BUCK AND HANK’S MARTA CLUB← All storiesBEYOND ATLANTA / ABOUT 2 MINUTES
Peachtree Station and Amtrak’s Crescent.
Buck and Hank, meet the Crescent! This Amtrak passenger train stops in Atlanta. MARTA helps people travel around the Atlanta area. Amtrak connects cities much farther apart. Imagine watching towns and countryside pass your window!
Atlanta’s Amtrak stop is Peachtree Station. People also call it Brookwood Station. Its address is 1688 Peachtree Street Northwest. Its short station code is A T L.
The station opened on March 17, 1918, for the Southern Railway. That is more than one hundred years ago! Architect Neel Reid designed the brick building. It sits above the tracks, with the train platform down below.
The Crescent’s route links New York City and New Orleans, with Atlanta along the way. Other stops include Washington, D.C., Charlotte, and Birmingham. Atlanta is one stop on a much bigger journey!
Selected stops, in route order. A simple route guide, not a map.
The Crescent offers coach seats and private sleeping rooms. On a long trip, some passengers sleep aboard the train. Imagine waking up in a different city!
BUCK AND HANK’S TRAIN DETECTIVE CHALLENGE
Look at the blue number panel above the Amtrak name in the night picture.
171! That is the locomotive’s number. Crescent is the name of the train service.