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Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
MARTA Rail System
System map
Overview
Locale	Atlanta, Georgia
Transit type	Bus Bus rapid transit (2025) Paratransit Rapid transit (heavy rail) Streetcar
Number of lines	Bus: 100 Bus rapid transit: 1 (2025) Rail rapid transit: 4 Streetcar: 1
Number of stations	38 (rail) 12 (streetcar)
Daily ridership	204,200 (total, weekdays, Q3 2024) 109,900 (bus, weekdays, Q3 2024) 90,500 (rail, weekdays, Q3 2024) 1,100 (streetcar, weekdays, Q3 2024)
Annual ridership	64,306,800 (total, 2023) 32,285,600 (bus, 2023) 31,110,300 (rail, 2023) 184,500 (streetcar, 2023)
Headquarters	Atlanta, Georgia
Website	itsmarta.com
Operation
Began operation	February 17, 1972; 52 years ago (1972-02-17) (buses) June 30, 1979; 45 years ago (1979-06-30) (rail)
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 (rapid transit) Overhead line, 750 V DC (streetcar)
Top speed	70 mph (110 km/h)

The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA /ˈmɑːrtə/) is the principal public transport operator in the Atlanta metropolitan area. Formed in 1971 as strictly a bus system, MARTA operates a network of bus routes linked to a rapid transit system consisting of 48 miles (77 km) of rail track with 38 subway stations. MARTA's rapid transit system is the eighth-largest rapid transit system in the United States by ridership.

MARTA operates almost exclusively in Fulton, Clayton, and DeKalb counties, although they maintain bus service to two destinations in neighboring Cobb County (Six Flags Over Georgia and the Cumberland Transfer Center next to the Cumberland Mall), while Doraville station serves portions of Gwinnett County via Ride Gwinnett buses. MARTA also operates Mobility, a separate paratransit service for disabled customers.

In 2023, the entire system (bus and subway lines) had 64,306,800 rides, or about 204,200 per weekday in the third quarter of 2024.

MARTA's first bus rapid transit (BRT) line is currently under construction. Construction is scheduled to be completed in 2025 with revenue service beginning in late 2025. The 5-mile line will run from downtown Atlanta, through Summerhill, and end at the Atlanta Beltline. The line, named the "MARTA Rapid Summerhill", will utilize new 60-foot articulated electric buses.

History

MARTA was originally proposed as a rapid transit agency for DeKalb, Fulton, Clayton, Gwinnett, and Cobb counties. These were the five original counties in the Atlanta metropolitan area, and to this day are the five largest counties in the region and state. MARTA was formed by an act of the Georgia General Assembly in 1965. In the same year, four of the five metropolitan area counties (Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton, and Gwinnett) and the City of Atlanta passed a referendum authorizing participation in the system, but the referendum failed in Cobb.

Although a 1968 referendum to actually fund MARTA failed, in 1971, voters in Fulton and DeKalb counties successfully passed a 1% sales tax increase to pay for MARTA operations, while Clayton and Gwinnett counties overwhelmingly rejected the tax in the referendum. Gwinnett County remains outside of the MARTA system. In November 2014, however, Clayton County voters passed a 1% sales tax to join the MARTA system, reversing its 1971 decision. Also in 1971, the agency agreed to purchase the existing, bus-only Atlanta Transit Company; the sale of the company closed on February 17, 1972, giving the agency control over all public transit in the immediate Atlanta area.

Construction began on MARTA's heavy rail system in 1975, with the first rail service commencing on June 30, 1979. The system has since built most of the proposed rail lines, as well as stations in Dunwoody, Sandy Springs, and North Springs, which were not included in the original plan. The missing rail segments from the original plan include a Tucker-North DeKalb line with service to Emory University and North Druid Hills, a Northwest line with service to Brookwood and Northside Drive, the extension of the West line to Brownlee-Boulder Park near Fairburn Road, the extension of the Proctor Creek line to West Highlands, and a branch off the south line to Hapeville and Clayton County.

Georgia State University was contracted to undergo archaeological excavations of rail construction areas in the late 1970s with the MARTA Archeology Project. Artifacts from the excavations are still housed at GSU.

Previous expansion plans

MARTA was built with at least three stubs for rail lines that were never built. The Northwest Line towards Cobb County has a stub tunnel east of Atlantic Station, but that redevelopment has not been built with a MARTA station in mind, and Cobb County would instead most likely get a light rail or commuter rail system (neither of which have been studied) or a bus rapid transit service (see Northwest Corridor HOV/BRT). The Northwest line was reduced to two planned stations but was later dropped entirely.

The South Line's branch to Hapeville was considered for extension into Clayton County as far away as Forest Park, but this idea was also cut off when the voters of that county initially refused to approve tax funding for the line. Another idea for a rail spur line spur was for an above-ground line from near the International Airport for a spur line to the town of Hapeville, but no work has been initiated. The idea to revive expansion plans in the form of heavy rail and bus was approved to go once again before voters in November 2014 by the Clayton county commissioners in July 2014 with a 1% sales tax providing the funding for said expansion. This time, the referendum was approved and Clayton County voted to join MARTA, the system's first ever expansion outside of Fulton, Dekalb and the city of Atlanta.

Yet another proposed spur line would have branched off the Blue Line in DeKalb County, Called the Tucker-North Dekalb Line it would have run northeast to the area of North Druid Hills, Emory University, and the town of Tucker. Now under consideration is an idea for light rail line (rather than heavy rail) from Avondale Station to Lindbergh Center, via Emory/CDC.

The Northeast Line of the rail system, which has ended in Doraville for two decades, was considered for extension into Gwinnett County as far as northeast as Norcross, Georgia, but this idea was cut off when the voters of that county declined to approve sales-tax funding for it.

The Proctor Creek branch was also projected to go one more station northwestward to the West Highlands neighborhood, but no work has been done on that one either.

Expansion westward to Fulton Industrial Boulevard through the use of either heavy rail extension or bus rapid transit has been proposed as an extension of the West Line since the system was originally planned.

