Green Line (MARTA)

Green Line
Bankhead station, the western terminus
Overview
StatusOperational
LocaleAtlanta, Georgia
Termini
Stations9
Service
TypeRapid transit
SystemMARTA rail
Operator(s)MARTA
Rolling stockSee MARTA rail#Rolling stock
History
Opened1992
Technical
Characterat grade, elevated, underground
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
ElectrificationThird rail750 V DC
Route map
Map Green Line highlighted in green
 Blue 
W5
Hamilton E. Holmes Parking
W4
West Lake Parking
 Green 
P4
Bankhead
Joseph E. Boone
W3
Ashby Parking
W2
Vine City Parking
W1
GWCC/​CNN Center
0
Five Points
E1
Georgia State
E2
King Memorial Parking
Krog Street/Hulsey Yard
E3
Inman Park/​Reynoldstown Parking
 Green 
E4
Edgewood/​Candler Park Parking
E5
East Lake Parking
E6
Decatur
E7
Avondale Parking
Avondale Yard
E8
Kensington Parking
 Blue 
E9
Indian Creek Parking
Key
Blue Line
Green Line
Blue/Green
(weekdays)
Blue/Green
(all days)
Red/Gold
Yard tracks

Handicapped/disabled access All stations are accessible

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.

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