From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Blue Line (MARTA)
Blue Line (MARTA)
The Blue Line was previously called the East-West
Line until MARTA switched to a color-based naming sys-
tem in October 2009. The East-West Line, from its launch,
Blue Line was considered one line (denoted with the Blue Line col-
Overview or on old system maps) until 2006 when the West branch
and the Proctor Creek branch were redesignated as the
Type rapid transit
East-West Line (the current Blue Line) and the Proctor
System Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Creek Line (the current Green Line).
Authority The rail line was part of the initial launch of MARTA
Status operational
rail service in 1979. The first segment ran from the East
Line segment from Georgia State to the Avondale stations
Locale Atlanta, Georgia upon the opening in June of that year. By the end of 1979,
Termini Hamilton E. Holmes (west) it extended west to the Hightower station (now Hamil-
Indian Creek (east) ton E. Holmes) on the West Line segment, which serves
as that station’s terminus. Although the North-South line
Stations 15 (5 West, Five Points, 9 East)
was expanded throughout the 1980s, the East-West line
Operation did not see any extension since its opening until 1992
when the Proctor Creek branch of the line opened to its
Opened 1979
terminus at Bankhead station. It finally extended to its
Operator(s) MARTA current eastern terminus at Indian Creek in September
Technical 1993.
Now known as the Blue Line, it shares trackage with
Electrification third rail its counterpart, the Green Line, between just west of Ash-
Highest at grade, elevated, underground by and Edgewood/Candler Park.
elevation
The Blue Line is a rapid transit line in the MARTA rail sys-
External links
tem. It operates between Hamilton E. Holmes and Indi- • Blue Line overview
an Creek stations, running through Atlanta, Decatur and • Blue Line schedule
portions of unincorporated DeKalb County.
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Categories:
• Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
• Railway lines opened in 1979
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