The final three MARTA rail stations to be built, Dunwoody, Sandy Springs and North Springs - all north of the Interstate 285 Perimeter, were opened in 2000. The tracks to those stations were run on the surface of the median strip of Georgia 400, which was constructed just east of the Buckhead area as a tollway during the early 1990s. This is one of just two places at which the MARTA rail system extends outside of Interstate 285. The other is at the Indian Creek Station in eastern DeKalb County.

Since 2000, there have been no active railway expansion projects in the MARTA system due to lack of additional sales-tax funding, the need to spend its limited capital budget on refurbishing its older rolling stock, replacing the fare-collection system, repairing the tracks and their electrical systems, and other long-term maintenance, repair, and operations requirements.

Mall at Stonecrest Expansion

Eastward expansion focuses on bus rapid transit from downtown Atlanta along I-20 and extension of heavy rail transit from Indian Creek station, south along I-285 to I-20, then east along the I-20 corridor to the Mall at Stonecrest. The current Green Line would also be extended east from its current terminus at Edgewood/Candler Park station to Mall at Stonecrest. This proposed extension has not been studied further since 2018.

Memorial Drive BRT

Currently the only recent expansion in the entire MARTA system was the development of bus rapid transit along Memorial Drive from Kensington Station to the Goldsmith Road MARTA park and ride lot in Stone Mountain and Ponce De Leon Avenue. (Bus Service started operating on September 27, 2010). The bus had two routes: The Q Express runs between MARTA's Kensington Station and a free 150-car Park-and-Ride lot at Goldsmith Road & Memorial Drive; The Express only stops twice along the way at North Hairston Road and again at Georgia Perimeter College.

The Q Limited also ran north along Memorial Drive from Kensington Station but branched off at North Hairston Road on the way to East Ponce de Leon Avenue. The Q Limited had four stops along the way in addition the same stops for the Express The implementation of revenue-collecting service had initially been planned for early 2009.

Due to low ridership, BRT service was discontinued.

Atlanta BeltLine

Additionally, several traffic corridors are currently being studied by MARTA for possible system expansion. The BeltLine is a current proposal for the use of light rail and possibly bus or streetcar service on existing railroad rights-of-way around Atlanta's central business districts. The conversion of existing rail right-of-way to the proposed BeltLine also calls for the creation of three additional MARTA rapid transit stations where existing lines intersect the Belt Line at Simpson Road, Hulsey Yard, and Murphy Crossing.

Clifton Corridor

Rapid transit alternatives are as of October 2011, under consideration for the Clifton Corridor, from Lindbergh Center, following the CSX rail corridor to Emory University and the Centers for Disease Control, with possible continuation along the northern edge of Decatur on to Avondale MARTA station. Bus, light rail and heavy rail rapid-transit options had been considered, with light rail being selected as the preferred option.

Connect 400

The Georgia 400 Transit Initiative (also known as "Connect 400") is a MARTA project to study options for expanding high-capacity transit along the Georgia State Route 400 corridor into the northern reaches of Fulton county. The initiative, kicked off in December 2011, envisages an 11.9-mile extension of rapid transit service, starting in the south at North Springs Transit Station, the current terminus of the existing MARTA Red Line. From there, such an extension would continue northward through the cities of Sandy Springs, Roswell, and Alpharetta, terminating in the vicinity of Windward Parkway.

As of the fifth public meeting on the subject on September 26, 2013, the study had narrowed the field of transit technology alternatives to three, all using existing right-of-way along SR 400: heavy-rail transit (HRT, extending the Red Line northward), light-rail transit (LRT), or bus rapid transit (BRT). Early designs for all three options include stations near Northridge Road, Holcomb Bridge Road, Mansell Road, North Point Mall, and Windward Parkway; initial sketches of the LRT and BRT options also include a station near Old Milton Parkway.

As of June 2015, the project is moving into the Environmental Impact study stage of the planning process. According to MARTA Representatives at the April 2015 meetings, the expansion could open in 2025 at the earliest assuming a best-case scenario. Federal funding is still not approved; the Environmental Impact study must be complete. By the April 2015 meeting, the LRT option has been discarded. The HRT option has been approved as the Locally Preferred Alternative, though two BRT options exist - one that would run in a dedicated bus guideway and the other to integrate with Georgia DOT's planned work for the corridor. The GDOT integrated option would include sharing normal traffic lanes at least in some parts of the route. The plans for stations at Mansell Rd. and Haynes Bridge Rd. have been merged into one station at North Point Mall.

As of June 2018, the project's adopted alternative is bus rapid transit (BRT) style bus service utilizing express lanes along new toll lanes. Heavy rail expansion will not be considered according to the signed House Bill (HB) 930.

Proposed new infill stations

Adding another station to the existing line near Armour Yard (MARTA's main railyard, opened 2005) has also been discussed, as the Red and Gold MARTA lines, the northeast BeltLine light rail, proposed commuter rail lines to points northeast such as Athens (the "Brain Train") and Gainesville, would all pass through Armour Yard. Other stations that have been proposed are; Mechanicsville, Boone, Murphy Crossing, and Krog.

The proposed Atlanta Multimodal Passenger Terminal (MMPT) would be built next to Five Points station, connecting MARTA to surface passenger rail, including commuter rail, future intercity rail, Amtrak, and possible high-speed rail in the Southeast Corridor.

Additional expansion plans for MARTA and other metro Atlanta transportation agencies are detailed in Mobility 2030 a timeline by the Atlanta Regional Commission for improving transit through the year 2030.

Clayton County

On July 5, 2014, the Clayton County Board of Commissioners, by a margin of 3-1 (Jeff Turner, Shana Rooks, and Sonna Gregory voting in favor,) approved a contract with MARTA to extend service to the county, financed by a 1 percent sales tax. Fulton and DeKalb county leaders approved the expansion. On November 4, 2014, Clayton County residents approved the 1% sales tax to join MARTA. Bus Service was implemented on March 21, 2015. The contract also includes provisions for future rail transit to the county by 2025.

