Brookhaven/Oglethorpe station (original) (raw)

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MARTA rail station

NE8 Brookhaven/Oglethorpe Univ.
MARTA rapid transit station
General information
Location 4047 Peachtree Road NE Brookhaven, Georgia 30319United States
Coordinates 33°51′39″N 84°20′24″W / 33.860705°N 84.340003°W / 33.860705; -84.340003
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Connections Bus transport MARTA Bus: 8, 25, 47, 110
Construction
Structure type Elevated
Parking 1,252 spaces
Bicycle facilities 18 spaces
Accessible Yes
Other information
Station code NE8
History
Opened December 15, 1984; 39 years ago (1984-12-15)
Previous names Brookhaven (1984–1995)
Services
Preceding station Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority MARTA Following station Lenoxtoward Airport Gold Line Chambleetoward Doraville
LocationMap

Brookhaven/Oglethorpe (originally Brookhaven and signed Brookhaven/Oglethorpe Univ. on station signs) 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. South of this station, the line crosses into Fulton County.

In the 2010s, the station was planned to become a "city center" for Brookhaven on the property composed of mixed use, office, retail, civic and public space. The plan was canceled in 2017.

PPlatform level Westbound ← Gold Line toward Airport (Lenox)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Eastbound → Gold Line toward Doraville (Chamblee) →
G Street Level Entrance/Exit, station house

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

MARTA and the City of Brookhaven planned to build a transit-oriented "city center" on the station's parking lot in 2014. The proposal entailed a development composed of mixed uses, offices, retailers, and civic and public space.[1][2] The project was canceled in early 2017, after plans by Brookhaven's mayor to suspend their work on the project and delay rezoning and tax incentives for the property's development.[3]

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The station is served by the following MARTA bus routes:

  1. ^ "Brookhaven-Oglethorpe MARTA Station announced for redevelopment". Brookhaven Post. August 12, 2014.
  2. ^ "MARTA's proposed Brookhaven Station development offers challenges, report says". Saporta Report. September 3, 2014.
  3. ^ Wickert, David; Niesse, Mark (February 3, 2017). "MARTA calls off major Brookhaven development". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved February 5, 2017.