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Map of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority's rail system. Light blue lines represent major interstate and state highways. Rail lines are orange (North/South) and dark blue (East/West). White circles represent the locations of train stations. Source: Own work: Author: Pedriana
On February 19, 1975, construction on what was then known as the East Line began. [1] On June 30, 1979, service on the East Line began operating between Avondale and Georgia State. [2] [1] On December 22 the same year, the West Line was opened, between Five Points station and what was then known as Hightower station (now Hamilton E. Holmes ...
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In 2011, Alstom was awarded an additional $117 million 5-year contract with MARTA to upgrade its train control and SCADA systems. [43] The new technology is designed to provide MARTA's rail team with more efficient operations, better communication between trains and stations, enhanced monitoring capabilities, quicker response times, and reduced ...
On June 8, 1996, MARTA added a new branch of the North-South Line, with stations at Buckhead, Medical Center, and Dunwoody. [1] To distinguish the two lines, the line to Dunwoody assumed the North-South Rail Line name, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] while the line to Doraville became the Northeast-South Rail Line [ 5 ] (sometimes known as the Northeast Line for ...
On June 8, 1996, MARTA added a new branch of the North-South Line, with stations at Buckhead, Medical Center, and Dunwoody: the first rail stations served exclusively by what is now the Red Line. [1] To distinguish the two lines, the line to Dunwoody assumed the North-South Rail Line name, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] while the line to Doraville became the ...
Ashby is a train station in Atlanta, Georgia, serving the Blue and Green lines of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) rail system. It incorporates the use of split platforms, where the westbound platform is on the upper level and the eastbound platform is on the lower level.
[2] Portions of what is now the Blue and Green Lines were opened between June 30 (Avondale-Georgia State) and December 22, 1979 (Five Points-Ashby), and are the first sections of the MARTA rail system to open. [1] [3] However, it wasn't until December 29, 1992 [1] that the branch to Bankhead, then known as the Proctor Creek Line, [4] opened.