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The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA / ˈ m ɑːr t ə /) is the principal public transport operator in the Atlanta metropolitan area.Formed in 1971 as strictly a bus system, MARTA operates a network of bus routes linked to a rapid transit system consisting of 48 miles (77 km) of rail track with 38 subway stations.
MARTA 2014 Xcelsior 1583 on the 5 Bus on Roswell Road at night. ... 31G Grant Park (Merged into Route 31 by 1981; still shown on system maps through 2002–10)
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Atlanta, train headways were reduced to 15 minute intervals between trains during most weekday hours and 20 minutes at other times. [14] In August 2023, MARTA announced that frequencies would increase to every 12 minutes on all rail lines between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
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
It is about 23 minutes from Union Station and 14 minutes from Denver Airport. 40th Ave & Airport Blvd–Gateway Park station is also served by several bus routes and was integrated into a preexisting 1,079-space park-and-ride lot at the station site. [3] The station opened on April 22, 2016, along with the rest of the A Line. [4]
What is now called the Blue Line contains some of the first sections of the MARTA rail to open. 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 .
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 short). [3]
While North Springs has been the Red Line's northern terminus for the longest time in MARTA's history, almost 20 years as of August 2020, plans are in place to change this. The Georgia 400 Transit Initiative , or Connect 400, is a future plan to further expand the Red Line an additional 11.9 miles to the northern end of Fulton County running on ...