Avondale station (MARTA)

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{{Infobox station

| name={{MARTA infobox header|blue-line=Avondale|blue-station=E7}}|style=MARTA

| type=MARTA rapid transit station

| image= MARTA Avondale Station.JPG

| image_caption= Avondale MARTA station

| coordinates={{coord|33.775277|-84.281903|type:railwaystation_region:US-GA|display=inline,title}}

| address=915 East Ponce de Leon Avenue
Decatur, Georgia 30030

| country = United States

| line=

| other={{bus icon}} MARTA Bus: 75, 114, 117, 120

| structure = At-grade

| platform=2 island platforms

| tracks=4

| parking=823 spaces; Daily parking

| bicycle= Yes

| passengers=4,327 (avg. weekday){{cite web|title=2014 Transportation Fact Book|url=http://documents.atlantaregional.com/transportation/TFB_2014_v17.pdf|publisher=Atlanta Regional Commission|accessdate=22 July 2015}}

| pass_year=2013

| pass_percent=-5

| opened={{start date and age|1979|06|30}}

| rebuilt=

| accessible=YES

| code=E7

| owned=

| zone=

| services={{Adjacent stations|system1=MARTA|

| line1=Blue|left1=Decatur|right1=Kensington

| line2=Green|left2=Edgewood/Candler Park|to-right2=Avondale|note-mid2=Limited Service}}

| other_services_header = Future Services

| other_services_collapsible = yes

| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=MARTA

| line1=Green|left1=Decatur|header2=Proposed service

{{rail line|term1=|previous=DeKalb Farmers Market
towards {{stl|MARTA|Lindbergh Center}}|route=Clifton Corridor|next=|col=43b0dc}}}}

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| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail-metro |marker-color=#000 |zoom=15 }}

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Avondale is an at-grade subway station in Decatur, Georgia. It is on the Blue Line of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) rail system. The station is at-grade and has two island platforms, one for each direction. The center two tracks are not normally used for through service. Because of these middle tracks, it is not uncommon for trains to be bound for Avondale, having passengers change trains at Avondale. A limited number of Green Line trains originate and terminate at Avondale rather than at their normal terminus at Edgewood / Candler Park, though these trains bypass East Lake and Decatur.{{cite web|url=https://itsmarta.com/Green-Line.aspx|title=Green Line|accessdate=December 12, 2020}}

Green Line service is expected to be extended to Avondale full-time when the platform at Bankhead station is expanded to accommodate 8-car trains, in order to increase service on the East-West trunk line.{{cite web|url=https://atltransit.ga.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Combined-PowerPoint.pdf|title=ATL Board of Directors Meeting|date=February 4, 2021|accessdate=March 21, 2021}}

This station opened on June 30, 1979; this was the original eastern terminus of the Blue Line. This station has parking (823 spaces) available on E. College Avenue.

This station mainly serves Avondale Estates (although technically not located in the city limits) and Decatur Heights, as well as The City of Clarkston and The City of Tucker and Communities in: Scottdale, Northlake & North Decatur.

Bus service is provided at this station to Clifton Springs Health Center, GRTA/Panola Park & Ride, DeKalb Lou Walker Senior Center, North DeKalb DeKalb Mall, DeKalb Farmers Market, Avondale Estates, Tucker, City of Clarkson, Mountain Industrial Business District, DeKalb Veterans Administration Clinic and DeKalb County Department of Family and Children Services Center (DFACS).

East of the station is Avondale Yard, a train yard used to service, clean, store, and test the fleet of rolling stock it services. Adjacent to the yard is Laredo Bus Facility.