West End is an elevated rail station on the
Red
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and
Gold
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lines of the
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
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(MARTA)
rail system
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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
Clark Atlanta University (CAU or Clark Atlanta) is a private, Methodist, historically black research university in Atlanta, Georgia. Clark Atlanta is the first Historically Black College or University (HBCU) in the Southern United States. Found ...
.
Bus service is provided at this station to Westend Medical Center,
Joel Chandler Harris Home
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(the Wren's Nest),
Hammonds House,
The Salvation Army Evangeline Booth College, The Salvation Army Ray and Joan
Kroc Center
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Kroc Center background
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Atlanta,
Atlanta Technical College
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,
Atlanta Metropolitan College
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History
In June 1965, the University System of Georgia authorized the creation of a junior college in the Atlanta metro ...
,
The Salvation Army Firecrest Missioners Center,
Spelman College,
Morehouse School of Medicine,
Morehouse College
, mottoeng = And there was light (literal translation of Latin itself translated from Hebrew: "And light was made")
, type = Private historically black men's liberal arts college
, academic_affiliations ...
,
Hapeville
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,
Interdenominational Theological Center
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(ITC) and The
Atlanta University Center.
Station layout
Bus routes
![MARTA 95 Bus at West End Station](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/MARTA_95_Bus_at_West_End_Station.jpg)
The station is served by the following
MARTA bus routes:
* Route 1 - Marietta Blvd. / Joseph E Lowery Blvd.
* Route 40 - Peachtree Street / Downtown
* Route 58 - West Lake Avenue / Hollywood Road
* Route 68 - Benjamin E. Mays Drive
* Route 71 - Cascade Road
* Route 81 - Venetian Hills / Delowe Drive
* Route 94 - Northside Drive
* Route 95 - Metropolitan Parkway
* Route 155 - Pittsburgh
* Route 832 - Grant Park
Due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, MARTA is only providing service to routes 40, 71, and 95 until further notice.
References
External links
MARTA Station Pagenycsubway.org Atlanta pageStation from Google Maps Street View
Gold Line (MARTA)
Red Line (MARTA)
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority stations located above ground
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1982
Railway stations in Atlanta
1982 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)
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