West End station (MARTA) explained

Style:MARTA
Type:MARTA rapid transit station
Address:680 Lee Street SW
Atlanta, Georgia 30310
Coordinates:33.7358°N -84.413°W
Other: MARTA Bus: 1, 40, 58, 68, 71, 81, 94, 95, 155, 832
Structure:Elevated
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Parking:547 spaces; daily parking
Bicycle:10 spaces
Passengers:7,056 (avg. weekday)[1]
Pass Year:2013
Pass Percent:-1
Accessible:YES
Code:S2
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail-metro
Marker-Color:
  1. 000
Zoom:15

West End is an elevated rail station on the Red and Gold lines of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) rail system servicing the West End and most of Southwest Atlanta, including neighborhoods bordering Cascade Road and Metropolitan Parkway. The West End station opened on September 11, 1982.

This station provides access to The Mall at Westend and the Woodruff Library Shuttle to Clark Atlanta University.

Bus service is provided at this station to Westend Medical Center, Joel Chandler Harris Home (the Wren's Nest), Hammonds House, The Salvation Army Evangeline Booth College, The Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Center Atlanta, Atlanta Technical College, Atlanta Metropolitan College, The Salvation Army Firecrest Missioners Center, Spelman College, Morehouse School of Medicine, Morehouse College, Hapeville, Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC) and The Atlanta University Center.

Station layout

P
Platform level
SouthboundRed Line, Gold Line toward Airport (Oakland City)
Northbound Gold Line toward Doraville (Garnett)
Red Line toward North Springs (Garnett)
GStreet LevelEntrance/Exit, fare barriers, station house, bus loops

Bus routes

The station is served by the following MARTA bus routes:

Due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, MARTA is only providing service to routes 40, 71, and 95 until further notice.[2]

External links

Notes and References

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