Where Do the Trains Go?

The Simple Answer

There are four train lines that are identified by a color.

• Red goes north-south from North Springs Station to the Airport
• Gold goes north-south from Doraville Station to the Airport
• Blue goes east-west from Hamilton E. Holmes Station (I-20 at I-285 on the west side) to Indian Creek Station (Memorial Drive and I-285 on the east side)
• Green goes east-west from Bankhead (GA-78 near Proctor Creek) to Edgewood/Candler Park

There are various stops long each route, so check the schedule to see which one is closest to your destination.

You can connect to different buses at each stations as well. MARTA buses (and other systems) typically end/start routes at stations.

The More Complicated Answer

There are 38 stops on the four lines, and some are shared between lines. For example, the Red and Gold lines both go to Lindbergh Center Station and share track all the way to the airport. The Green and Blue lines converge at Ashby Station and share track to Edgewood/Candler Park.

On weekends, the Red and Green Lines typically go "single track". That is, one track is taken out of service for maintenance, so those trains have a reduced route. The Red will go from North Springs to Lindbergh; the Green will go from Bankhead to King Memorial.

The Details

Why does the Green Line only go on stop up to Bankhead and not continue toward Vinings? Why does the Red Line stop at North Springs instead of going to the county line near Windward Parkway? People who live there didn't want a station in their neighborhood (don't get us started on that!), so it ends where it does.

A lot of big cities (everyone else, maybe?) have metro rail like MARTA and commuter rail. These rail lines bring people from the suburbs and beyond into the city. There's Metra in Chicago, Caltrain in San Francisco, Sounder in Seattle, and VRE in DC, to name a few. Atlanta has nothing of the sort. The only other train that people can use in Atlanta is Amtrak, but that's intercity.

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