Sandy Springs (MARTA station)

Infobox Station
name=Sandy Springs
type=MARTA rapid transit station
logo=marta.gif
logo_size=


image_size=250
image_caption=
address=1101 Mount Vernon Hwy
Sandy Springs, GA 30338
line=rail color box|system=MARTA|line=North-South
other=GRTA, [http://www.perimetergo.org/Commuter_Options/shuttles/default.html PTC shuttles]
platform=Side platforms
structure=Underground
coordinates=coord|33.933035|-84.352019
tracks=2
parking=Daily is free, overnight is US$4 per day
bicycle=
passengers=
pass_year=
pass_percent=
opened=December 16, 2000
rebuilt=
ADA=YES
code=N10
owned=
zone=
services=s-rail|title=MARTA

Sandy Springs is a below-ground train station in the MARTA rail system. It serves the Perimeter Center area, including high-rise office parks near Georgia 400 and Abernathy Road, north of Perimeter Mall and within the recently-incorporated city of Sandy Springs. The Art Institute of Atlanta is also located near this station. As of April 2006, 2,211 daily fares were collected at the gates.

It is adjacent to a large shopping complex that includes a multiplex movie theater, the only MARTA station to have one so close.

Parking

Sandy Springs has 1,170 daily and long-term parking spaces available for MARTA users which are located in one parking deck. Daily parking (less than 24 hours) is free; long-term parking is charged at US$4 per day, including the first day.

ee also

*Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority

External links

* [http://www.itsmarta.com/getthere/stations/sandysprings.htm MARTA station page]
* [http://world.nycsubway.org/us/atlanta/ nycsubway.org Atlanta page]