One high-capacity/rail proposal calls for stations at Hapeville, Mountain View/ATL Hartsfield International Terminal, Forest Park, Fort Gillem, Clayton State/Morrow, Morrow/Southlake and Jonesboro by 2022. A station at Lovejoy is also proposed, which would open as a later phase. In 2018, commuter rail was selected as the locally preferred alternative of transit mode along the corridor.

As of 2021, this project is defunct and there are no plans to implement rail service in Clayton County. Additional bus service is proposed.

Gwinnett County

In September 2018, MARTA's board of directors and the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners gave conditional approval to an agreement that would see MARTA assume, and significantly expand, operations of Gwinnett's bus system (in operation since 2001) and clear the way for the long-sought-after extension of MARTA's rail system into the county from its current terminus at Doraville. The population of Gwinnett County has significantly increased, and become more racially and ethnically diverse, since 1990, the last time the county rejected joining MARTA. Whereas white business elites were the initial demographic to support the MARTA in 1965, most black voters had voted to fund transit. Large communities of rural white Georgians opposed MARTA.

The original plan in 2018 includes a detailed multi-year plan to expand heavy rail rapid transit in Gwinnett County. Some aspects of the Connect Gwinnett plan will include a train that runs every ten minutes, and also get more buses to take people to the MARTA station. This was possible because Georgia Legislature permitted counties to raise taxes to fund transit, which before was not allowed. The contract with MARTA would go into effect only if a public vote, that was scheduled for March 19, 2019, succeeded. The agreement called for a new one-cent sales tax that would be collected in Gwinnett County until 2057. On March 19, 2019, the third transit referendum failed, with 54.32% of the vote being "No" to expand. A fourth transit referendum was added to the ballot during the 2020 presidential election, which failed by a margin of slightly more than 1,000 voters as 50.13% of voters chose to vote against the referendum.

System

Interactive map of the MARTA rail system and the Atlanta Streetcar

MARTA is composed of a heavy rail rapid transit system, a light rail system, and a bus system, all of which operate primarily within the boundaries of Fulton, Clayton and DeKalb counties. In addition to Atlanta itself, the transit agency serves various suburbs within its service area, including Alpharetta, Avondale Estates, Brookhaven, Chamblee, Clarkston, College Park, Decatur, Doraville, Dunwoody, East Point, Ellenwood, Fairburn, Forest Park, Hapeville, Jonesboro, Lake City, Lovejoy, Lithonia, Morrow, Palmetto, Riverdale, Roswell, Sandy Springs, Stone Mountain, and Union City. MARTA also serves the airport via a station located next to the main terminal. Although Cobb County is not part of the MARTA system, the agency operates one limited bus route to the Cumberland Boulevard Transfer Center and another to Six Flags Over Georgia.

MARTA allows bicycles on its trains, and buses have room for two bicycles on racks mounted on the front of the bus. At the airport, bicycles can be locked up in all of the parking decks, so long as they are not obstructing either pedestrian or vehicular traffic.

In 2007, MARTA had 4,729 full and part-time employees, of whom 1,719 were bus drivers or train operators. Rail and bus operators, station agents, rail maintenance workers, and many other employees of MARTA are represented in negotiations by the Amalgamated Transit Union's Local 732.

Subway/Metro

MARTA's rapid transit system has 47.6 miles (76.6 km) of route and 38 rail stations located on four lines: the Red Line (prior to October 2009, known as the North-South Line), Gold Line (former Northeast-South Line), Blue Line (former East-West Line), and Green Line (former Proctor Creek Line). The tracks for this system are a combination of elevated, ground-level, and subway tracks.

The deepest Subway station in the MARTA system is the Peachtree Center station, which is located in a hard-rock tunnel, 120 feet (37 m) beneath the city, where the highest hills in Atlanta are 1,100 feet (340 m) above sea level. No tunnel lining was installed in this station, or the adjacent tunnels. The architects and civil engineers decided to leave these with their rugged gneiss rock walls. The highest station in the MARTA system is the King Memorial station. It rises 90 feet (27 m) over a former CSX rail yard.

MARTA switched to a color-based identification system in October 2009. Formerly, the lines were named based upon their terminal stations, namely: Airport, Doraville, North Springs, H. E. Holmes, Bankhead, King Memorial, Candler Park, Indian Creek; or by their compass direction. During the transition between the two naming systems, all stations on the Red and Gold lines used their original orange signs, and all stations on the Blue and Green lines used their original blue signs.

All rapid transit lines have an ultimate nexus at the Five Points station, located in downtown Atlanta. MARTA trains are operated using the Automatic Train Control system, with one human operator per train to make announcements, operate doors, and to operate the trains manually in case of a control system malfunction or an emergency. Many of the suburban stations have free daily and paid long-term parking in park and ride lots. These stations also have designated Park and Ride passenger drop-off areas close to the stations' entrances.

Streetcar

The Atlanta Streetcar is a modern streetcar route that is powered by an overhead line and operates in mixed vehicle traffic. The system was constructed by the City of Atlanta and was integrated into MARTA operations on July 1, 2018. The streetcar operates on a 2.7-mile (4.3 km) pinched loop system in Downtown Atlanta.

Rolling stock

The Atlanta Streetcar system uses Siemens S70 light rail vehicles (LRVs). A total of four S70 cars were purchased and were built at two different facilities; the cars themselves were built in Sacramento, California while most other major components, like the propulsion system, were assembled at a plant about 30 miles (48 km) north of Atlanta, in Alpharetta. They were delivered in the first months of 2014 and are numbered 1001–1004.

