Peachtree Station

Atlanta

Atlanta Amtrak Station
Station statistics
Address 1688 Peachtree Street Northwest
Atlanta, GA
Lines
  Crescent
Connections Marta Bus; Route 110
Platforms 1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Parking Yes; Paid; Limited
Bicycle facilities No
Baggage check Yes
Other information
Opened 1918
Accessible
Code ATL
Owned by Southern Railway A&C Division
Traffic
Passengers (2010) 112,364[1]  16%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
Crescent
Peachtree Southern Railway Station
Location: 1688 Peachtree St., NW, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Built: 1918
Architect: Hentz, Reid & Adler
Architectural style: Renaissance
Governing body: Private
NRHP Reference#:

76000628

[2]
Added to NRHP: September 14, 1976

The Atlanta Amtrak Station, located in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, is served by the Crescent passenger train. The street address is 1688 Peachtree Street, in the Brookwood section of town between Buckhead and Midtown.

Designed by architect Neel Reid, it was built in 1918 as a commuter stop on the northside of town for the Southern Railway whose main stop was Terminal Station downtown. The new station was formally named Peachtree Station by Southern, but informally it was widely referred to as Brookwood Station. Terminal Station closed in 1970, at which time Peachtree Station became the only passenger station in Atlanta still open. Amtrak took over the Crescent from Southern in 1979 and became the station's tenant.

Amtrak passengers often note that the station is small and is elevated far above the tracks, requiring use of a long stairway or elevator. This design reflects the original intent of the station as a suburban stop and the much smaller size of Atlanta at the turn of the 20th century.

The interior of the station underwent an extensive remodelling in preparation for the 1996 Olympics, held in Atlanta.

For some time, there have been proposals for a new Amtrak station in downtown (the Atlanta Multimodal Passenger Terminal near Five Points), however, a final plan has yet to be agreed to.

In April, 2011, the city of Atlanta submitted an application for a grant seeking $22.5 million to relocate the station approximately 1 mile South to Northside Drive and 17th Street, near the multi-use community of Atlantic Station.[3]

Of the five Georgia stations served by Amtrak, Atlanta was the busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 310 passengers daily.

References

  1. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of Georgia" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/GEORGIA10.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-06. 
  2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  3. ^ Caldwell, Carla (2011-04-14). "Historic Atl. Amtrak station could close". Atlanta Business Chronicle. http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/morning_call/2011/04/historic-atl-amtrak-station-could-close.html. Retrieved 2011-04-14. 

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