East Point station

{{Short description|MARTA rail station}}

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{{Infobox station

| name={{MARTA infobox header|gold-line=East Point|gold-station=S5}}|style=MARTA

| type=MARTA rapid transit station

| image= East Point (MARTA station).JPG

| image_caption=East Point Station

| coordinates={{coord|33.677814|-84.440344|type:railwaystation_region:US-GA|display=inline,title}}

| address=2848 East Main Street
East Point, GA 30344

| line=

| other={{bus icon}} MARTA Bus: 78, 79, 81, 84, 93, 181, 192, 193

| structure=Open-cut

| platform=1 island platform

| tracks=2

| parking=927 spaces

| bicycle=8 spaces

| passengers=4,571 (avg. weekday){{cite web|title=2014 Transportation Fact Book|url=http://documents.atlantaregional.com/transportation/TFB_2014_v17.pdf|publisher=Atlanta Regional Commission|access-date=9 January 2016}}

| pass_year=2013

| pass_percent=1

| opened={{start date and age|1986|08|16}}

| rebuilt=

| accessible =YES

| code=S5

| owned=

| zone=

| services={{Adjacent stations|system1=MARTA

| line1=Red|left1=College Park|right1=Lakewood/Fort McPherson

| line2=Gold|left2=College Park|right2=Lakewood/Fort McPherson}}

| other_services_header = Proposed Services

| other_services_collapsible = yes

| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=MARTA

| line1=Clayton|right1=Hapeville}}

| mapframe = yes

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

}}

East Point is a subway 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

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|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=100 valign=top|Street Level

|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=400 valign=top|Entrance/Exit, station house, fare barriers, bus loops

style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 rowspan=3 valign=top|P
Platform level

|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=100|Southbound

|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=400|← Red Line (MARTA), Gold Line (MARTA) toward Airport (College Park)

style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|{{small|Island platform, doors will open on the left}}
style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Northbound

|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|{{0|→}} Gold Line (MARTA) toward Doraville (Lakewood / Fort McPherson)
{{0|→}} Red Line (MARTA) toward North Springs (Lakewood / Fort McPherson)

Bus routes

The station is served by the following MARTA bus routes:

  • Route 78 - Cleveland Avenue
  • Route 79 - Sylvan Hills
  • Route 81- Venetian Hills / Delowe Drive
  • Route 84 - Washington Road / Camp Creek Marketplace
  • Route 93 - Headland Drive / Main Street
  • Route 181 - Washington Road / Fairburn
  • Route 192 - Old Dixie / Tara Boulevard
  • Route 193 - Morrow / Jonesboro

References

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