Bus

MARTA's bus system serves a wider area than the rail system, serving areas in Fulton, Clayton and DeKalb counties such as the cities of Roswell and Alpharetta in North Fulton, along with South DeKalb. MARTA bus service for Clayton County became effective March 21, 2015. As of 2010, MARTA has 554 diesel and compressed natural gas buses that covers over 110 bus routes that operated 25.9 million annual vehicle miles (41.7 million kilometers). MARTA has one bus route providing limited service in Cobb County (Route 12 has been extended to Cobb County's Cumberland Boulevard Transfer Center). As of June 2016, MARTA purchased 18 New Flyer Industries Xcelsior XN60, which are primarily used on route 39 Buford Highway, the busiest bus route in the system. All of the MARTA bus lines, except for routes 142, 197 and 198, feed into or intersect MARTA rail lines as well. MARTA shuttle service is available to Six Flags Over Georgia during the park's summer season.

In addition to the free parking adjacent to many rail stations, MARTA also operates five park and ride lots serviced only by bus routes (Windward Parkway, Mansell Road, Stone Mountain, Barge Road, and South Fulton).

Route list

Route Name	Terminal 1	Terminal 2	via	Length	Notes
1 Marietta Boulevard / Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard	West End West End station	Bolton Marietta Boulevard & Moores Mill Road at Moores Mill Shopping Center	Marietta Boulevard, Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard	6.9 miles (11.1 km)	Operates out of Perry Bus Facility
2 Ponce de Leon Avenue / Druid Hills	Midtown North Avenue station	Oakhurst East Lake station	Ponce de Leon Avenue, East Lake Road	4.9 miles (7.9 km)	Operates out of Laredo Bus Facility
3 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive / Auburn Ave	Old Fourth Ward John Wesley Dobbs Avenue & Howell Street	Harland Terrace Hamilton E. Holmes station	Auburn Avenue (EB), Edgewood Avenue (WB), Martin Luther King Jr. Drive	7.0 miles (11.3 km)	Operates out of Perry Bus Facility.
4 Moreland Avenue	Inman Park/Reynoldstown Inman Park/Reynoldstown station	Norwood Manor Constitution Road & Jonesboro Road	Moreland Avenue	7.2 miles (11.6 km)	Trips alternate between each branch Operates out of Laredo Bus Facility
		Rebel Valley Forest Redford Drive & Rebel Forest Drive		7.3 miles (11.7 km)
5 Piedmont Road / Sandy Springs	Lindbergh/Morosgo Lindbergh Center station	Dunwoody Dunwoody station/Perimeter Mall	Piedmont Road, Roswell Road	9.8 miles (15.8 km)	Operates out of Perry Bus Facility
6 Clifton Road / Emory		Inman Park/Reynoldstown Inman Park/Reynoldstown station	Clifton Road, Briarcliff Road	8.3 miles (13.4 km) Lavista Road branch	Trips alternate between each branch Operates out of Laredo Bus Facility
				8.8 miles (14.2 km) Woodland Avenue branch
8 North Druid Hills Road	Brookhaven Brookhaven/Oglethorpe station	Kensington Kensington station	North Druid Hills Road	11.3 miles (18.2 km)	Operates out of Laredo Bus Facility
9 Boulevard / Tilson Road	Oakland King Memorial station	Panthersville Gallery at South DeKalb	Boulevard, Custer Avenue, Tilson Road	10.9 miles (17.5 km)
12 Howell Mill Road / Cumberland	Midtown Midtown station	Cumberland Cumberland Transfer Center	10th Street, Howell Mill Road	11.1 miles (17.9 km)	Operates out of Perry Bus Facility
14 14th Street / Blandtown		Bolton Marietta Boulevard & Moores Mill Road at Moores Mill Shopping Center	14th Street, Chattahoochee Avenue, Marietta Boulevard	5.7 miles (9.2 km)
15 Candler Road	Decatur Decatur station	Woodcrest Panthersville Road & Bouldercrest Road	Candler Road, Panthersville Road, River Road, Bouldercrest Road	11.6 miles (18.7 km)	Trips alternate between each branch Operates out of Laredo Bus Facility
		Stonecrest Linecrest Road & 3800		11.6 miles (18.7 km)
19 Clairmont Road / Howard Avenue	Chamblee Chamblee station	Oakhurst East Lake station	Clairmont Road, Howard Avenue	10.9 miles (17.5 km)	Operates out of Laredo Bus Facility
21 Memorial Drive	Downtown Five Points station	Kensington Kensington station	Memorial Drive	10.0 miles (16.1 km)	Operates out of Laredo Bus Facility
24 McAfee / Hosea Williams	Edgewood/Candler Park Edgewood/Candler Park station	Stone Mountain Indian Creek station	Hosea L. Williams Drive, McAfee Road, Indian Creek Drive	14.6 miles (23.5 km)
25 Peachtree Boulevard	Brookhaven Brookhaven/Oglethorpe station	Doraville Doraville station	Peachtree (Industrial) Boulevard	6.6 miles (10.6 km)	Operates out of Laredo Bus Facility
26 Marietta Street / Perry Boulevard	Downtown Five Points station	Riverside Bolton Road & Parrott Avenue	Marietta Street, Perry Boulevard	10.5 miles (16.9 km) Perry Boulevard branch	Trips alternate between each branch During special events, buses do not serve downtown and are rerouted to the North Avenue station Operates out of Perry Bus Facility
				11.1 miles (17.9 km) McCallie Boulevard branch
27 Cheshire Bridge Road	Midtown Arts Center station	Lenox Lenox station	Piedmont Avenue, Cheshire Bridge Road (Lenox Road)	5.7 miles (9.2 km)	Operates out of Perry Bus Facility
