East Lake station

{{Short description|MARTA rail station}} {{About|the subway station in Decatur, Georgia|similarly named stops|Lake Street station (disambiguation){{!}}Lake Street station}} {{more citations needed|date=January 2017}} {{Use American English|date = October 2019}} {{Use mdy dates|date = October 2019}} {{Infobox station | name = {{MARTA infobox header |blue-line=East Lake |blue-station=E5}} | style = MARTA | image = East Lake MARTA Station.jpg | image_caption = East Lake MARTA Station platform facing east | coordinates = {{coord|33.765166|-84.312665|type:railwaystation_region:US-GA|display=inline,title}} | address = 2260 College Avenue Atlanta, GA 30307 | line = | other = {{bus icon}} MARTA Bus: 2, 34, 123 | structure = At-grade | platform = 1 island platform | tracks = 2 | parking = 611 spaces | bicycle = 18 spaces | passengers = 1,241 (avg. weekday)<ref>{{cite web|title=2014 Transportation Fact Book|url=http://documents.atlantaregional.com/transportation/TFB_2014_v17.pdf|publisher=Atlanta Regional Commission|access-date=22 July 2015}}</ref> | pass_year = 2013 | pass_percent = -8 | opened = {{start date and age|1979|06|30}} | rebuilt = | accessible = YES | code = E5 | owned = | zone = | services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=MARTA | line1 = Blue | left1=Edgewood/Candler Park | right1=Decatur | line2 = Green | nonstop2=yes}} | other_services_header = Future Services | other_services_collapsible = yes | other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=MARTA | line1 = Green | left1=Edgewood/Candler Park|right1=Decatur|to-right1=Avondale }} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 15 | mapframe-marker-color = #{{rcr|MARTA|Blue}} | mapframe-marker = rail-metro }} '''East Lake''' is an at-grade subway station in Atlanta and Decatur, Georgia, serving the Blue Line of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) rail system. It has a track in each direction serving an island platform. When the station entered service on June 30, 1979, the opening ceremony took place in the south parking lot.

This station is located mainly in the neighborhood of Kirkwood, but is named after East Lake Boulevard in neighboring Decatur, into which the east end of the station extends. The station also serves the Villages of East Lake and Oakhurst. There are two Zip car parking spaces in the north parking lot.

Connecting bus service is operated from the station to: The Village of East Lake, East Lake Golf Course, Clifton Springs Health Center, Georgia State University-Decatur, North Dekalb Mall, Ponce City Market and Kirkwood.

Green Line service, which currently terminates at Edgewood/Candler Park station, is expected to be extended to Avondale with stops at East Lake and Decatur when the platform at Bankhead is expanded to accommodate 8-car trains. This is being done to increase the levels of service on MARTA's east–west trunk line.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://atltransit.ga.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Combined-PowerPoint.pdf|title=ATL Board of Directors Meeting|date=February 4, 2021|accessdate=March 21, 2021}}</ref>

==Station layout== {|table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 |style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=50 valign=top|'''M''' |style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=100 valign=top|Mezzanine |style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=400 valign=top|Crossover between street and platforms |- |style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 rowspan=3 valign=top|'''G Ground/ platform level''' |style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=100|'''Westbound''' |style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=400|← '''Blue Line''' toward H. E. Holmes (Edgewood / Candler Park) |- |style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|{{small|Island platform, doors will open on the left}} |- |style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |'''Eastbound''' |style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |{{0|→}} '''Blue Line''' toward Indian Creek (Decatur) → |} center|thumb|South Entrance (April 2025)

==Buses at this station== The station is served by the following MARTA bus routes: * Route 2 - Ponce De Leon Avenue / Druid Hills * Route 34 - 2nd Avenue / Gresham Road / Clifton Springs Road * Route 123 - Church Street / North DeKalb Mall

==Nearby landmarks and popular destinations== *Oakhurst *East Lake (Atlanta) *East Lake Golf Club

==References== {{Reflist}}

== External links == {{Commons category|East Lake (MARTA station)}}

*[http://www.itsmarta.com/ew-eas-overview.aspx MARTA Station Page] *[http://world.nycsubway.org/us/atlanta/ nycsubway.org Atlanta page] *[http://www.eastlake.org/ East Lake Neighbors Community Association] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060502052349/http://www.eastlakegolfclub.com/history/index.html East Lake Golf Club] *[http://oakhurstga.org/ Oakhurst Neighborhood Association] * [https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=33.765386,-84.312987&spn=0.004477,0.01339&z=17&layer=c&cbll=33.765373,-84.313317&panoid=k9g3FG21hItmj8Rq-BKdRg&cbp=12,352.09,,0,5.72 Howard Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View] * [https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=33.764896,-84.312708&spn=0.004477,0.01339&z=17&layer=c&cbll=33.764874,-84.312815&panoid=QwaH0_90zMJ0PowpFg8cyQ&cbp=12,175.13,,0,4.78 College Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View] * [https://www.decaturnext.com/timeline/east-lake-marta-master-plan/ City of Decatur Master Plan for East Lake Station (2018)]

Category:Blue Line (MARTA) Category:Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority stations Category:Railway stations in DeKalb County, Georgia Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1979 Category:1979 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:Decatur, Georgia