Hamilton E. Holmes, also known as H.E. Holmes, is a subway station in Atlanta, Georgia, the western terminus for the Blue Line in the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) rail system. This is one of the busiest stations in the MARTA system, handling an average of 22,000 boardings per weekday. When the station opened in 1979 it was originally named Hightower station after Hightower Road (Georgia 280), but both the road and the station were later renamed to honor civil rights movement hero Hamilton E. Holmes.
The station primarily serves areas near the junction of Interstate 20 and Georgia 280 east of Adamsville.
Station layout PPlatform levelWestbound← Blue Line alighting passengers onlyEastbound Blue Line toward Indian Creek (West Lake) →GStreet LevelExit/Entrance, station house
Attractions Frederick Douglass High School Benjamin E. Mays High School Six Flags Over Georgia Greenbriar Mall
Bus service The station is served by the following MARTA bus routes Route 1 - Joseph E Boone Boulevard Route 3- Boulder Park Drive Route 66 - Lynhurst Drive / Princeton Lakes Route 68 - Benjamin E. Mays Drive Route 73 - Fulton Industrial Boulevard Route 153 - James Jackson Parkway Route 165 - Fairburn Road / Barge Road park/ride Route 850 - Carroll Heights / Fairburn Heights Route 856 - Baker Hills / Wilson Mill Meadows Route 867 - Harlan Road / Peyton Forest / Dixie Hills
The station is also served by the following CobbLinc bus routes: Route 25 - Hurt Road / Old Alabama Road Route 30 - Austell Road / Floyd Road
See also Cecil B. Moore station, a train station named after a civil rights leader Cecil B. Moore Martin Luther King station, a list of stations named after civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
References
External links
MARTA Station Page nycsubway.org Atlanta page