Public Transportation
(MARTA Rail)
Decatur has three MARTA rail stations in our city limits giving you easy access to metro Atlanta and the airport. Our downtown square sits right above the main MARTA Decatur Station (E6). Exit east for Church street and exit west for the MARTA bus terminal.
Driving
Take Stone Mountain Freeway (US 78) west (Exit 39A). About 1/2 mile after divided highway ends and becomes Scott Boulevard. Bear left onto Church Street. Continue on Church Street about two miles to downtown Decatur.
Get off at Covington Highway (US 278) (Exit 43) and turn left. Continue through downtown Avondale Estates (where Covington Highway becomes Main Street) past the Avondale MARTA station. Turn right onto E. Trinity Place.
Get off at Clairmont Road Exit (91) and go south on Clairmont about 4 1/2 miles until it dead-ends at the Old Courthouse. Turn left onto E. Ponce de Leon Avenue, go one block and turn right onto Church Street.
Take Candler Road (Exit 65) north about four miles. After crossing railroad tracks, the road bears to the left and becomes E. Trinity Place.
Take Clairmont Road south until it dead-ends at the Old Courthouse. Turn left onto Ponce de Leon Avenue, go one block and turn right onto Church Street.
Take East Ponce de Leon Avenue west. Just past Avondale MARTA station, turn left onto Sycamore Street.
Take Ponce de Leon Avenue east to downtown Decatur. After passing HistoricCourthouse, turn right on Church Street.
Take DeKalb Avenue east to downtown Decatur (DeKalb Avenue becomes Howard in Decatur). Turn left on McDonough Street at Decatur High School.
Flying Into Atlanta
MARTA, Atlanta’s public transportation system, connects Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Decatur by rail. MARTA’s Airport Station is the final station on the south end of the Red and Gold lines. Find it nestled in-between the north and south baggage claim areas on the west end of the domestic terminal.
From Airport Station take MARTA to Little Five Points. Take the blue line east to Decatur Station (E6). Exit east (Church Street) for direct access to our downtown square. Both of our downtown hotels are less than a 5 minute walk (.3 miles) away.
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