Ashby (MARTA station)

Ashby   W3
MARTA rapid transit station
Ashby Station
Location	65 Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard NW Atlanta, GA 30314
Coordinates	33°45′23″N 84°25′03″W / 33.756346°N 84.417556°W / 33.756346; -84.417556Coordinates: 33°45′23″N 84°25′03″W / 33.756346°N 84.417556°W / 33.756346; -84.417556
Owned by	MARTA
Line(s)	Blue Line   Green Line
Platforms	2 Stacked side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	underground
Parking	daily parking
Bicycle facilities	None
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	W3
History
Opened	December 22, 1979
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	1,791 (avg. weekday)  16%
Services
Preceding station   MARTA   Following station West Lake toward Hamilton E. Holmes Blue Line Vine City toward Indian Creek Bankhead Terminus Green Line Vine City toward Edgewood / Candler Park

Ashby is a train station in Atlanta, Georgia, serving the Blue and Green lines of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) rail system. It incorporates the use of split platforms, where the westbound platform is on the upper level and the eastbound platform is on the lower level. This is to facilitate the Green Line's split toward Bankhead, immediately west of this station.

Ashby was opened on December 22, 1979 along with all other stations west of Five Points, including the Five Points East/West section itself and excluding Bankhead. Ashby is part of the second oldest section of MARTA, only preceded by the stations east of Five Points.

In 2007 Ashby was proposed to be renamed after Joseph E. Lowery, the current name of Ashby Street, while a different proposal by councilman Ivory Lee Young, Jr. suggested changing it to Historic Westside Village station, after the mixed-use development adjacent to the station.

The station is served by the following MARTA bus routes:

Metro Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority Rail System

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