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W1 GWCC/CNN Center

MARTA rapid transit station

General information

Location

100 Centennial Olympic Park Drive NW
Atlanta, GA 30303

Coordinates

33°45′23″N 84°23′52″W / 33.756293°N 84.397759°W / 33.756293; -84.397759

Platforms

1 island platform

Tracks

Construction

Structure type

At-grade

Parking

None

Bicycle facilities

None

Accessible

Yes

Architect

Cooper Carry & Associates, Inc.

Other information

Station code

History

Opened

December 22, 1979; 44 years ago (1979-12-22)

Previous names

Omni (1979–1992)
Omni/Dome/World Congress Center (or "Omni/Dome/GWCC") (1992–2000)

Passengers

2013

2,107 (avg. weekday)

Services

Preceding station	MARTA			Following station
Vine Citytoward Hamilton E. Holmes		Blue Line		Five Pointstoward Indian Creek
Vine Citytoward Bankhead		Green Line		Five Pointstoward King Memorial or Edgewood/Candler Park

Location

GWCC/CNN Center station is a rail station in Atlanta, Georgia, on the Blue and Green lines of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) rail system. Located on the western edge of Downtown Atlanta, the station officially opened on December 22, 1979. It was originally called Omni station due to its proximity to the Omni Coliseum, which was demolished to build Philips Arena (now State Farm Arena). The station's name expanded in 1992 as Omni/Dome/World Congress Center (or simply Omni/Dome/GWCC) with that year's opening of the Georgia Dome as well as the Georgia World Congress Center (opened 1976). By the year 2000, the station name had changed to Dome/GWCC/Philips Arena/CNN Center. In June 2019, MARTA held a town hall to gather community input on a new name for the station after the demolition of the Georgia Dome and the renaming of Philips Arena to State Farm Arena. The station was one of five MARTA rail stations that were under consideration for new names in 2019. The name of the station was changed to GWCC/CNN Center.

The station provides service to Mercedes-Benz Stadium (replacing the now-razed Georgia Dome), the Georgia World Congress Center, State Farm Arena, and the CNN Center. Access is also provided to the Omni and Glenn hotels, Centennial Olympic Park, the Georgia Aquarium, the College Football Hall of Fame, the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, Centennial Tower, and the World of Coca-Cola at Pemberton Place.

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
P Platform level	Westbound	← Green Line toward Bankhead (Vine City) ← Blue Line toward Hamilton E. Holmes (Vine City)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Eastbound	→ Green Line toward Edgewood/Candler Park (weekends toward King Memorial) (Five Points) → → Blue Line toward Indian Creek (Five Points) →

References

Omni Station (Plaque outside of station entrance). Atlanta, GA.
"2014 Transportation Fact Book" (PDF). Atlanta Regional Commission. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
"MARTA System Map 1993". Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
"MARTA Rail System Map 1996)". Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority. Archived from the original on June 25, 1997. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
"Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority System Map, 2000-12". digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
"MARTA". www.itsmarta.com. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
Journal-Constitution, Raisa Habersham-The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionLeon Stafford- The Atlanta. "MARTA works to change 5 station names — with the help of residents". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
"MARTA". www.itsmarta.com. Retrieved December 28, 2020.

External links

v t e Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA)
Red Line	Airport College Park East Point Lakewood/Fort McPherson Oakland City West End Garnett Five Points Peachtree Center Civic Center North Avenue Midtown Arts Center Lindbergh Center Buckhead Medical Center Dunwoody Sandy Springs North Springs
Gold Line	Airport College Park East Point Lakewood/Fort McPherson Oakland City West End Garnett Five Points Peachtree Center Civic Center North Avenue Midtown Arts Center Lindbergh Center Lenox Brookhaven/Oglethorpe Chamblee Doraville
Blue Line	Hamilton E. Holmes West Lake Ashby Vine City GWCC/CNN Center Five Points Georgia State King Memorial Inman Park/Reynoldstown Edgewood/Candler Park East Lake Decatur Avondale Kensington Indian Creek
Green Line	Bankhead Ashby Vine City GWCC/CNN Center Five Points Georgia State King Memorial Inman Park/Reynoldstown Edgewood/Candler Park
Atlanta Streetcar	Centennial Olympic Park Carnegie at Spring Luckie at Cone Peachtree Center Woodruff Park Park Place Hurt Park Auburn at Piedmont Sweet Auburn Market Dobbs Plaza Edgewood at Hilliard King Historic District
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