Green Line (MARTA)

Rapid transit line in Metro Atlanta, Georgia

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Green Line

Bankhead station, the western terminus

Overview
Status| Operational
Locale| Atlanta, Georgia
Termini|

* Bankhead (west)
* Edgewood / Candler Park (east)

Stations| 9
Service
Type| Rapid transit
System| MARTA rail
Operator(s)| MARTA
Rolling stock| See MARTA rail#Rolling stock
History
Opened| 1992
Technical
Character| at grade, elevated, underground
Track gauge| 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification| Third rail, 750 V DC

Route map

Green Line highlighted in green Show interactive map

Legend

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Blue

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| Hamilton E. Holmes
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I-20

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| West Lake

Green

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| Bankhead
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| Ashby
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| Vine City
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| GWCC/​CNN Center
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| Five Points

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Gold

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| Georgia State
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I-75 /  | I-85

Downtown Connector

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| King Memorial
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| Inman Park/​Reynoldstown

Green

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| Edgewood/​Candler Park
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| East Lake
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| Decatur
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| Avondale
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Avondale Yard

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| Kensington
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I-285

Blue

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| Indian Creek
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Key

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The Green Line is a rapid transit line in the MARTA rail system. It operates between Bankhead and Edgewood / Candler Park stations, running exclusively inside the Atlanta city limits.

The Green Line is a stub of the originally planned North Line, which would have served points north beyond Bankhead such as Northside Drive in Brookwood Hills, serving the Perry Homes projects along the way. But the line was only ever built as far as Bankhead.[1]

The Green Line was previously called the Proctor Creek Line until MARTA switched to a color-based naming system in October 2009. The East-West Line, from its launch, was considered one line, denoted with a blue color on old system maps until 2006 when the West branch and the Proctor Creek branch were re-designated as the East-West Line (the current Blue Line) and the Proctor Creek Line (the current Green Line). Using the Five Points station as a point of reference, the Proctor Creek portion of the East Line was designated for trips headed to Edgewood/Candler Park, and the West Line was designated for trips headed to Bankhead.

The rail line was part of the initial launch of MARTA rail service in 1979. The first segment ran from the East Line segment from Georgia State to the Avondale stations upon the opening in June of that year. By the end of 1979, it extended west to the Hightower station (now Hamilton E. Holmes) on the West Line segment, which serves as that station's terminus. Although the North-South line was expanded throughout the 1980s, the East-West line did not see any extension since its opening until 1992 when the Proctor Creek branch of the line opened to its terminus at Bankhead station. It finally extended to its current eastern terminus at Indian Creek the year after.

Now known as the Green Line, it shares trackage with its counterpart, the Blue Line, between just west of Ashby and Edgewood / Candler Park. Green Line rush-hour trains start at Avondale and pass Decatur and East Lake without stopping before pulling onto a pocket track just east of Edgewood/Candler Park.

The Green Line service operates between Bankhead and Edgewood / Candler Park stations all day until 9:00 p.m. on weekdays only. On Saturday, Sunday & holidays, the Green Line operates between Bankhead and King Memorial stations all day until 9:00 p.m.

After 9:00 p.m., the Green Line service operates between Bankhead and Vine City stations only until the end of the service.

## Line description

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The Green Line runs above ground, at-grade and below ground in various portions of its route. It begins at the western terminus of Bankhead station, paralleling Proctor Creek through West Atlanta. (This is the only portion of the Green Line not to share trackage with any other route, albeit a short distance.) It is joined by the Blue Line before Ashby station. The Green Line enters downtown Atlanta, where it meets the Red and Gold Lines at Five Points station. It continues into East Atlanta, where the Green Line reaches its eastern terminus at Edgewood/Candler Park station, while the Blue Line continues on to Indian Creek station.

## Stations

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listed from west to east
● all trains stop
▲ trains stop weekdays only
* rush-hour service only

Station  | Code  | Opened  | Rail Line
Transfer  | Service pattern

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Main Line
Regular service | Shuttle
9:00 pm – 1:00 am
Bankhead | P4 | 1992 |  | ● | ●
Ashby | W3 | 1979 |  | ● | ●
Vine City | W2 | 1979 |  | ● | ●
GWCC/CNN Center | W1 | 1979 |  | ● |
Five Points |  | 1979* |  | ● |
Georgia State | E1 | 1979 |  | ● |
King Memorial | E2 | 1979 |  | ● |
Inman Park/Reynoldstown | E3 | 1979 |  | ▲ |
Edgewood/Candler Park | E4 | 1979 |  | ▲ |
Avondale | E7 | 1979 |  | * |

* Note: The North-South (now Red/Gold Line) platform opened in 1981.

## References

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1. ^ Keating, Larry (2001). Atlanta: Race, Class, and Urban Expansion. Temple University Press. p. 140\. ISBN 1566398215 - via Google Books.

## External links

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* Green Line overview
* Green Line schedule

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Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA)

Red Line|

* Airport
* College Park
* East Point
* Lakewood/​Fort McPherson
* Oakland City
* West End
* Garnett
* Five Points
* Peachtree Center
* Civic Center
* North Avenue
* Midtown
* Arts Center
* Lindbergh Center
* Buckhead
* Medical Center
* Dunwoody
* Sandy Springs
* North Springs

Gold Line|

* Airport
* College Park
* East Point
* Lakewood/​Fort McPherson
* Oakland City
* West End
* Garnett
* Five Points
* Peachtree Center
* Civic Center
* North Avenue
* Midtown
* Arts Center
* Lindbergh Center
* Lenox
* Brookhaven/​Oglethorpe
* Chamblee
* Doraville

Blue Line|

* Hamilton E. Holmes
* West Lake
* Ashby
* Vine City
* GWCC/​CNN Center
* Five Points
* Georgia State
* King Memorial
* Inman Park/​Reynoldstown
* Edgewood/​Candler Park
* East Lake
* Decatur
* Avondale
* Kensington
* Indian Creek

Green Line|

* Bankhead
* Ashby
* Vine City
* GWCC/​CNN Center
* Five Points
* Georgia State
* King Memorial
* Inman Park/​Reynoldstown
* Edgewood/​Candler Park

Atlanta Streetcar|

* Centennial Olympic Park
* Carnegie at Spring
* Luckie at Cone
* Peachtree Center
* Woodruff Park
* Park Place
* Hurt Park
* Auburn at Piedmont
* Sweet Auburn Market
* Dobbs Plaza
* Edgewood at Hilliard
* King Historic District

Other|

* List of MARTA bus routes
* MARTA rail
* History
* List of stations
* Breeze Card

Projects
BeltLine
Clayton County commuter rail
Clifton Corridor
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