between two tracks. It was opened on August 16, 1986.

It mainly serves East Point, Camp Creek, and unincorporated South Fulton and College Park.

This station provides access to downtown East Point historic dining-shopping-urban renewal district, and East Point Public Library. Bus service is provided at this station to Atlanta Medical Center-South Campus, Brownsmill Golf Course, Point University, Fulton County Board of Education, Camp Creek Market Place, Fulton HJC Bowden Senior Center, Cleveland Avenue and Grady East Point Health Center. The proposed Clayton County commuter rail service will use it as the terminal, although it is on hold.

Station layout

GStreet LevelEntrance/Exit, station house, fare barriers, bus loops
P
Platform level
SouthboundRed Line, Gold Line toward Airport (College Park)
Northbound Gold Line toward Doraville (Lakewood / Fort McPherson)
Red Line toward North Springs (Lakewood / Fort McPherson)

Bus routes

The station is served by the following MARTA bus routes:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2014 Transportation Fact Book. Atlanta Regional Commission. 9 January 2016.