Lenox is an underground

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, serving the Gold Line of the

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. Located in the

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district, it provides access to

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and Phipps Plaza, which are located on

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across the street from one another, as well as the nearby neighborhoods of

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and Pine Hills. It also provides connecting bus service to Peachtree Industrial business district,

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, Emory University Hospital Midtown,

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, Midtown business district,

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, and the Atlanta Amtrak station. This is the northernmost Gold Line station in Fulton County. Northeast of the station, the line crosses into DeKalb County.

Station layout

History

The station was built on the site of Johnsontown, a small community of about 30 African American families originally settled in 1912. The properties were acquired in the early 1980s and the houses razed to make way for the station. The station opened in 1984 when the Northeast Line (now Gold) was extended from Arts Center to Brookhaven (now Brookhaven/Oglethorpe). Initially, the code was N7. But in 1994, it was changed to NE7.

Parking

Lenox has both a parking lot (193 spaces) and parking deck (128 spaces) for MARTA patrons.

Nearby landmarks and popular destinations

* Phipps Plaza

Bus routes

The station is served by the following MARTA bus routes: * Route 27 - Cheshire Bridge Road

Connections to other transit systems

Buc Shuttle

References

External links

nycsubway.org Atlanta page

Lenox Road entrance from Google Maps Street View
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lenox (Marta Station) Gold Line (MARTA) Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1984 Railway stations in Atlanta 1984 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)