West End is an elevated Rail station on the Red

Red Line (MARTA)

The Red Line is a rapid transit line in the MARTA rail system. It operates between North Springs and Airport stations, running through Sandy Springs, Atlanta, East Point and College Park....

 and Gold

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....

 lines 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...

 (MARTA) rail system servicing the West End

West End (Atlanta)

The West End neighborhood of Atlanta is on the National Register of Historic Places and can be found southwest of Castleberry Hill, east of Westview, west of Adair Park Historic District, and just north of Oakland City...

 and most of Southwest Atlanta, including neighborhoods bordering Cascade Road and Metropolitan Parkway. The West End station opened on September 11, 1982.

This station provides access to The Mall at Westend. It also provides bus service to The Salvation Army Evangeline Booth College

The Salvation Army Evangeline Booth College

The Salvation Army Evangeline Booth College is a theological school affiliated with The Salvation Army and located in Atlanta, Georgia. It is named after General Evangeline Booth, the 4th General of The Salvation Army....

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The Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Center

Kroc Center

A Kroc Center is one of many community centers run by the Salvation Army.-Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Centers:...

 Atlanta, Atlanta Technical College, Atlanta Metropolitan College

Atlanta Metropolitan College

Atlanta Metropolitan College is a State College in the University System of Georgia.Located along the Metropolitan Parkway corridor in southwest Atlanta, Atlanta Metropolitan College is now a four-year urban, commuter campus providing an affordable education to students who primarily come from...

, The Salvation Army Firecrest Missioners Center

The Salvation Army Firecrest Missioners Center

Firecrest is a new initiative by The Salvation Army U.S.A. Southern Territory. Its purpose is to plant mission teams in urban settings with the goal of building a viable faith community in that neighborhood....

, Joel Chandler Harris Home(The Wren's Nest), Hammonds House, Interdenominational Theological Center

Interdenominational Theological Center

The Interdenominational Theological Center is a consortium of denominational seminaries located in Atlanta, Georgia. Today ITC educates and nurtures women and men who commit to and practice a liberating and transforming spirituality; academic discipline; religious, gender, and cultural diversity;...

 (ITC), Spelman College

Spelman College

Spelman College is a four-year liberal arts women's college located in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The college is part of the Atlanta University Center academic consortium in Atlanta. Founded in 1881 as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, Spelman was the first historically black female...

, Morehouse School of Medicine

Morehouse School of Medicine

Morehouse School of Medicine is a medical school in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.-Establishment:Founded originally as a part of Morehouse College in 1975 during the tenure of college president Hugh M. Gloster, with Louis W. Sullivan, M.D. as dean, The School of Medicine at Morehouse College began as a two...

, Hapeville, and The Atlanta University Center

Atlanta University Center

The Atlanta University Center Consortium is the largest contiguous consortium of African Americans in higher education in the United States. The center consists of four historically black colleges and universities in southwest Atlanta, Georgia...

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It is indeed one of the busiest stations on the South Line, and after Five Points, Lindbergh, Airport, College Park, it competes to be among the next busiest stations along these routes based on daily faregate totals.

Bus routes

• Route 67 - West End
• Route 68 - Donnelly / Beecher
• Route 71 - Cascade Road
• Route 81 - Venetian Drive / Adams Park
• Route 95 - Hapeville / Metropolitan Parkway