Ashby station (MARTA)

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W3 Ashby
MARTA rapid transit station
Ashby Station
General information
Location	65 Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard NW Atlanta, GA 30314
Coordinates	33°45′23″N 84°25′03″W / 33.756346°N 84.417556°W / 33.756346; -84.417556
Owned by	MARTA
Platforms	2 split platforms (1 on each level)
Tracks	2 (1 on each level)
Connections	MARTA Bus: 1, 68
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Parking	daily parking
Bicycle facilities	None
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	W3
History
Opened	December 22, 1979; 44 years ago (1979-12-22)
Passengers
2013	1,791 (avg. weekday)[1]  16%
Services
Preceding station MARTA Following station West Lake toward Hamilton E. Holmes Blue Line Vine City toward Indian Creek Bankhead Terminus Green Line Vine City toward King Memorial or Edgewood/​Candler Park Green Line Nighttime service Vine City Terminus
Location

Ashby is a train station in Atlanta, Georgia, serving the Blue and Green lines of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) rail system. It incorporates the use of split platforms, where the westbound platform is on the upper level and the eastbound platform is on the lower level. This is to facilitate the Green Line's split toward Bankhead, immediately west of this station.^[2]

Ashby was opened on December 22, 1979 along with all other stations west of Five Points, including the Five Points East/West section itself and excluding Bankhead. Ashby is part of the second oldest section of MARTA, only preceded by the stations east of Five Points.^[3]

In 2007 Ashby was proposed to be renamed after Joseph E. Lowery, the current name of Ashby Street, while a different proposal by councilman Ivory Lee Young, Jr. suggested changing it to Historic Westside Village station, after the mixed-use development adjacent to the station.^{[citation needed]}

• Atlanta University Center
• The Busy Bee Café
• Washington Park
• BeltLine Westside Trail
• Walmart

The station is served by the following MARTA bus routes:

• Route 1 - Marietta Boulevard / Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard
• Route 68 - Benjamin E. Mays Drive

• MARTA rail

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ashby (MARTA station).

• Station Overview
• MARTA Guide
• Atlanta Beltline Westside Trail
• Lowery Boulevard entrance from Google Maps Street View

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