List of MARTA rail stations

MARTA's heavy rail network is composed of four service lines: the Red, Gold, Blue, and Green Lines. The Red and Gold Lines mainly run along the North-Northeast corridor, and the Blue and Green Lines run along the West-East corridor. The two corridors connect at the Five Points station and is the only station where all four lines could transfer.

Rail System

Map of the MARTA rail system

The Red and Gold lines split north of the Lindbergh Center Station (stop N6). Northbound trains are identified by their destinations (North Springs or Doraville) on electronic LCD signs on the front and sides of the train and on each car. An automated announcement system announces train destinations, connections to bus routes at each station, connections to other rail lines, and other landmarks that apply to each rail station. During daytime hours, trains from both lines service the entire trunk line (N6 to S7); all southbound trains are identified with a destination of Airport. After 8:30pm on weekdays and 8:50pm on weekends, only Doraville bound trains service N6 to S7. As a result, riders must transfer to or from a North Springs train at Lindbergh Center (N6).

The Blue and Green lines split at Ashby Station (stop W3). Trains are identified by their final destination. Trains from H.E. Holmes (W5) travel to Indian Creek Station (E9). Normally, trains originating at Bankhead Station (stop P4) travel to Edgewood/Candler Park Station (stop E4). After 8:30pm on weekdays and 8:50pm on weekends, trains originating at Bankhead Station only go so far as Vine City Station (stop W2).

MARTA switched to a color-based naming system in October 2009. Previous maps of the MARTA system use orange to label the North-South line and blue to label the East-West line. Newer maps currently appear on trains, at stations, and on the system's website to further differentiate the different branches of the North-South and East-West Corridors with different colors (North Springs/Airport-red, Doraville/Airport-gold, H.E. Holmes-Indian Creek-blue, Proctor Creek/Edgewood-green).

Many suburban stations offer designated free daily and paid long term parking in MARTA operated park and ride lots. These stations also have designated kiss ride passenger drop off parking spaces closest to the stations' entrances.

Operation

The MARTA rail system operates between approximately 5 a.m. and 1:30 a.m. Monday through Friday, and 6 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Headways per line consist of 10 minutes weekdays during rush hour and 12 minutes during midday, and 20 minutes nightly and weekends. In the case of two routes operating on the same tracks, headways decrease to 5 minutes during rush hour and 6 minutes during midday and 10 minutes on the weekends during the day. All rail lines operate 20 minutes during late night (8:30pm weekdays, 8:50pm weekends) mainly in part due to the Red Line only running from North Springs to Lindbergh Center stations; likewise with the Green Line from Bankhead to Vine City. Due to an ongoing rail system maintenance program, weekend headways are variable and may range from the normal 20 minutes to as much as 24 minutes, with the Green and Red lines occasionally being truncated all weekend. During weekends in the latter case, headways along the shared lines will increase from 10 minutes to 20 minutes^[1]

Before budget cuts in 2005 affected the rail system, MARTA originally operated trains every eight minutes during the day on weekdays on each route, with the North-South Line operating on a combined four-minute headway between Lindbergh Center and Airport stations on the trunk. On Saturdays, it was every ten minutes (five minutes combined on the North-South Line trunk), and on Sundays it was every 15 minutes (7.5 minutes on the North-South Line trunk). At night, trains operated every 15 minutes.^[2]

Stations

Red & Gold Lines
Legend
North Springs Ridestore Sandy Springs Ridestore Dunwoody I‑285 Doraville Medical Center Chamblee Brookhaven/Oglethorpe Buckhead Lenox Ridestore SR 400 Lindbergh Center Ridestore Armour Yard I‑85 Arts Center Midtown North Avenue Civic Center Peachtree Center Atlanta Streetcar Downtown Loop Five Points  Blue  &  Green  Lines, Ridestore Garnett I‑20 West End Oakland City Lakewood / Fort McPherson East Point College Park I‑85 Airport Ridestore

Blue & Green Lines
Legend
Indian Creek I‑285 Kensington Avondale Decatur East Lake Edgewood / Candler Park Inman Park / Reynoldstown King Memorial I‑75 / I‑85 (Downtown Connector) Georgia State Five Points  Red  &  Gold  Lines, Ridestore Dome / GWCC / Philips Arena / CNN Center Vine City Ashby West Lake Bankhead I‑20 Hamilton E. Holmes

• † denotes a terminal station
• Until 1994, the NE codes were plain N codes

Historical timeline

This is a list of key dates which led to the formation of the MARTA stations along the established rapid rail lines.^[15]

• June 30, 1979 – MARTA's first train, the East Line, began operating between Avondale and Five Points Station. It also marked the start of MARTA's combined bus and rail service.
• December 22, 1979 – MARTA's second train, the West Line, began operating between Hightower (H.E. Holmes) and Five Points Station.
• September 1982 – the Peachtree Center and West End stations, along the North Line began service.
• December 1982 – the Arts Center and Midtown stations began service.
• December 1984 – five new stations opened: Lindbergh Center, Lenox, Brookhaven, Oakland City and Lakewood/Fort McPherson. The South Line was introduced.
• August 1986 – the East Point Station opened, extending the South Line by about two miles. A little more than a year later, the Chamblee Station began service and served as the temporary end of the Northeast Line.
• June 18, 1988 – the Airport Station opens, and becomes the southern terminus of the North-South Line.
• December 12, 1992 – The Bankhead Station/Proctor Creek Line went into service.
• December 29, 1992 – The Doraville Station opens and becomes the northern terminus of the Northeast Line.
• June 26, 1993 – MARTA extended East Line services through Kensington to Indian Creek Station – the first time the rail line went beyond the I-285 perimeter.
• June 8, 1996 – MARTA extended North Line services through Buckhead, Medical Center and Dunwoody Stations.
• 1999 – MARTA announced a partnership with BellSouth to create the Lindbergh Transit Oriented Development (TOD), a live, work and play community built around a rail station and the largest multi-use development of its kind in the United States at the time.
• December 16, 2000 – MARTA opened two new rail stations – Sandy Springs and North Springs – on the North Line.
• October 1, 2009 – MARTA renames its lines based on colors instead of directions.
• February 2010 – MARTA agrees to rename the Yellow Line as the Gold Line in response to outcry from members of the Doraville Asian community.^[16]

Gallery

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  MARTA rail station sign
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  Southbound train at Civic Center (N2) Station
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  Peachtree Center (N1) Station
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  Decatur (E6) Station
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  MARTA kiss ride sign

See also

Route map: Bing / Google

• Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority

References