Green Line (MARTA)
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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.
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 the Blue Line color on old system maps) until 2006 when the West branch and the Proctor Creek branch were redesignated as the East-West Line (the current Blue Line
) and the Proctor Creek Line (the current Green Line).
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.
On September 25, 2010, The Green Line service will operates between Bankhead and Edgewood/Candler Park stations until 9:00am the again beginning at 3:00pm until 7:00pm on weekdays only, while it operates between Bankhead and King Memorial stations from 9:00am until 3:00pm on weekdays & on saturday, sunday & holiday, the Green Line operates between Bankhead and King Memorial stations until 7:00pm.
After 7:00pm, the Green Line service operates between Bankhead and Vine City stations only until the end of the service.
Rapid transit
A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway, metro or metropolitan railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with a high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic. Rapid transit systems are typically located either in underground tunnels or on...
line in the MARTA
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority or MARTA is the principal rapid-transit system in the Atlanta metropolitan area and the ninth-largest in the United States. Formed in 1971 as strictly a bus system, MARTA operates a network of bus routes linked to a rapid transit system consisting...
rail system. It operates between Bankhead
Bankhead (MARTA station)
Bankhead is an elevated metro station in the MARTA rail system and the western terminus of the Green Line , which was originally planned to serve points north beyond Bankhead such as Perry Homes. It is the only station served exclusively by the Green Line. This stations primarily serves the...
and Edgewood/Candler Park
Edgewood/Candler Park (MARTA station)
Edgewood / Candler Park is an at grade train station on the Blue and is a part-time terminus station on the Green lines of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority rail system. It has Single island platform with two tracks. This station was opened on June 30, 1979...
stations, running exclusively inside the Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
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
Brookwood Hills
Brookwood Hills is an historic neighborhood located in intown Atlanta, Georgia, USA, north of Midtown and south-southwest of Buckhead. Home to about 1000 people, it was founded in the early 1920s by Benjamin Franklin Burdett and his son, Arthur...
, serving the Perry Homes projects along the way. But the line was only ever built as far as Bankhead.
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 the Blue Line color on old system maps) until 2006 when the West branch and the Proctor Creek branch were redesignated as the East-West Line (the current Blue Line
Blue Line (MARTA)
The Blue Line is a rapid transit line in the MARTA rail system. It operates between Hamilton E. Holmes and Indian Creek stations, running through Atlanta, Decatur and portions of unincorporated DeKalb County....
) and the Proctor Creek Line (the current Green Line).
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.
On September 25, 2010, The Green Line service will operates between Bankhead and Edgewood/Candler Park stations until 9:00am the again beginning at 3:00pm until 7:00pm on weekdays only, while it operates between Bankhead and King Memorial stations from 9:00am until 3:00pm on weekdays & on saturday, sunday & holiday, the Green Line operates between Bankhead and King Memorial stations until 7:00pm.
After 7:00pm, the Green Line service operates between Bankhead and Vine City stations only until the end of the service.