30 LaVista Road	Lindbergh/Morosgo Lindbergh Center station	Northlake Ranchwood Drive & Weems Road at Northlake Mall	Lavista Road	9.6 miles (15.4 km)
32 Bouldercrest	Inman Park/Reynoldstown Inman Park/Reynoldstown station	Ellenwood SouthPark Industrial Park (S. Park Boulevard & 3060)	Moreland Avenue, Bouldercrest Road	12.7 miles (20.4 km)
34 Gresham Road	Oakhurst East Lake station	Decatur Perimeter College at Georgia State University	2nd Avenue, Gresham Road, Clifton Springs Road	7.6 miles (12.2 km)	Rush hour trips alternate between each branch
				8.0 miles (12.9 km) Vee Kirk branch
				9.2 miles (14.8 km) Vicki Lane branch
36 N Decatur Road / Virginia Highland	Midtown Midtown station	Decatur Decatur station	Virginia Avenue, Highland Avenue, (North) Decatur Road	9.1 miles (14.6 km)
37 Defoors Ferry Road	Midtown Arts Center station	Bolton Marietta Boulevard & Moores Mill Road at Moores Mill Shopping Center	17th Street, Defoor Avenue (Defoors Ferry Road)	6.2 miles (10.0 km)
39 Buford Highway	Lindbergh/Morosgo Lindbergh Center station	Doraville Doraville station	Buford Highway	8.4 miles (13.5 km)	Operates out of Laredo Bus Facility
40 Peachtree Street / Downtown	Midtown Arts Center station	West End West End station	Peachtree Street	5.2 miles (8.4 km)
42 Pryor Road	Downtown Five Points station	Sylvan Hills Lakewood/Fort McPherson station	Pryor Street (SB), Central Avenue (NB), Pryor Road, Arthur B. Langford Jr. Parkway	8.5 miles (13.7 km)	Trips alternate between mainline and Cooper Street branch rush hours in the peak direction. Trips alternate between Amal Drive and mainline weekdays.
				8.9 miles (14.3 km) Cooper Street branch
				9.0 miles (14.5 km) Amal Drive branch
47 I-85 Access Road	Brookhaven Brookhaven/Oglethorpe station	Chamblee Chamblee station	Briarwood Road, I-85 Access Road	9.7 miles (15.6 km)
49 McDonough Boulevard	Downtown Five Points station	Constitution Metro Regional Youth Detention Center	McDonough Boulevard, Moreland Avenue	7.9 miles (12.7 km) McDonough Boulevard branch	Trips alternate between each branch
				8.1 miles (13.0 km) Englewood Avenue branch
50 Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway	Midtown North Avenue station	Bankhead UPS Distribution Center	North Avenue, Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway	7.8 miles (12.6 km)	Trips alternate between each branch Operates out of Perry Bus Facility
				8.2 miles (13.2 km) English Avenue branch
51 Joseph E. Boone Boulevard		Harland Terrace Hamilton E. Holmes station	Joseph E. Boone Boulevard, Hamilton E. Holmes Drive	6.6 miles (10.6 km) Luckie Street branch	Trips alternate between each branch During special events, trips run via Northside Drive & North Avenue
				6.6 miles (10.6 km) Centennial Olympic Park Drive branch
55 Jonesboro Road	Downtown Five Points station	Forest Park Forest Parkway & Bartlett Drive at Forest Square Shopping Center	Hank Aaron Drive, Jonesboro Road	13.1 miles (21.1 km)
58 Hollywood Road / Lucile Avenue	West End West End station	Riverside James Jackson Parkway & Bolton Road	Lucile Avenue, West Lake Avenue, Hollywood Road	9.1 miles (14.6 km)	Select trips run on Argyle Drive branch during peak rush hours.
				9.6 miles (15.4 km) Argyle Drive branch
60 Hightower Road	Harland Terrace Hamilton E. Holmes station	Bolton Marietta Boulevard & Moores Mill Road at Moores Mill Shopping Center	Hamilton E. Holmes Drive (Hightower Road), Hollywood Road, Bolton Road	6.7 miles (10.8 km)
66 Lynhurst Drive / Princeton Lakes		Princeton Lakes North Commerce Drive & Marketplace Boulevard	Lynhurst Drive	13.3 miles (21.4 km)
68 Benjamin E Mays Drive	Vine City Ashby station	Harland Terrace Hamilton E. Holmes station	Beecher Road, Benjamin E Mays Drive	11.9 miles (19.2 km)
71 Cascade Road	West End West End station	Ashley Courts Kimberly Road & Fairly Way	Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard, Cascade Road	7.2 miles (11.6 km)	Trips alternate between each branch
		South Fulton Boat Rock Road & Reynolds Road		11.7 miles (18.8 km)
73 Fulton Industrial	Harland Terrace Hamilton E. Holmes station	West Atlanta West Park Place & Westpark Drive	Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Fulton Industrial Boulevard	9.2 miles (14.8 km)	Trips alternate between each branch
		West Atlanta LaGrange Boulevard & Boat Rock Road		10.2 miles (16.4 km)
74 Flat Shoals Road	Inman Park/Reynoldstown Inman Park/Reynoldstown Station	Panthersville Rainbow Way & Candler Road	Moreland Avenue, Flat Shoals Road	8.2 miles (13.2 km) Bull Run Drive branch	Trips alternate between each branch.
				8.5 miles (13.7 km) Whites Mill Road branch
75 Lawrenceville Highway	Avondale Estates Avondale Station	Tucker Tuckerstone Parkway & Mountain Industrial Boulevard	Dekalb Industrial Way, Lawrenceville Highway	10.8 miles (17.4 km)
78 Cleveland Avenue	East Point East Point station	Browns Mill Park/Rosedale Heights Cleveland Avenue & Jonesboro Road	Cleveland Avenue	5.7 miles (9.2 km)
79 Sylvan Hills	Oakland City Oakland City station	East Point East Point station	Sylvan Road, Springdale Road, Cleveland Avenue	7.8 miles (12.6 km)
