A319 CAPT STOPS ACFT AFTER ATTEMPT BY MARSHAL TO PARK HIM BETWEEN TWO OTHER ACFT IN DIMLY LIT; UNMARKED AREA; WITHOUT WING WALKERS.

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UPON ARR; WE WERE GIVEN SIGNALS BY THE GUIDE MAN TO TAXI INTO A DIMLY LIT; UNDEFINED AREA. THE AREA WAS NOT DEFINED BY A LEAD-IN LINE OR MARKED BY AN ENVELOPE AND WAS BTWN 2 ACFT (A REGIONAL JET ON OUR L; AND A B737 TO OUR R). IT APPEARED THAT AT ONE POINT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN LINES ON THE TARMAC; BUT THEY HAD BEEN REMOVED. THE GUIDE MAN WAS SIGNALING US TO ENTER THE GATE AREA APPROX 15 FT TO THE R OF THE ESTABLISHED LEAD-IN LINE. I BROUGHT THE AIRPLANE TO A STOP ADJACENT TO THE BEGINNING OF THE ESTABLISHED LEAD-IN LINE AND SIGNALED THE GUIDE MAN I WOULD NOT PROCEED WITHOUT WING WALKERS. THE GUIDE MAN ATTEMPTED TO URGE ME TO CONTINUE. I DECLINED. I AGAIN SIGNALED THAT WING WALKERS WOULD BE REQUIRED. THE GUIDE MAN STOMPED OFF TO FIND SOME HELP AND CAME BACK A FEW MINS LATER WITH SOMEONE TO WATCH OUR L WING BUT NOBODY TO WATCH THE R WING. FURTHERMORE; THIS WING WALKER WAS WITHOUT A LIGHTED WAND; WHICH I FELT NECESSARY FOR ALL INVOLVED TO SEE HIM. AGAIN; I DECLINED TO MOVE AND SIGNALED THE GUIDE MAN THAT ANOTHER WING WALKER WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR THE R WING AND I LIT UP THE RAMP TO INDICATE THAT LIGHTS WOULD BE REQUIRED. AGAIN; THE GUIDE MAN STOMPED OFF. MEANWHILE; THE FO AND I MADE REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT STATION OPS TO NO AVAIL. I FINALLY CALLED DISPATCH ON MY CELL PHONE TO TRY TO REACH STATION OPS AND THE STATION MGR IF NECESSARY TO RECTIFY THE SITUATION. ABOUT THE TIME THE DISPATCHER GOT A HOLD OF OPS (15 MINS FROM OUR ARR AT THE GATE AREA) THE GUIDE MAN SHOWED UP WITH 2 WING WALKERS WITH LIGHTED WANDS TO GUIDE US IN. WE THEN PROCEEDED TO PARK WITH CAUTION AND WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. WHILE NO DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED TO THE ACFT OR PERSONNEL; I AM DEEPLY CONCERNED BY SEVERAL FACTORS: 1) THERE ARE NO DEFINED LEAD-IN LINES TO WHAT THE AGENT LATER TOLD ME IS A ROUTINE PARKING SPOT FOR OVERNIGHT ACFT. 2) THE GUIDE MAN ATTEMPTED TO PARK ME IN AN UNDEFINED AREA WITHOUT A CLEARLY MARKED ENVELOPE AND LEAD-IN LINES WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE OF WING WALKERS. 3) WE WERE UNABLE TO REACH STATION OPS BY NORMAL MEANS. THIS APPEARS TO BE A TOTAL BREAKDOWN OF COMPANY PROCS BY OPS AND I BELIEVE NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT BY CORPORATE SAFETY.