Doraville station
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NE10 Doraville | |||||||||||||
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| MARTA rapid transit station | |||||||||||||
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| Location | 6000 New Peachtree Road Doraville, GA 30340 | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°54′07″N 84°16′49″W / 33.902079°N 84.280389°W | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Connections |  MARTA Bus: 25, 39, 104, 124, 133 Ride Gwinnett: 10A, 10B, 20, 35 GRTA: 408 | ||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||||
| Parking | 1,070 spaces | ||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Station code | NE10 | ||||||||||||
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| Opened | December 29, 1992 | ||||||||||||
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Doraville is a train station in Doraville, Georgia, and the northern terminus on the Gold Line of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) rail system. Doraville serves as the ground for the Doraville rail yard for the Gold line, with a capacity of 30 rail cars.
This station mainly serves Doraville, Tucker, Norcross, Peachtree Corners, Duluth and Lawrenceville.
This station provides access to Doraville City Hall, Doraville Health Department, Doraville Public Library, and bus service to Sugarloaf Mills (formerly Discover Mills). Bus service is also provided at this station to Oglethorpe University, Buford Highway, Phipps Plaza, Peachtree Industrial Boulevard, and Brandsmart USA.
Station layout
[edit]| P Platform level | Westbound | ← Gold Line toward Airport (Chamblee) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left, right | ||
| Westbound | ← Gold Line toward Airport (Chamblee) | |
| G | Street Level | Entrance/Exit, station house |
Parking
[edit]Doraville has 1,070 daily and long term parking spaces available for MARTA users which are located in paved parking lots and one parking deck.
Bus routes
[edit]The station is served by the following MARTA bus routes:
- Route 25 - Peachtree Industrial Boulevard
- Route 39 - Buford Highway
- Route 104 - Winters Chapel Road
- Route 124 - Pleasantdale Road
- Route 133 - Shallowford Road
The station is also served by the following Ride Gwinnett bus routes:
- Route 10A/10B - Sugarloaf Mills to Gwinnett Place to Doraville Station via Satellite Boulevard, Buford Highway, and Beaver Ruin Road corridors
- Route 20 - Norcross to Indian Trail-Lilburn Road/Singleton Road/Graves Road corridors to Doraville Station
- Route 35 - Peachtree Corners to Norcross to Doraville Station
Georgia Regional Transportation Authority (GRTA) Xpress route 408 - Doraville to Johns Creek Parkway
Proposed Intercity Rail Service
[edit]Amtrak has been considering moving their service for the Atlanta area to a site near this station to replace their current station in the Brookwood neighborhood.[1][2] While agreements with MARTA and Norfolk Southern are necessary, this would provide the station with a direct connection with Amtrak Crescent service to New York City, Charlotte, Washington, DC, Birmingham, and New Orleans.
The station site is also proposed for possible intercity service on the Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor's Charlotte to Atlanta segment, should a future analysis choose an approach into Atlanta via Norfolk Southern Railway trackage.[3] If the alignment through Doraville is chosen, it is assumed at all trains along the corridor would stop here, due to its connection to the MARTA rail system.[4]
Amtrak had again listed Doraville as a proposed station stop along a corridor route from Charlotte, North Carolina to Atlanta as part of their "Connects US" plan in May 2021.[5] As part of this vision, three round trips would operate to Charlotte daily, with two of these trips extending to Union Station in Raleigh, North Carolina as a possible extension of the existing Piedmont service.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Amtrak in talks for new station at GM plant site". July 31, 2015. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
- ^ "Could Doraville become Atlanta's Grand Central Terminal?". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. September 23, 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
- ^ "Charlotte to Atlanta Passenger Rail Corridor Investment Plan - Chapter 4, Alternatives Considered" (PDF). September 20, 2019. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
- ^ "Charlotte to Atlanta Passenger Rail Corridor Investment Plan - Appendix B, Alternatives Development Report" (PDF). September 20, 2019. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
- ^ "Amtrak Connects US - Southeast Map". May 27, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
- ^ "Amtrak Connects US - More Trains, More Cities, Better Service" (PDF). May 27, 2021. p. 64. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
External links
[edit]- MARTA station page
- nycsubway.org Atlanta page
- Armour Yard Online Media Kit
- Station from Google Maps Street View
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