MARTA rapid transit station | |||||||||||
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Location | 5200 New Peachtree Road Chamblee, GA 30341 | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 33°53′13″N84°18′26″W / 33.88694°N 84.30722°W | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Connections | MARTA Bus: 19, 47, 103, 126, 132, 825 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
Parking | 1,713 daily parking spaces | ||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | 6 spaces | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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Station code | NE9 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | December 19, 1987 | ||||||||||
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Chamblee is a train station in Chamblee, Georgia, serving the Gold Line of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) rail system. The station is bounded by New Peachtree Road on the East, Peachtree Road on the West and Chamblee Tucker road to the South. Chamblee Dunwoody Road is approximately ¼ mile to the north. A multi use trail has been completed between Keswick Park and Chamblee Tucker Road; this trail crosses under Peachtree Industrial Boulevard at Clairmont Road and ends at the Wal-Mart Shopping Center just southeast of the station. Chamblee has plans to connect this multi use trail at Keswick Park to an existing PATH trail that runs near Ashford Dunwoody Road between Blackburn Park and Murphey Candler Park. This station provides access to DeKalb-Peachtree Airport, Interactive College of Technology, Chamblee City Hall, and connecting bus service to Northlake Mall, Georgia State University (Dunwoody Campus), Peachford Hospital, Mercer University, Strayer University, North DeKalb Health Center, and the Veterans Administration Hospital.
P Platform level | Westbound | ← Gold Line toward Airport (Brookhaven/Oglethorpe) |
Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
Eastbound | Gold Line toward Doraville (Terminus) → | |
G | Street Level | Entrance/Exit, station house |
Chamblee has 1,713 daily parking spaces available for MARTA users which are located in paved parking lots. Long term parking is prohibited, as the paved parking lots are not owned by MARTA.
The station is served by the following MARTA bus routes:
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