East Lake station
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East Lake is a transit station in Atlanta and Decatur, Georgia, serving the Blue Line of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) rail system. It has a track in each direction serving an island platform. When the station entered service on June 30, 1979, the opening ceremony took place in the south parking lot.
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MARTA rapid transit station | ||||||||||||||||
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Location | 2260 College Avenue Atlanta, GA 30307 | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 33.765166°N 84.312665°W / 33.765166; -84.312665 | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Connections | MARTA Bus: 2, 34, 123 | |||||||||||||||
Construction | ||||||||||||||||
Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||||||
Parking | 611 spaces | |||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | 18 spaces | |||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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Station code | E5 | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | June 30, 1979; 44 years ago (1979-06-30) | |||||||||||||||
Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
2013 | 1,241 (avg. weekday)[1] 8% | |||||||||||||||
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This station is located mainly in the neighborhood of Kirkwood, but is named after East Lake Boulevard in neighboring Decatur, into which the east end of the station extends. The station also serves the Villages of East Lake and Oakhurst. There are two Zip car parking spaces in the north parking lot.
Connecting bus service is operated from the station to: The Village of East Lake , East Lake Golf Course , Clifton Springs Health Center, Georgia State University-Decatur, North Dekalb Mall, Ponce City Market and Kirkwood.
Green Line service, which currently terminates at Edgewood/Candler Park station, is expected to be extended to Avondale with stops at East Lake and Decatur when the platform at Bankhead is expanded to accommodate 8-car trains. This is being done to increase the levels of service on MARTA's East-West trunk line.[2]