List of MARTA stations

Infobox rail line
name = MARTA Rapid Rail


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type = rapid transit
system = Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
status = operationable
locale = Atlanta, Fulton and DeKalb Counties, Georgia
start = North Springs (N)
Doraville (NE)
Indian Creek (E)
Edgewood/Candler Park (PC)
end = Airport (S)
H.E. Holmes (W)
Bankhead (PC)
stations = 38 (Five Points, 11 North, 10 Northeast, 9 East, 5 West, 1 Proctor Creek)
routes = color box|#MARTA color|North-South North-South Line
color box|#MARTA color|Northeast-South Northeast-South Line
color box|#MARTA color|East-West East-West Line
color box|#MARTA color|Proctor Creek Proctor Creek Line
ridership = 451,064
open = 1979 (East-West)
1981 (North-South)
close =
owner = MARTA
operator = MARTA
character =
stock =
linelength = 48 miles (77 kilometers)
tracklength =
notrack =
gauge = RailGauge|ussg (standard gauge)
el = third rail
speed =
elevation = elevated, underground, at-grade

MARTA's heavy rail network is composed of four service lines: the fontcolor|red|North-South Line, fontcolor|orange|Northeast-South Line, fontcolor|blue|East-West Line, and the fontcolor|green|Proctor Creek Line. The lines connect at the Five Points station.

Rail System

The North-South & Northeast-South 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 9pm weekdays (8 pm weekends and holidays) 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 East-West and Proctor Creek 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) can only go so far as King Memorial Station (stop E2). During rush hours (6-9am and 3-7pm) on weekdays, this is extended to Edgewood/Candler Park Station (stop E4). During weekends and after 8pm every day, trains originating at Bankhead Station only go so far as Vine City Station (stop W2).

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-orange, 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 station entrance.

Ridership

This is a list of MARTA stations sorted by average weekday fares collected. [Donsky and Daniels. [http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/printedition/2007/02/09/metmarta0209b.html MARTA: HOW SAFE? Transit system officials defend security, cite low crime totals, despite a few high-profile incidents] "Atlanta Journal-Constitution", Feb. 9, 2007, p.A10 ]

#Five Points – 25,367 (2006)
#S7: Airport
#W5: H.E. Holmes
#S6: College Park
#E8: Kensington
#S2: West End
#N6: Lindbergh Center
#E9: Indian Creek
#N5: Arts Center
#N1: Peachtree Center
#NE9: Chamblee
#N3: North Avenue
#N11: North Springs
#E7: Avondale
#NE10: Doraville
#NE7: Lenox
#S3: Oakland City
#N4: Midtown – 4,085 (2006)
#N9: Dunwoody
#E6: Decatur
#S5: East Point
#E1: Georgia State
#NE8: Brookhaven/Oglethorpe
#S4: Lakewood/Fort McPherson
#E3: Inman Park/Reynoldstown – 2,908 (2006)
#W1: Dome/GWCC/Philips Arena/CNN Center
#W4: West Lake
#N7: Buckhead – 2,553 (2006)
#P4: Bankhead (Proctor Creek line) – 2,310 (2006)
#W3: Ashby
#N2: Civic Center – 2,293 (2006)
#E2: King Memorial
#N10: Sandy Springs – 2,211 (2006)
#S1: Garnett – 1,909 (2006)
#N8: Medical Center
#W2: Vine City
#E4: Edgewood/Candler Park – 1,570 (2006)

Historical Timeline

This is a list of key dates which led to the formation of the MARTA stations along the established rapid rail lines. [Douglas Sams. [http://atlanta.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2008/06/09/story4.html?b=1212984000^1646264] "Atlanta Business Chronicle, June 6, 2008]

* 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 termini 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 termini 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.

Gallery

ee also

*Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority

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