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Hamilton E. Holmes station

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Line(s)
  
Blue Line

Connections
  
CCT

Parking
  
1,436 spaces

Platforms in use
  
2

Tracks
  
2

Structure type
  
elevated

Opened
  
22 December 1979

Location
  
70 Hamilton E. Holmes Drive NW Atlanta, GA 30311

Address
  
Atlanta, GA 30311, United States

Similar
  
West Lake station, Indian Creek station, Oakland City station, Inman Park / Reynolds, West End station

Hamilton E. Holmes (known locally as H.E. Holmes) is a metro station in Atlanta, Georgia, the western terminus for the Blue Line in the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) rail system. This is one of the busiest stations in the MARTA system, handling an average of 22,000 boardings per weekday. When the station opened in 1979 it was originally named Hightower station after Hightower Road (Georgia 280), but both the road and the station were later renamed to honor civil-rights hero Hamilton E. Holmes.

Contents

The station primarily serves areas near the junction of Interstate 20 and Georgia 280 east of Adamsville.

Attractions

  • Frederick Douglass High School
  • Benjamin E. Mays High School
  • Six Flags Over Georgia
  • Greenbriar Mall
  • Buses at this station

    The station is served by the following MARTA bus routes:

  • Route 3 - Martin Luther King Jr. Drive / Auburn Avenue
  • Route 56 - Adamsville / Collier Heights
  • Route 60 - Hightower / Moores Mill
  • Route 66 - Lynhurst / Barge Road Park & Ride
  • Route 73 - Fulton Industrial
  • Route 153 - H.E. Holmes / Browntown
  • Route 165 - Fairburn Road / Barge Park & Ride
  • Route 170 - Brownlee Road / Peyton
  • Route 201 - Six Flags Over Georgia
  • The station is also served by:

  • Cobb Community Transit route 30 - Austell Road
  • References

    Hamilton E. Holmes station Wikipedia