- North Avenue (MARTA station)
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North Avenue
MARTA rapid transit station
Station statistics Address 713 West Peachtree St NW
Atlanta, GA 30308Coordinates 33°46′18″N 84°23′12″W / 33.771712°N 84.386699°WCoordinates: 33°46′18″N 84°23′12″W / 33.771712°N 84.386699°W Lines Connections CCT, GCT, GRTA Structure Underground Platforms 2 side platforms Tracks 2 Other information Opened December 4, 1981 Accessible 
Code N3 Breeze Card Yes Services Preceding station MARTA Following station toward AirportRed Line toward North SpringsGold Line toward DoravilleNorth Avenue is an underground train station on the Red and Gold lines of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) rail system, named after the nearby North Avenue. The walls are made of white tile and painted with a mural of green hills, a blue sky, and clouds. It is among the busiest stations in the system with an average of 15,000 boardings per weekday. The station has a direct entrance to the AT&T Midtown Center and is actually located in the skyscraper's basement.
It provides access to the Atlanta Civic Center, Baltimore Block, Bank of America Plaza, Bobby Dodd Stadium, Emory Crawford Long Hospital, Georgia Institute of Technology, Shakespeare Tavern, The Varsity, Rufus M. Rose House, The Fox Theatre, and the Georgian Terrace Hotel. It also provides connecting bus service, to The Carter Center, the communities of Edgewood, and Inman Park, Fulton County Sheriffs Headquarter and Jail, Coca-Cola headquarters, Bauder College, and Georgia Tech.
Bus routes
- Route 2 - Ponce de Leon Avenue / Moreland Avenue
- Route 26 - Perry Boulevard / North Avenue
Connection to other transit systems
External links
- MARTA Station Page
- nycsubway.org Atlanta page
- Ponce de Leon Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
- North Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
Categories:- MARTA stations
- Railway stations opened in 1981
- Railway stations in Atlanta, Georgia
- Atlanta, Georgia stubs
- Rapid transit stubs
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