Red Line (MARTA)

Red Line
A Red Line train near Dunwoody station
Overview
Status	Operational
Locale	Atlanta, Georgia
Termini	North Springs (north) Airport (south)
Stations	19 (11 North, Five Points, 7 South)
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	MARTA rail
Operator(s)	MARTA
Rolling stock	See MARTA rail#Rolling stock
History
Opened	1996
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 Red Line highlighted in red  Red  N11 North Springs N10 Sandy Springs N9 Dunwoody I-285 N8 Medical Center N7 Buckhead  Gold  NE10 Doraville NE9 Chamblee NE8 Brookhaven/​Oglethorpe NE7 Lenox SR 400 N6 Lindbergh Center Armour Yard Armour Yards I-85 N5 Arts Center N4 Midtown N3 North Avenue N2 Civic Center N1 Peachtree Center Atlanta Streetcar 0 Five Points Blue Green S1 Garnett I-20 S2 West End Murphy Crossing S3 Oakland City S4 Lakewood/​Fort McPherson S5 East Point S6 College Park South Yard & Shops I-85 Red Gold S7 Airport Key Red Line Gold Line Red/Gold Blue/Green Yard tracks All stations are accessible

The Red Line is a rapid transit line in the MARTA rail system. It operates between North Springs and Airport stations, running through Sandy Springs, Dunwoody, Atlanta, East Point and College Park.

History

What is now the Gold and Red Lines' shared section was originally opened on December 4, 1981, as the North-South Line between Garnett and North Avenue. On September 11, 1982, an infill station at Peachtree Center opened, while the North-South Line was extended south by one stop to West End station. On December 18 the same year, the North-South Line was extended northward to Midtown and Arts Center. On December 15, 1984, the Lakewood/​Fort McPherson, Oakland City, and Lindbergh Center stations all opened, as did the Lenox, and Brookhaven on what was then the northernmost portion of the North-South Line (what is now the Gold Line). East Point station opened on August 16, 1986, followed by Chamblee (now a Gold Line station) on December 19, 1987, and the College Park and Airport on June 18, 1988. Finally, Doraville (later the northern terminus of the Gold Line) opened on December 29, 1992.

On June 8, 1996, MARTA added a new branch of the North-South Line, with stations at Buckhead, Medical Center, and Dunwoody: the first rail stations served exclusively by what is now the Red Line. To distinguish the two lines, the line to Dunwoody assumed the North-South Rail Line name, while the line to Doraville became the Northeast-South Rail Line (sometimes known as the Northeast Line for short). However, both the North-South Line and the Northeast Line continued to be colored on maps in orange as a single North-South Rail Line.

In December 2006, the North-South Line began to be colored as red, distinguishing it from the Northeast Line, which retained the color orange. Later, in October 2009, MARTA introduced a color-coded system of naming rail lines, with the North-South Line being renamed to the Red Line, and the Northeast Line being renamed to the Yellow Line, and then to the Gold Line.

Operations

Now known as the Red Line, it shares trackage with its counterpart, the Gold Line, between Airport and just north of the Lindbergh Center.

On weekdays, after 8:30 pm, Red Line shuttle train service operates between North Springs and Lindbergh Center stations only until the end of the service. On Saturdays and Sundays, Red Line shuttle train service operates between North Springs and Lindbergh Center stations only from 8:50 pm until the end of the service. When major single tracking occurs, Red Line train service operates between North Springs and Lindbergh Center stations only.

Line description

The Red Line runs above ground, at-grade and below ground in various portions of its route. It begins at the northern terminus, the North Springs station in Sandy Springs. The non-revenue tracks extend northward from the station. It then goes southward paralleling GA 400 (Turner McDonald Parkway) before turning southeast to Dunwoody, then turning south to cross over I-285, then west before running south in the GA 400 median. In Buckhead, it crosses under the Gold Line before joining the Gold Line, going southwest paralleling I-85. It turns south through Midtown and enters downtown Atlanta, where it meets the Blue and Green Lines at Five Points station. Leaving downtown, the Red Line continues south, paralleling Lee Street and Main Street into East Point and College Park before reaching its terminus at the Airport station.

Stations

listed from north to south

Station	Code	Opening year	Rail Line Transfer	Service pattern
				Main Line Regular service	Shuttle 8:30 pm – 1:00 am
North Springs	N11	December 16, 2000		●	●
Sandy Springs	N10			●	●
Dunwoody	N9	June 8, 1996		●	●
Medical Center	N8			●	●
Buckhead	N7			●	●
Lindbergh Center	N6	December 15, 1984	Gold	●	●
Arts Center	N5	December 18, 1982	Gold	●
Midtown	N4		Gold	●
North Avenue	N3	December 4, 1981	Gold	●
Civic Center	N2		Gold	●
Peachtree Center	N1	September 11, 1982	Gold  Streetcar	●
Five Points		December 4, 1981	Gold  Blue  Green	●
Garnett	S1		Gold	●
West End	S2	September 11, 1982	Gold	●
Oakland City	S3	December 15, 1984	Gold	●
Lakewood/Fort McPherson	S4		Gold	●
East Point	S5	August 16, 1986	Gold	●
College Park	S6	June 18, 1988.	Gold	●
Airport	S7		Gold	●

External links

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• Red Line overview
• Red Line schedule