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Operational
Atlanta, Georgia
Bankhead (west)Edgewood / Candler Park (east)
9
Rapid transit
MARTA rail
MARTA
See MARTA rail#Rolling stock
1992
at grade, elevated, underground
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Third rail, 750 V DC
Legend
Blue
E9
Indian Creek
I-285
E8
Kensington
Avondale Yard
E7
Avondale
E6
Decatur
E5
East Lake
Green
E4
Edgewood/Candler Park
E3
Inman Park/Reynoldstown
E2
King Memorial
I-75 / I-85Downtown Connector
E1
Georgia State
0
Five Points RedGold
W1
GWCC/CNN Center
W2
Vine City
W3
Ashby
Green
P4
Bankhead
W4
West Lake
I-20
Blue
W5
Hamilton E. Holmes
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 a blue color on old system maps until 2006 when the West branch and the Proctor Creek branch were re-designated as the East-West Line (the current Blue Line) and the Proctor Creek Line (the current Green Line). Using the Five Points station as a point of reference, the Proctor Creek portion of the East Line was designated for trips headed to Edgewood/Candler Park, and the West Line was designated for trips headed to Bankhead.
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. Green Line rush-hour trains start at Avondale and pass Decatur and East Lake without stopping before pulling onto a pocket track just east of Edgewood/Candler Park.
The Green Line service operates between Bankhead and Edgewood / Candler Park stations all day until 9:00 p.m. on weekdays only. On Saturday, Sunday & holidays, the Green Line operates between Bankhead and King Memorial stations all day until 9:00 p.m.
After 9:00 p.m., the Green Line service operates between Bankhead and Vine City stations only until the end of the service.
Station
Transfer
Regular service
9:00 pm – 1:00 am
Bankhead
P4
1992
●
●
Ashby
W3
1979
●
●
Vine City
W2
1979
●
●
GWCC/CNN Center
W1
1979
●
Five Points
1979*
●
Georgia State
E1
1979
●
King Memorial
E2
1979
●
Inman Park/Reynoldstown
E3
1979
▲
Edgewood/Candler Park
E4
1979
▲
Avondale
E7
1979
*
Note: The North-South (now Red/Gold Line) platform opened in 1981.
