Medical Center station (MARTA)
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Medical Center
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MARTA rapid transit station | |||||||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||||||
Location | 5711 Peachtree-Dunwoody Road Sandy Springs, Georgia 30342 | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 33°54′38″N 84°21′10″W / 33.910689°N 84.352684°W | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Connections | ![]() | ||||||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||||||
Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||||
Parking | 200 spaces; daily parking only Long-term parking prohibited | ||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | 6 spaces | ||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||
Architect | Diedrich Architects & Associates, Inc.[1] | ||||||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||||||
Station code | N8 | ||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||
Opened | June 8, 1996 | ||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||
2013 | 1,629 (avg. weekday)[2] ![]() | ||||||||||||||
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Medical Center is a metro station in Sandy Springs, Georgia, serving the Red Line of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) rail system. It serves the Pill Hill neighborhood of Perimeter Center, the location of Northside Hospital Atlanta (the country's busiest birthplace), St. Joseph's Hospital, and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite and DeVry University. North of Medical Center is Dunwoody station and south is Buckhead station. This station's platforms are long enough to accommodate 8-car trains.
The station is located just west of the Fulton/DeKalb County line. The portion in DeKalb County is currently not developed and is a part of MARTA's portfolio for potential transit-oriented development. Of note, the station was constructed in 1996 when this portion of Fulton County was unincorporated; Sandy Springs was incorporated ten years later.
Station layout
[edit]G | Street Level | Entrance/Exit, station house |
P Platform level |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
Southbound | ← Red Line toward Airport (nights toward Lindbergh Center) (Buckhead) | |
Northbound | Red Line toward North Springs (Dunwoody) → | |
Side platform, doors will open on the right |
Parking
[edit]Medical Center has 200 daily parking spaces available for MARTA users, which are located at the lower level of St. Joseph's parking deck. Daily parking (less than 24 hours) is free; long-term parking is prohibited, as the hospital is closed to visitors at night. In order to limit parking to MARTA users, the parking ticket must be validated inside of the fare gate area to exit the parking deck.
Landmarks and popular destinations
[edit]- St. Joseph's Hospital
- Northside Hospital
- Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite Hospital
- Embassy Row
- Perimeter Center business district
- DeVry University
Bus routes
[edit]The station is served by the following MARTA bus routes:
- Route 825 - Johnson Ferry Road
References
[edit]- ^ MARTA Medical Center Station (Plaque inside of station entrance). Atlanta, GA.
- ^ "2014 Transportation Fact Book" (PDF). Atlanta Regional Commission. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
External links
[edit]Gallery
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Medical_Center_Award.jpg/220px-Medical_Center_Award.jpg)
![Plaque](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Medical_Center_Plaque.jpg/196px-Medical_Center_Plaque.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Medical_Center_on_a_Sunny_Day.jpg/220px-Medical_Center_on_a_Sunny_Day.jpg)
- Red Line (MARTA)
- Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority stations
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1996
- Sandy Springs, Georgia
- 1996 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Atlanta stubs
- Southern United States railway station stubs
- Georgia (U.S. state) building and structure stubs
- Georgia (U.S. state) transportation stubs
- United States rapid transit stubs