Bankhead station

P4 Bankhead
General information
Location	1335 Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway NW Atlanta, GA 30311
Coordinates	33°46′19″N84°25′44″W / 33.77189°N 84.42884°W / 33.77189; -84.42884
Owned by	MARTA
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	MARTA Bus: 26, 50
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Parking	11 free daily parking spaces
Bicycle facilities	None
Accessible	YES
Other information
Station code	P4
History
Opened	December 12, 1992;33 years ago (1992-12-12)
Passengers
2013	1,903 (avg. weekday) [1]   2%
Services
Preceding station MARTA Following station Terminus Green Line Ashby toward King Memorial or Edgewood/​Candler Park Green Line Nighttime service Ashby toward Vine City
Location

Bankhead is an elevated subway station in Atlanta, Georgia, the western terminus of the Green Line in the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) rail system. Bankhead station is located in the Grove Park Neighborhood due to a recent neighborhood expansion. This station primarily serves the neighborhoods of Grove Park, Bankhead, West Lake, Howell Station, and other Westside residents. Bankhead Station provides connecting bus service to Donald Lee Hollowell Highway, Maddox Park, and the future Shirley Clarke Franklin Park at Bellwood Quarry; which will be the largest park in the city of Atlanta

Unlike most MARTA stations, which are provisioned for eight rail cars, Bankhead can only accommodate two cars, with adequate space left in place to allow extension to four cars in the future. It is the only station served exclusively by the Green Line.

The area it serves is scheduled to be an important part of the Beltline, near Maddox Park and the new Shirley Clarke Franklin Park, which would be the largest park in the city of Atlanta.

Station layout

P Platform level	Westbound	← Green Line alighting passengers only
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Eastbound	→ Green Line toward Edgewood/Candler Park (weekends toward King Memorial, nights toward Vine City) (Ashby) →
G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance, station house

History

Bankhead Station was opened on December 12, 1992, ^[2] the same day as Doraville. ^[3] The Green Line is a stub of the originally planned Proctor Creek Line, which was planned to expand north of Bankhead to the Perry Homes community, now called West Highlands.

In addition, there is another stub in between the Edgewood/Candler Park and East Lake stations, which would have been called the Tucker-North Dekalb Line. This included plans for an additional 2 stations, one at Emory University and another in North Druid Hills. ^[4] The future Green Line would have most likely went between Bankhead and North Druid Hills stations.

In December 2005, Bankhead station was the first MARTA station to implement Breeze Cards, and there was a controversy when it was discovered that the fare gates ended 15 inches (380 mm) from the ground, which allowed fare evaders to crawl underneath the gates. The issue was fixed by installing plastic bars to the bottom of the gates, reducing the gap to 6 inches (150 mm) and virtually eliminating the possibility of fare evaders crawling through it.

In 2019, MARTA announced a proposal to change the name of Bankhead station to Donald Lee Hollowell Station, reflecting the new name of Bankhead Highway. ^[5]

Future

Initial plans to expand the Bankhead Station train platform were announced in 2019 as part of the More MARTA program. The proposed expansion would allow the station to accommodate eight-car trains, matching the capacity of MARTA's 37 other rail stations and helping to prepare the station for significant development planned in the surrounding areas. ^{[6] [7]} MARTA also announced plans to develop the land around Bankhead Station into a mixed-use development as part of their transit-oriented development (TOD) program. ^[8] As of October 2025, construction had not begun on either project and the anticipated completion date of the platform expansion had been pushed to 2029. ^[9]

Nearby landmarks & popular destinations

• Maddox Park
• Shirley Clarke Franklin Park
• Beltline Westside Trail
• King Plow Arts Center
• Fulton County Jail
• Fulton County Division of Family and Children Services

Bus routes

The station is served by the following MARTA bus routes:

• Route 26 - Marietta Street / Perry Boulevard
• Route 50 - Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway

References

1. "2014 Transportation Fact Book" (PDF). Atlanta Regional Commission. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
2. "MARTA's West Line Stations: H.E. Holmes; West Lake; Ashby; and Bankhead". YouTube. Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority. May 9, 2014. Archived from the original on December 22, 2021. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
3. "MARTA Doraville & Chamblee Stations Video". YouTube. Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority. January 6, 2015. Archived from the original on December 22, 2021. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
4. "MARTA Provisions". www.nycsubway.org. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
5. Habersham, Raisa; Stafford, Leon. "MARTA works to change 5 station names — with the help of residents". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. ISSN   1539-7459 . Retrieved September 5, 2023.
6. "MARTA Board Approves Sequencing of Historic Expansion Program". MARTA. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
7. Wickert, David. "MARTA forwards transit projects set for Atlanta, Clayton and DeKalb". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. ISSN   1539-7459 . Retrieved October 26, 2025.
8. Wickert, David. "MARTA picks developer for Bankhead station project near Microsoft". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. ISSN   1539-7459 . Retrieved October 26, 2025.
9. "ArcGIS Dashboards". martaonline.maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved October 26, 2025.

• Ferreira, Robert. "Atlanta, Georgia". nycsubway.org. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012.

External links

• Station Overview, including video tour
• MARTA Guide Archived July 22, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
• Atlanta Beltline Westside Trail
• Donald Lee Holowell Bankhead entrance from Google Maps Street View ^{[ permanent dead link ]}