North Avenue is an underground train station in southern Midtown Atlanta, GA, serving the Red and Gold lines of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) rail system. The station is named after the nearby North Avenue. The walls are made of white tile and painted with a mural of green hills, a blue sky, and clouds. The murals were designed by Gordon Anderson while he was a Professor of Art at Georgia State University. It is among the busiest stations in the system with an average of 15,000 boardings per weekday. The station has a direct entrance to Tower Square and is actually located in the skyscraper's basement.
It provides access to the Baltimore Block, Bank of America Plaza, Center for the Visually Impaired, Bobby Dodd Stadium, Emory University Hospital Midtown, Georgia Institute of Technology, Shakespeare Tavern, The Varsity, Rufus M. Rose House, The Fox Theatre, and the Georgian Terrace Hotel. It also provides connecting bus service to The Carter Center, the communities of Edgewood and Inman Park, Fulton County Sheriffs Headquarters and Jail, Coca-Cola headquarters, Bauder College, Fernbank Museum of Natural History, Piedmont Park and Ferst Center for the Arts.
Station layout
| G | Street Level | Entrance/Exit, station house |
| P Platform level |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Southbound | ← Red Line, Gold Line toward Airport (Civic Center) | |
| Northbound | Gold Line toward Doraville (Midtown) → Red Line toward North Springs (Midtown) → | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
Bus routes
The station is served by the following MARTA bus routes:
- Route 2 - Ponce De Leon Avenue / Druid Hills
- Route 50 - Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway
- Route 51 - Joseph E. Boone Boulevard
- Route 102 - North Avenue / Little Five Points
- Route 899 - Old Fourth Ward
Connection to other transit systems
References
- ^ "Saying good-bye to Henri Jova — Atlanta architect who saved Midtown". January 27, 2014. Archived from the original on April 1, 2015. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
- ^ "2014 Transportation Fact Book" (PDF). Atlanta Regional Commission. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
External links
- MARTA Station Page
- nycsubway.org Atlanta page
- Ponce de Leon Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
- North Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
| Red Line | |
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| Gold Line | |
| Blue Line | |
| Green Line | |
| Atlanta Streetcar |
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| Other | |
