Civic Center (MARTA station)

Civic Center MARTA rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	435 West Peachtree St NW Atlanta, GA 30308
Coordinates	33°45′59″N 84°23′14″W / 33.766305°N 84.387209°W / 33.766305; -84.387209Coordinates: 33°45′59″N 84°23′14″W / 33.766305°N 84.387209°W / 33.766305; -84.387209
Lines	Red Line   Gold Line
Connections	CCT, GCT, GRTA
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Parking	None
Bicycle facilities	None
Other information
Opened	December 4, 1981
Accessible
Code	N2
Breeze Card	Yes
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	.837 million  111%
Services
Preceding station   MARTA   Following station Peachtree Center toward Airport Red Line North Avenue toward North Springs Gold Line North Avenue toward Doraville

Civic Center is an elevated metro station on the Red and Gold lines of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) rail system. It is located in the SoNo district of Atlanta. This station has seen an increase of faregate totals and ridership in the past years, mainly because of the increased interest of highrise building in the area.

Location

Civic Center station is located in SoNo, a sub-district of Downtown, with convenient access to the southern end of Midtown Atlanta. The station is named after the nearby Atlanta Civic Center three blocks east at Piedmont Avenue NE, but serves the Peachtree Summit and SunTrust Plaza skyscrapers to the south. It provides connecting bus service to Georgia State Capitol, The Metro Transitional Center, The Turner Field, Zoo Atlanta, Centennial Olympic Park, The World of Coca-Cola, and The Georgia Aquarium.

Station layout

Civic Center has a unique layout compared to other stations of the MARTA system. Although the rest of the line in Downtown and Midtown is underground, the station is actually elevated. This is because it lies perpendicular to the trench for the Downtown Connector (), but above the roadway, making it the only metro station in the world located above a highway.^[1]

Civic Center Fare Gates

Bus connections

• Route 32 - Bouldercrest / Georgia Aquarium

Connection to other transit systems

• Cobb Community Transit
• Gwinnett County Transit
• Georgia Regional Transportation Authority

References

1. ^ MARTA North-South line NYCSubway Retrieved 2009-08-24

External links

• MARTA station page
• nycsubway.org Atlanta page
• Peachtree Street entrance from Google Map Street View