81 Venetian Hills / Delowe Drive	West End West End station		Delowe Drive, Headland Drive	13.6 miles (21.9 km)
82 Camp Creek / South Fulton Parkway	College Park College Park station	Union City Derrick Industrial Parkway & Derrick Industrial Drive (Walmart Distribution Center)	Camp Creek Parkway, Welcome All Road, South Fulton Parkway	15.4 miles (24.8 km)
83 Campbellton Road	Oakland City Oakland City station	Ben Hill Acres Barge Road Park & Ride	Campbellton Road, Greenbriar Parkway	6.3 miles (10.1 km)	Operates out of Hamilton Bus Facility
84 Washington Road / Camp Creek Marketplace	East Point East Point station	Princeton Lakes Camp Creek Marketplace (Centre Parkway & 1800)	Washington Road, North Commerce Drive	8.7 miles (14.0 km)
85 Roswell	Sandy Springs North Springs station	Alpharetta Mansell Park & Ride	Turner McDonald Parkway, Atlanta Street (Alpharetta Street), Mansell Road	10.3 miles (16.6 km)
86 Fairington Road	Kensington Kensington station	Stonecrest Hillandale Drive & Hillandale Park Drive	Snapfinger Road (Snapfinger Woods Drive), Fairington Road	12.0 miles (19.3 km)	Early morning and alternate AM rush hour trips Operates out of Laredo Bus Facility
		Stonecrest The Mall at Stonecrest		16.2 miles (26.1 km)
87 Roswell Road / Sandy Springs	Dunwoody Dunwoody station/Perimeter Mall	Sandy Springs North Springs station	Hammond Drive, Roswell Drive, Turner McDonald Parkway	12.5 miles (20.1 km)
89 Old National Highway	College Park College Park station	Union City Lancaster Lane & Shannon Parkway (Atlanta Metro Studios)	Old National Highway, Jonesboro Road	13.0 miles (20.9 km)	Trips alternate between each branch Operates out of Hamilton Bus Facility
		Riverdale Riverdale Park & Ride		13.5 miles (21.7 km)
93 Headland Drive / Main Street		Brentwood/Greenbriar Camp Creek Parkway & 3540 (Royal Oaks Apartments)	Main Street, Headland Drive	9.2 miles (14.8 km)
94 Northside Drive	West End West End station	Midtown Arts Center station	Northside Drive, 17th Street	6.4 miles (10.3 km)
95 Metropolitan Parkway		Hapeville King Arnold Street & Claire Drive	Metropolitan Parkway	7.1 miles (11.4 km)
102 North Avenue / Little Five Points	Midtown North Avenue station	Edgewood/Candler Park Edgewood/Candler Park station	North Avenue, Ponce de Leon Avenue, Moreland Avenue	4.3 miles (6.9 km)	Operates out of Laredo Bus Facility
103 Peeler Road	Chamblee Chamblee station	Peachtree Corners Winters Chapel Road & 4830 (DeKalb County Water Works & Scott Candler Filter Plant)	Shallowford Road, Peeler Road	7.2 miles (11.6 km)
104 Winters Chapel Road	Doraville Doraville station	North Doraville Winters Chapel Road & Clarke Drive (Consulate of El Salvador & Consulate of Honduras)	New Peachtree Road, Winters Chapel Road, Peachtree Industrial Boulevard	4.4 miles (7.1 km)
107 Glenwood	Downtown Georgia State station	Stone Mountain Indian Creek station	Memorial Drive, Glenwood Avenue (Glenwood Road)	13.5 miles (21.7 km)	Operates out of Laredo Bus Facility
110 Peachtree Road / Buckhead	Midtown Arts Center station	Brookhaven Brookhaven/Oglethorpe station	Peachtree Street (Peachtree Road)	7.2 miles (11.6 km)	Operates out of Perry Bus Facility
111 Snapfinger Woods	Stone Mountain Indian Creek station	Stonecrest Hillandale Drive & Hillandale Park Drive	Redan Road, South Hairston Road, Snapfinger Woods Drive, Hillandale Drive	13.3 miles (21.4 km)	Select trips serve Alice Williams Towers AM Rush hour trips alternate between each terminal, otherwise, all trips go to/from Mall at Stonecrest Operates out of Laredo Bus Facility
		Stonecrest The Mall at Stonecrest	Redan Road, South Hairston Road, Snapfinger Woods Drive, Hillandale Drive, Covington Highway	18.5 miles (29.8 km)
114 Columbia Drive	Avondale Estates Avondale station	Decatur Perimeter College at Georgia State University	Columbia Drive	8.4 miles (13.5 km)	Northbound trips serve Clifton Springs Health Center
115 Covington Highway	Kensington Kensington station	Stonecrest Covington Highway & Chupp Road	Covington Highway	10.0 miles (16.1 km)	AM rush hour trips alternate between each terminal. Otherwise, all trips go to/from Mall at Stonecrest
		Stonecrest The Mall at Stonecrest		13.4 miles (21.6 km)
116 Redan Road	Stone Mountain Indian Creek station		Redan Road, Stone Mountain Lithonia Road	12.0 miles (19.3 km)	On weekdays between 8:50 AM and 4:50 PM, northbound trips serve East DeKalb Health Center
117 Rockbridge Road / Panola Road	Avondale Estates Avondale station	Stonecrest XPRESS Panola Park & Ride	North Decatur Road (Rockbridge Road), Panola Road	15.0 miles (24.1 km)	Weekday trips serve Lou Walker Senior Center Northbound trips serve Fairington Club Drive Operates out of Laredo Bus Facility
119 Hairston Road / Stone Mountain Village	Kensington Kensington station	Stone Mountain Goldsmith Park & Ride	Redan Road, Hairston Road	10.8 miles (17.4 km)
120 East Ponce de Leon Avenue	Avondale Estates Avondale station		Ponce de Leon Avenue	8.8 miles (14.2 km)
