Hamilton E. Holmes (known locally as H.E. Holmes) is a metro station in Atlanta, Georgia, the western terminus for the Blue Line in the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) rail system. This is one of the busiest stations in the MARTA system, handling an average of 22,000 boardings per weekday. When the station opened in 1979 it was originally named Hightower station after Hightower Road (Georgia 280), but both the road and the station were later renamed to honor civil-rights hero Hamilton E. Holmes.The station primarily serves areas near the junction of Interstate 20 and Georgia 280 east of Adamsville.AttractionsFrederick Douglass High SchoolBenjamin E. Mays High SchoolSix Flags Over GeorgiaGreenbriar MallBuses at this stationThe station is served by the following MARTA bus routes: Route 3 - Martin Luther King Jr. Drive / Auburn Avenue Route 51 - Joseph E Boone Blvd Route 56 - Adamsville / Collier Heights Route 60 - Hightower / Moores Mill Route 66 - Lynhurst Drive / Greenbriar Route 68 - Donnelly / Peyton Route 73 - Fulton Industrial Route 153 - H.E. Holmes / Browntown Route 165 - Fairburn Road Route 201 - Six Flags Over Georgia Route 865 - Boulder Park Drive The station is also served by: Cobb Community Transit route 30 - Austell Road
