Arts Center station (MARTA)

N5
Arts Center
MARTA rapid transit station
Entrance to the Arts Center Station from West Peachtree St NW
General information
Location1255 West Peachtree Street
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
U.S.
Coordinates33°47′23″N 84°23′16″W / 33.789705°N 84.387789°W / 33.789705; -84.387789
Owned byMARTA
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus transport MARTA Bus: 27, 37, 40, 110
Bus transport CobbLinc
Bus transport Ride Gwinnett
Bus transport GRTA
Bus transport Atlantic Station Shuttle
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Parking33 daily parking spaces
AccessibleYes
ArchitectMuldawer-Patterson, Jenkins Fleming[1]
Other information
Station codeN5
History
OpenedDecember 18, 1982; 41 years ago (1982-12-18)
Passengers
20136,605 (avg. weekday)[2]Decrease 0.54%
Services
Preceding station Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority MARTA Following station
Midtown
toward Airport
Red Line Lindbergh Center
Gold Line Lindbergh Center
toward Doraville
Location
Map

Arts Center station is a train station in Atlanta, Georgia, serving the Red and Gold lines of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) rail system. It is the northernmost of three MARTA stations that serve Midtown Atlanta, the others being Midtown and North Avenue. North of this station, Lindbergh Center, the tracks emerge out from the subway as it approaches the above ground station.

Arts Center is an underground station with four levels: the platform level, the mezzanine level with fare gates facing onto West Peachtree Street, bus bays for bus feeder routes, and the upper level which is located across the street from the Woodruff Arts Center. This is the seventh-busiest station in the MARTA system, handling an average of 6,605 entries per weekday.

Arts Center is MARTA rail's primary connecting point to Peachtree station, Atlanta's current Amtrak intercity rail station, located approximately one mile to the north. MARTA's Route 110 bus to Buckhead provides direct service from Arts Center to Peachtree station and points north.[3]

There is also a Zipcar parked in the parking lot.

  1. ^ MARTA Arts Center Station (Plaque inside of station entrance). Atlanta, GA.
  2. ^ "2014 Transportation Fact Book" (PDF). Atlanta Regional Commission. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  3. ^ "MARTA to Amtrak". February 5, 2010. Retrieved December 13, 2020.