121 Memorial Drive / North Hairston Road	Kensington Kensington station	Tucker North Royal Atlanta Drive & Commerce Place	Memorial Drive, North Hairston Road (Mountain Industrial Boulevard)	10.1 miles (16.3 km)	Trips alternate between each branch Operates out of Laredo Bus Facility
		Tucker Granite Drive & Patillo Field	Memorial Drive, North Hairston Road, Idlewood Road	10.4 miles (16.7 km)
123 Church Street	Decatur Decatur station	North Decatur North DeKalb Mall	Church Street	4.8 miles (7.7 km)	Northbound trips serve Emory Decatur Hospital via Sycamore Road, Southbound trips serve the hospital via Wash Lively Circle
124 Pleasantdale Road	Doraville Doraville station	Tucker Lawrenceville Highway & Hugh Howell Road	Buford Highway, Oakcliff Road, Pleasantdale Road (Chamblee Tucker Road)	8.3 miles (13.4 km)	Trips alternate between each branch
				9.2 miles (14.8 km) Dawson Boulevard branch
125 Clarkston	Kensington Kensington station	Northlake Briarcliff Road & Randolph Road at Northlake Mall	Indian Creek Drive (Montreal Road)	7.8 miles (12.6 km)	Trips alternate between each branch
			Indian Creek Drive, Northlake Parkway	8.7 miles (14.0 km)
126 Embry Hills	Chamblee Chamblee station	Northlake Ranchwood Drive & Weems Road at Northlake Mall	Chamblee Tucker Road, Henderson Mill Road	8.1 miles (13.0 km)
				10.9 miles (17.5 km)	Select weekday trips via Mercer University Atlanta
132 Tilly Mill Road	Chamblee Chamblee station	Dunwoody Mount Vernon Road & Jett Ferry Road	North Peachtree Road, Tilly Mill Road	6.0 miles (9.7 km)
133 Shallowford Road	Doraville Doraville station	Northlake Ranchwood Drive & Weems Road at Northlake Mall	Shallowford Road, Briarcliff Road	5.9 miles (9.5 km)
140 North Point Parkway	Sandy Springs North Springs station	Alpharetta Windward Park & Ride	Turner McDonald Parkway, North Point Parkway	13.3 miles (21.4 km)
141 Haynes Bridge Road / Milton			Turner McDonald Parkway, Haynes Bridge Road, North Main Street, Windward Parkway	15.4 miles (24.8 km)	Trips alternate between each branch
			Turner McDonald Parkway, Haynes Bridge Road, North Main Street, Deerfield Parkway	17.5 miles (28.2 km)
142 East Holcomb Bridge Road	Alpharetta Mansell Park & Ride	Norcross Spalding Drive & 7708 (Spalding Corners)	Turner McDonald Parkway, Holcomb Bridge Road	7.1 miles (11.4 km)
143 Windward Park & Ride	Sandy Springs North Springs station	Alpharetta Windward Park & Ride	Turner McDonald Parkway, Morris Road (McGinnis Ferry Road)	16.8 miles (27.0 km)	Weekday peak only
148 Mount Vernon Highway	Sandy Springs Sandy Springs station	West Sandy Springs Riveredge Parkway & 1600	Mount Vernon Highway, Powers Ferry Road	7.2 miles (11.6 km)	Weekday peak only
150 Dunwoody Village	Dunwoody Dunwoody station/Perimeter Mall	North Dunwoody Chamblee Dunwoody Road & Dunwoody Village Parkway	Perimeter Center, Ashford Dunwoody Road	4.4 miles (7.1 km)
153 James Jackson Parkway	Harland Terrace Hamilton E. Holmes station	Riverside James Jackson Parkway & James Jackson Court	Hamilton E. Holmes Drive (James Jackson Parkway), Northwest Drive (NB)	5.1 miles (8.2 km)
155 Pittsburgh	West End West End station	Swallow Circle-Baywood Swallow Circle & Finch Drive	McDaniel Street, Lakewood Avenue, Harper Road	6.5 miles (10.5 km)	Trips alternate between each branch
		Polar Rock Polar Rock Terrace & Polar Rock Road	McDaniel Street, Lakewood Avenue	7.5 miles (12.1 km)
162 Myrtle Drive / Alison Court	Oakland City Oakland City station	Campbellton Road Myrtle Drive & 1881 (Campbellton Plaza & Baptist Towers)	Campbellton Road, Stanton Road	3.6 miles (5.8 km)
165 Fairburn Road	Harland Terrace Hamilton E. Holmes station	Ben Hill Acres Barge Road Park & Ride	Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Fairburn Road	7.7 miles (12.4 km)
172 Sylvan Road / Virginia Avenue	Oakland City Oakland City station	College Park College Park station	Sylvan Road, Virginia Avenue	9.3 miles (15.0 km)
178 Empire Boulevard / Southside Industrial Park	Sylvan Hills Lakewood/Fort McPherson station	Glenrose Heights Hamilton Boulevard & 3400 (Hamilton Bus Facility)	Arthur B. Langford Parkway, Macon Drive, Browns Mill Road (SB), Empire Boulevard (NB)	8.1 miles (13.0 km)
180 Roosevelt Highway	College Park College Park station	Palmetto Main Street & Toombs Street	Roosevelt Highway	17.4 miles (28.0 km)	Select trips serve Georgia Military College
181 Washington Road / Fairburn	East Point East Point station	Fairburn Smith Street & Broad Street	Washington Road, Buffington Road	16.1 miles (25.9 km) Shannon Parkway branch	Trips alternate between each branch
				16.2 miles (26.1 km) Oakley Road branch
183 Greenbriar	Sylvan Hills Lakewood/Fort McPherson station	Arlington Estates/Elmco Estates County Line Road & Campbellton Road	Arthur B. Langford Parkway, Greenbriar Parkway, Campbellton Road	8.0 miles (12.9 km) (detour)	On detour from Niskey Lake and County Line Roads until further notice
185 Alpharetta	Sandy Springs North Springs station	Alpharetta Old Milton Parkway & Park Bridge Parkway (Georgia State University Alpharetta)	Turner McDonald Parkway, Alpharetta Highway, Old Milton Parkway	15.5 miles (24.9 km)
