Ashby station (MARTA)

W3

Ashby
; W3 Ashby
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
Passengers
2013	1,791 (avg. weekday) 16%
Services

Ashby is a train station in

Bankhead, immediately west of this station.^[2]

History

Ashby was opened on December 22, 1979 along with all other stations west of

Five Points.^[3]

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
2F Platform level	Westbound	← Blue Line toward H. E. Holmes (West Lake )
	Side platform, doors will open on the left
3F Platform level	Eastbound	→ Blue Line toward Indian Creek (Vine City) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Renaming proposals

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}

]

Attractions

Bus routes

The station is served by the following MARTA bus routes:

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

References

^ "2014 Transportation Fact Book" (PDF). Atlanta Regional Commission. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
^ "Ashby". itsmarta. Metro Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
^ "MARTA's West Line Stations: H.E. Holmes; West Lake; Ashby; and Bankhead". YouTube. Metro Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority. Archived from the original on December 22, 2021. Retrieved July 22, 2015.

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[1] "2014 Transportation Fact Book" (PDF). Atlanta Regional Commission. Retrieved July 22, 2015.

[2] "Ashby". itsmarta. Metro Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority. Retrieved July 22, 2015.

[3] "MARTA's West Line Stations: H.E. Holmes; West Lake; Ashby; and Bankhead". YouTube. Metro Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority. Archived from the original on December 22, 2021. Retrieved July 22, 2015.

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