Brookhaven/Oglethorpe station

Brookhaven/Oglethorpe
MARTA rapid transit station
Location	4047 Peachtree Road NE Brookhaven,GA 30319
Coordinates	33°51′39″N 84°20′24″W / 33.860705°N 84.340003°W / 33.860705; -84.340003
Line(s)	Gold Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Parking	1,252 spaces
Bicycle facilities	18 spaces
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	NE8
History
Opened	December 15, 1984
Services
Preceding station   MARTA   Following station Lenox toward Airport Gold Line Chamblee toward Doraville

Brookhaven/Oglethorpe is a train station in Brookhaven, Georgia, on the Gold Line of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) rail system. An elevated station, it is located one mile south of Oglethorpe University. The station provides connecting bus service to North Druid Hills, Toco Hills, North DeKalb Mall, the Peachtree Boulevard business district, and the Georgia Department of Labor. In the coming years, this station is to become a “city center” for Brookhaven on the property composed of mixed use, office, retail, civic and public space.

Station layout

Parking

Brookhaven/Oglethorpe has 1,252 daily and long term parking spaces available for MARTA users, located in paved parking lots.

Development

There is planned development to remove all parking at the station. Instead of using the abandoned shopping center directly across the street, such as was proposed, MARTA is to give up its parking at Brookhaven. The dream is to create a “city center” on the property composed of mixed use, office, retail, civic and public space.^[1][2]

Landmarks and popular destinations

• Oglethorpe University

Bus routes

The station is served by the following MARTA bus routes:

• Route 8 - North Druid Hills Road
• Route 25- Peachtree Industrial Boulevard
• Route 47 - I-85 Access Road / Briarwood Road

References

External links

• MARTA station page
• nycsubway.org Atlanta page
• Station from Google Maps Street View