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Lenox (MARTA station)
Encyclopedia
Lenox is an underground metro station
on the Gold Line
of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
. It provides access to Lenox Mall, Phipps Plaza,and Buckhead Business District. It also provides connecting bus service, to Peachtree Industrial business district, Underground Atlanta, Emory-Crawford Long Hospital, The Arts Center, Midtown business district, Piedmont Hospital, and the Main Amtrak station.
, a small community of about 30 African American families originally settled in 1912. The properties were acquired in the early 1980s and the houses razed to make way for the station. The station opened in 1984 when the northeast (now Gold) line was extended from Arts Center
to Brookhaven/Oglethorpe
.
5 per day, including the first day and is only available in the parking deck.
Metro station
A metro station or subway station is a railway station for a rapid transit system, often known by names such as "metro", "underground" and "subway". It is often underground or elevated. At crossings of metro lines, they are multi-level....
on the Gold Line
Gold Line (MARTA)
The Gold Line is a rapid transit line in the MARTA rail system. It operates between Doraville and Airport stations, running through Doraville, Chamblee, Atlanta, East Point and College Park....
of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority or MARTA is the principal rapid-transit system in the Atlanta metropolitan area and the ninth-largest in the United States. Formed in 1971 as strictly a bus system, MARTA operates a network of bus routes linked to a rapid transit system consisting...
. It provides access to Lenox Mall, Phipps Plaza,and Buckhead Business District. It also provides connecting bus service, to Peachtree Industrial business district, Underground Atlanta, Emory-Crawford Long Hospital, The Arts Center, Midtown business district, Piedmont Hospital, and the Main Amtrak station.
History
The station was built on the site of JohnstownJohnstown (Atlanta)
Johnstown was a settlement in what is now the Buckhead Community of Atlanta, Georgia which was located on the present site of the Lenox MARTA station. It was settled by African Americans in 1912. Until 1982 approximately thirty families lived here on by lots, until the land was acquired to build...
, a small community of about 30 African American families originally settled in 1912. The properties were acquired in the early 1980s and the houses razed to make way for the station. The station opened in 1984 when the northeast (now Gold) line was extended from Arts Center
Arts Center (MARTA station)
The Arts Center Station is an underground metro station on the Red and Gold lines of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority rail system....
to Brookhaven/Oglethorpe
Brookhaven/Oglethorpe (MARTA station)
Brookhaven/Oglethorpe is an elevated metro station on the Gold Line of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority rail system, located in Brookhaven, Georgia...
.
Parking
Lenox has both a parking lot (193 spaces) and parking deck (128 spaces) for MARTA patrons. Daily parking (less than 24 hours) is free in both the lot and deck; long term parking is charged at US$United States dollar
The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
5 per day, including the first day and is only available in the parking deck.
Bus routes
- Route 25 - Peachtree Industrial / Johnson Ferry Road.
- Route 33 - Briarcliff Road / Lenox
- Route 110 - Peachtree Street "The Peach"