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N8 Medical Center | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | 5711Peachtree-Dunwoody Road Sandy Springs, Georgia 30342 | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°54′38″N84°21′10″W / 33.910689°N 84.352684°W /33.910689; -84.352684 | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2side platforms | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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| Construction | |||||||||||||||
| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||||
| Parking | 200 spaces; daily parking only Long-term parking prohibited | ||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 6 spaces | ||||||||||||||
| Accessible | YES | ||||||||||||||
| Architect | Diedrich Architects & Associates, Inc.[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Station code | N8 | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
| Opened | June 8, 1996; 29 years ago (1996-06-08) | ||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||
| 2013 | 1,629 (avg. weekday)[2] | ||||||||||||||
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Medical Center is an at-grade subway station inSandy Springs, Georgia, serving theRed Line of theMetropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) rail system. It serves thePill Hill neighborhood ofPerimeter Center, the location ofNorthside Hospital Atlanta (the country's busiest birthplace),St. Joseph's Hospital, andChildren's Healthcare of Atlanta atScottish Rite andDeVry University. North of Medical Center isDunwoody station and south isBuckhead station. This station's platforms are long enough to accommodate 8-car trains.
The station is located just west of theFulton/DeKalb County line. The portion in DeKalb County is currently not developed and is a part of MARTA's portfolio for potentialtransit-oriented development. Of note, the station was constructed in 1996 when this portion of Fulton County was unincorporated; Sandy Springs was incorporated ten years later.
| G | Street Level | Entrance/Exit, station house |
| P Platform level | Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Southbound | ←Red Line towardAirport (nights towardLindbergh Center)(Buckhead) | |
| Northbound | Red Line towardNorth Springs(Dunwoody) → | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
Medical Center has 200 daily parking spaces available for MARTA users, which are located at the lower level of St. Joseph's parking deck. Daily parking (less than 24 hours) is free; long-term parking is prohibited, as the hospital is closed to visitors at night. In order to limit parking to MARTA users, the parking ticket must be validated inside of the fare gate area to exit the parking deck.
The station is served by the followingMARTA bus routes:



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