186 Rainbow Drive / South DeKalb	Downtown Five Points station	Decatur New Snapfinger Woods Drive & 4325 (Georgia Piedmont Technical College South DeKalb)	Ralph David Abernathy Freeway, Rainbow Drive	14.2 miles (22.9 km)	Select trips alternate between each branch
				14.8 miles (23.8 km) East Side Drive branch
188 Oakley Industrial	College Park College Park station	Fairburn Fairburn Park & Ride	Interstate 85, Oakley Industrial Boulevard	19.8 miles (31.9 km)
189 Flat Shoals Road / Scofield Road		South Fulton Union City Park & Ride	Old National Highway, Scofield Road, Flat Shoals Road	10.5 miles (16.9 km) Hillandale Drive branch	Trips alternate between each branch
				11.7 miles (18.8 km) Kimberly Mill Road branch
191 Riverdale / ATL International Terminal	Sylvan Hills Lakewood/Fort McPherson station	Jonesboro Harold R. Banke Justice Center	Interstate 75, Highway 85, Highway 138	24.4 miles (39.3 km)	Trips alternate between each branch
			Interstate 75, Highway 85, Flint River Road	25.8 miles (41.5 km)
192 Old Dixie / Tara Boulevard	East Point East Point station		Perry J. Hudson Parkway, Old Dixie Highway/Road (Tara Boulevard)	15.0 miles (24.1 km)
193 Morrow / Jonesboro			Forest Parkway, Jonesboro Road	18.1 miles (29.1 km)	Trips alternate between each branch
			Forest Parkway, Battle Creek Road, Tara Boulevard	19.7 miles (31.7 km)
194 Conley Road / Mount Zion	Sylvan Hills Lakewood/Fort McPherson station	Morrow Southlake Mall	Interstate 75, Conley Road, Mount Zion Boulevard/Road	19.4 miles (31.2 km)
195 Forest Parkway	College Park College Park station	Ellenwood Anvil Block Road & Lunsford Drive	Forest Parkway	16.3 miles (26.2 km)
196 Upper Riverdale		Riverdale Lamar Hucheson Parkway & Valley Hill Road	Riverdale Road, Highway 85	10.3 miles (16.6 km)	AM Rush hour trips alternate between each terminal, otherwise, all trips go to/from Southlake Mall Operates out of Laredo Bus Facility
		Morrow Southlake Mall	Riverdale Road, Highway 85, Upper Riverdale Road, Mount Zion Road	14.6 miles (23.5 km)
197 Battle Creek Road	Riverdale Church Street & Town Center Drive (Riverdale Town Center)	Stockbridge Davidson Parkway & Davidson Circle	Valley Hill Road (Battle Creek Road), Mount Zion Road/Parkway	12.6 miles (20.3 km)
198 Southlake Parkway		Morrow Southlake Mall	Highway 138, Southlake Parkway	8.1 miles (13.0 km)
221 Memorial Drive Limited	Kensington Kensington station	Stone Mountain Juliette Road & 1551	Memorial Drive	7.6 miles (12.2 km)	No weekend service
295 Metropolitan Campus Express	Oakland City Oakland City station	Sylvan Hills Atlanta Metro State College	Dill Avenue, Metropolitan Parkway, Caspian Street	2.5 miles (4.0 km)	Operates whenever school is in session.
800 Lovejoy	Jonesboro Harold R. Banke Justice Center		Tara Boulevard, McDonough Road, Lovejoy Road	16.1 miles (25.9 km)	Community Circulator
809 Monroe Drive / Boulevard	Lindbergh/Morosgo Lindbergh Center station	Oakland King Memorial station	Monroe Drive (Boulevard)	5.9 miles (9.5 km)
				8.1 miles (13.0 km) Armour Drive branch	Select trips
813 Atlanta University Center	Downtown Georgia State station	Penelope Neighbors West Lake station	Peters Street, Atlanta Student Movement Boulevard (Fair Street), Westview Drive	5.0 miles (8.0 km)	Community Circulator
816 North Highland Avenue	Downtown Five Points station	Druid Hills Michael Street & Houston Mill Road (Emory University)	Ralph McGill Boulevard, North Highland Avenue	7.7 miles (12.4 km)
823 Belvedere	Decatur Decatur station	Belvedere Park Belvedere Lane & Rupert Road	McDonough Street, Memorial Drive	4.6 miles (7.4 km)	Community Circulator
825 Johnson Ferry Road	Sandy Springs Medical Center station	Chamblee Chamblee station	Johnson Ferry Road	4.0 miles (6.4 km)
832 Grant Park	West End West End station	Custer/McDonough/Grice Woodland Avenue & Custer Avenue	Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard (Georgia Avenue), United Avenue	6.5 miles (10.5 km)	Community Circulator
850 Carroll Heights / Fairburn Heights	Harland Terrace Hamilton E. Holmes station	Northwest Atlanta Atlanta Industrial Parkway & 3755 (Atlanta Industrial Park)	Collier Drive, Fairburn Road, Atlanta Industrial Parkway	5.7 miles (9.2 km)	Select trips alternate between each branch Community Circulator
			Collier Drive, Bolton Road, Atlanta Industrial Parkway	7.1 miles (11.4 km)
853 Center Hill	Penelope Neighbors West Lake station	Collier Heights Skipper Drive & Skipper Place	North Avenue (Baker Road), Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway	8.0 miles (12.9 km)	Community Circulator
856 Baker Hills / Wilson Hills Meadows	Harland Terrace Hamilton E. Holmes station	Wilson Hills Meadows Alex Drive & Alex Way	Burton Road, Collier Drive	5.6 miles (9.0 km)
865 Boulder Park Drive		Ridgecrest Forest Dollar Mill Road & Boulder Park Drive	Burton Road, Delmar Lane, Boulder Park Drive	5.4 miles (8.7 km)
867 Peyton Forest / Dixie Hills	Penelope Neighbors West Lake station	Harland Terrace Hamilton E. Holmes station	Martin Luther King Jr. Drive	6.9 miles (11.1 km)
899 Old Fourth Ward	Downtown Georgia State station	Midtown North Avenue station	Jackson Street, North Avenue	4.0 miles (6.4 km)