West End (MARTA station)

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West End
MARTA rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address 680 Lee Street SW
Atlanta, GA 30310
Coordinates 33°44′09″N 84°24′47″W / 33.73581°N 84.41296°W / 33.73581; -84.41296Coordinates: 33°44′09″N 84°24′47″W / 33.73581°N 84.41296°W / 33.73581; -84.41296
Lines
Structure Elevated
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Parking 547 spaces; Free daily parking
Bicycle facilities 10 spaces
Other information
Opened September 11, 1982
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access
Code S2
Breeze Card Yes
Traffic
Passengers (2007) 7,970 (daily)[1] steady 0%
Services
Preceding station   MARTA   Following station
toward Airport
Red Line
Gold Line
toward Doraville

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. It also provides bus service to 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, Joel Chandler Harris Home(The Wren's Nest), Hammonds House, Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC), Spelman College, Morehouse School of Medicine, Hapeville, and The Atlanta University Center.

It is indeed one of the busiest stations on the South Line, and after Five Points, Lindbergh, Airport, College Park, it competes to be among the next busiest stations along these routes based on daily faregate totals.

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