Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority | |
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Basic information | |
Company headquarters | Atlanta , Georgia |
Web presence | www.itsmarta.com |
owner | Public law company |
Employee | 4729 (in 2007) |
Lines | |
Gauge | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
railroad | 4 (with power rail ) |
tram | 1 ( low floor ) |
bus | 92 (+ 2 express bus) |
number of vehicles | |
Railcar | 169 units ( busbar operation ) |
Tram cars | 4 ( Siemens S70 ) |
Omnibuses | 554 |
statistics | |
Passengers | 69 million per year |
Stops | 38 (suburban train) 12 (tram) |
Length of line network | |
Railway lines | 76.7 km |
Tram lines | 4.3 km |
The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority or MARTA for short is a large public transport company in Atlanta , Georgia in the USA . MARTA operates a network of buses and rail transport.
There are four railway lines: The Blue Line ( Indian Creek to HEHolmes , formerly: East-West-Line), the Red Line ( Airport to North Springs , formerly: North-South-Line), the Gold Line ( Airport to Doraville , formerly South-Northeast Line) and the Green Line ( Bankhead to Edgewood / Candler Park , formerly: Proctor Creek Line). All lines cross at the central Five Points station . The Red Line branches off the Gold Line route after the N6 Lindbergh Center stop ; the Green Line leaves the Blue Line route after the W3 Ashby station.
The operating times of the railway lines are generally from 5 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. Only the Gold Line serves the entire section to the airport after 8 p.m. (or 9 p.m. on Sundays and public holidays), after that the Red Line trains only run on the separate section of the route between North Springs and Lindbergh Center . The Green Line only operates between Bankhead and Vine City after 9 p.m.
Since MARTA was built mainly to encourage car commuters to switch to rail, the route network is based heavily on the I-285 (ring road), I-20 , I-75 and I-85 . There are free parking spaces ( Park & Ride ) at numerous stations . Atlanta's long-distance train station ( Atlanta Union Station ), however, is not connected to the MARTA rail network.
Route, overview of stops
The MARTA track network is alternating in tunnels, at ground level or on elevated viaducts, it is 76.7 kilometers long with a total of 38 stations, each corresponding to the height of the track level. Starting from the central Five Points transfer station, the routes are each assigned to a line using a combination of letters and numbers, the number indicating how many stops the station is from the central Five Points station. Five Points itself has no line assignment. Individual sections of the route were built on the median of highways so that no additional noise pollution occurs for residential areas.
Red / Gold Line (South)
- S1: Garnett
- S2: West End
- S3: Oakland City
- S4: Lakewood / Ft. McPherson
- S5: East Point
- S6: College Park
- S7: Airport
Red Line (North)
- N1: Peachtree Center
- N2: Civic Center
- N3: North Avenue
- N4: Midtown
- N5: Arts Center
- N6: Lindbergh Center (the Gold Line branches off here)
- N7: Buckhead
- N8: Medical Center
- N9: Dunwoody
- N10: Sandy Springs
- N11: North Springs
Gold Line (Northeast)
- NE7: Lenox
- NE8: Brookhaven / Oglethorpe University
- NE9: Chamblee
- NE10: Doraville
Blue Line (East)
- E1: Georgia State
- E2: King Memorial
- E3: Inman Park / Reynoldstown
- E4: Edgewood / Candler Park
- E5: East Lake
- E6: Decatur
- E7: Avondale
- E8: Kensington
- E9: Indian Creek
Blue Line (West)
- W1: Dome / GWCC / Philips Arena / CNN Center
- W2: Vine City
- W3: Ashby (the Green Line branches off here)
- W4: West Lake
- W5: HE Holmes
Green Line
- P4: Bankhead
history
In 1972 MARTA took over the bus network of the Atlanta Transit System, and from 1979 the first trains ran on what was then the East Line (now the Blue Line). Until the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996 , the rail network was expanded in several steps.
- June 30, 1979 - The first MARTA trains ran on the East Line between Avondale and Five Points. This date also marks the start of the combined bus and rail transport by MARTA.
- December 22, 1979 - Operations began on the second line section (West Line) between Hightower (HE Holmes) and Five Points.
- September 1982 - Peachtree Center and West End stops on the North Line went into operation
- December 1982 - The Arts Center and Midtown stations opened.
- December 1984 - Five stops opened: Lindbergh Center, Lenox, Brookhaven, Oakland City and Lakewood / Fort McPherson. This began the operation of the South Line.
- August 1986 - with the opening of the East Point station, the South Line was extended by about three kilometers. About a year later, Chamblee station began operating as the temporary terminus of the Northeast Line.
- June 18, 1988 - The Flughafen stop is the southern terminus of the North / Northeast-South lines.
- December 12, 1992 - With the opening of Bankhead Station, the Proctor Creek Line began operating.
- December 29, 1992 - Doraville Station became the terminus on the Northeast Line.
- June 26, 1993 - The extension of the East Line via Kensington to Indian Creek Station marks the first time a stop is outside the I-285 ring road.
- June 8, 1996 - MARTA extended the North Line to include Buckhead, Medical Center and Dunwoody stations.
- December 16, 2000 - MARTA opened the Sandy Springs and North Springs train stations, extending the North Line.
- Since October 2009, the line names of the railway lines no longer follow the geographical orientation, but the line identification color.
Web links
- MARTA website (in English)
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- ↑ Douglas Sams. Atlanta Business Chronicle , June 2, 2008