MARTA rail

MARTA rail
MARTA AnsaldoBreda CQ312 Gold train leaving College Park Station
Overview
Owner	Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
Locale	Atlanta, Fulton and DeKalb Counties, Georgia
Transit type	Rapid transit
Line number	Red Line   Gold Line   Blue Line   Green Line
Number of stations	38 (Five Points, 11 North, 4 Northeast, 7 South, 9 East, 5 West, 1 Proctor Creek)
Daily ridership	90,500 (weekdays, Q2 2024)[1]
Annual ridership	31,110,300 (2023)[2]
Operation
Began operation	1979 (East-West) 1981 (North-South)
Character	Elevated, underground, at-grade
Technical
System length	48 mi (77 km)
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	Third rail, 750 V DC
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The MARTA rail network, a component of the MARTA transit system in Metro Atlanta, has four service lines: the Red, Gold, Blue, and Green lines. The Red and Gold lines mainly run along the North-Northeast corridor, and the Blue and Green Lines run along the West-East corridor. The two corridors connect at the Five Points station, which is the only station where transfers are possible between all four lines. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 31,110,300, or about 90,500 per weekday as of the second quarter of 2024.