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East Point is a train station in East Point, Georgia, serving the Red and Gold lines of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) rail system. It has an island platform between two tracks. It was opened on August 16, 1986. It mainly serves East Point, Camp Creek, and unincorporated South Fulton and College Park.
East Point is a suburban city located southwest of Atlanta in Fulton County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census , the city had a population of 38,358. The city name is derived from being at the opposite end of the former Atlanta and West Point Railroad from West Point .
The Atlanta and West Point Rail Road (reporting mark AWP) was a railroad in the U.S. state of Georgia, forming the east portion of the Atlanta-Selma West Point Route.The company was chartered in 1847 as the Atlanta and LaGrange Rail Road and renamed in 1857; construction of the 5 ft (1,524 mm) gauge [2] line was begun in 1849–50 and completed in May 1854.
In East Point, it connects with Norfolk Southern Railway Griffin District. Both CSX and Norfolk Southern continue north from East Point to central Atlanta. [1] Chart D south of East Point was built by the Atlanta and West Point Railroad in 1854. [11] The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad eventually gained a controlling interest in the Atlanta and ...
Has trackage rights on CSX Warrenton, GA to Camak, GA Cohutta District (or I Line by local railfans) Cleveland, TN: Cohutta, GA: From Cleveland Yard to connection with Atlanta North District. It was part of the East Tennessee & Georgia Railroad: Columbus District (includes Geneva Siding) Fort Valley, GA: Columbus, GA: Dothan District (includes ...
The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA / ˈ m ɑːr t ə /) is the principal public transport operator in the Atlanta metropolitan area.Formed in 1971 as strictly a bus system, MARTA operates a network of bus routes linked to a rapid transit system consisting of 48 miles (77 km) of rail track with 38 subway stations.
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad: East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad: SOU: 1869 1886 East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway: East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway: SOU: 1886 1894 Southern Railway: East and West Railroad: SAL: 1896 1903 Atlanta and Birmingham Air Line Railway: East and West Railroad of ...
The railroad of the Atlanta and West Point Rail Road Company, herein called the carrier, is a standard-gage, steam railroad, located in northwestern Georgia. The main line extends southwesterly from Atlanta to West Point, near the Georgia-Alabama State line, a distance of 85.596 miles, and from Oakland Junction to Lakewood, a distance of 5.177 miles.