Georgia State station

{{Short description|MARTA rail 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=Georgia State|blue-station=E1}} | style = MARTA | image = GA State Station.JPG | image_caption = Georgia State Station | address = 170 Piedmont Avenue SE Atlanta, Georgia 30303 | country = United States | coordinates = {{coord|33.750539|-84.386464|type:railwaystation_region:US-GA|display=inline,title}} | line = | other = {{bus icon}} MARTA Bus: 107, 813, 899 | structure = Elevated | platform = 2 side platforms | tracks = 2 | parking = None | bicycle = 1 bike rack | passengers = 4,055 (avg. weekday)<ref>{{cite web|title=2014 Transportation Fact Book|url=http://documents.atlantaregional.com/transportation/TFB_2014_v17.pdf|publisher=Atlanta Regional Commission|accessdate=22 July 2015}}</ref> | pass_year = 2013 | pass_percent = -2 | opened = {{start date and age|1979|06|30}} | rebuilt = | accessible = YES | code = E1 | owned = | zone = | services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=MARTA | line1=Blue|left1=Five Points|right1=King Memorial | line2=Green|left2=Five Points|right2=King Memorial|to-right2=King Memorial|note-mid2=Weekend Service | line3=Green|left3=Five Points|right3=King Memorial|to-right3=Edgewood/Candler Park}} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 15 | mapframe-marker-color = #000 | mapframe-marker = rail-metro }} '''Georgia State''' is a subway station in Atlanta, Georgia, serving the Blue and Green lines of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) rail system. The station is located within the James H. Floyd State Office Building in Downtown Atlanta and was constructed concurrently with the building in the late 1970s. Exits are located on Piedmont Avenue and Jesse Hill Jr. Drive (formerly Butler Street). The station's name is in reference to its proximity to Georgia State University.

The station provides access to Georgia State University and the Georgia State Capitol. Access is also provided to Grady Memorial Hospital, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Hughes Spaulding, The Fulton County Health System, the Georgia Archives, James H. Floyd Twin Towers State buildings and Center Parc Stadium. Bus service is provided at this station to Lakewood Stadium, Piedmont Park, and Atlanta Medical Center.

==Station layout== {|table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 |style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 rowspan=4 valign=top|'''2F Platform level''' |style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|{{small|Side platform, doors will open on the right}} |- |style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|'''Westbound''' |style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=500|← '''Green Line''' toward Bankhead (Five Points) ← '''Blue Line''' toward Hamilton E. Holmes (Five Points) |- |'''Eastbound''' |{{0|→}} '''Green Line''' weekday service toward Edgewood / Candler Park (King Memorial)→ {{0|→}} '''Green Line''' weekend service toward King Memorial (Terminus)→ {{0|→}} '''Blue Line''' toward Indian Creek (King Memorial) → |- |style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-top:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|{{small|Side platform, doors will open on the right}} |- |style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 valign=top|'''G''' |style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100 valign=top|Street Level |style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=400 valign=top|Exit/Entrance, station house |}

==Buses service== The station is served by the following MARTA bus routes: * Route 107 - Glenwood * Route 813 - Atlanta Student Movement Boulevard * Route 899 - Old Fourth Ward

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==External links== {{Commons category|Georgia State (MARTA station)}}

*[http://www.itsmarta.com/ew-geo-overview.aspx MARTA Station Page] *[http://world.nycsubway.org/us/atlanta/ nycsubway.org Atlanta page] * [https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=33.749803,-84.385096&spn=0.004478,0.013722&z=17&layer=c&cbll=33.749627,-84.385272&panoid=J_OVP8dEeIqA08qGbSpStA&cbp=12,308.29,,0,0.78 Jesse Hill Junior Drive entrance from Google Maps Street View] * [https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=33.750615,-84.386297&spn=0.004478,0.013722&z=17&layer=c&cbll=33.750468,-84.38645&panoid=FgP0VynNJBPRy3SWhNX2vg&cbp=12,112.69,,0,2.68 Piedmont Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View]

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