Bankhead station

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Bankhead
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Bankhead station
General information
Location1335 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
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsAiga bus trans.svg MARTA Bus: 26, 50
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Parking11 free daily parking spaces
Bicycle facilitiesNone
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeP4
History
OpenedDecember 12, 1992;31 years ago (1992-12-12)
Passengers
20131,903 (avg. weekday) [1] Increase2.svg 2%
Services
Preceding station MARTA stripes logo.svg MARTA Following station
Terminus Green Line Ashby
Green Line
Nighttime service
Ashby
toward Vine City
Location
Bankhead station

Bankhead is a train 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 Westside Park at Bellwood Quarry; which will be the largest park in the city of Atlanta

Contents

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 Belt Line, near Maddox Park and the new Westside Park, which would be the largest park in the city of Atlanta.

Station layout

P
Platform level
WestboundGreen 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)
GStreet LevelExit/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

The platform is scheduled to be lengthened to accommodate six-car trains by 2025, due to significant development planned around the station [6] and to accommodate the upcoming CQ400 trains, which will be four-car sets instead of two like the existing models. This would allow longer trains to run on the Green Line and could make way for a potential extension towards Cobb County.

Bus routes

The station is served by the following MARTA bus routes:

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