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MARTA Alert:

 

NO RAIL SERVICE
West of 5 Points Station November 20^th Dome Implosion

 

Rail Service replaced with BUS SHUTTLE service until
Trains can safely operate on West Line

 

The Georgia Dome implosion will take place on Monday, November 20 at 7:30am. 

 

The safety and well-being of our customers is MARTA’s number one priority. Due to the magnitude of this implosion, MARTA will suspend normal rail service west of the Five Points Station on Monday, November 20.

 

Rail service west of Five Points will be suspended from the beginning of service, until MARTA has confirmed the trains can safely operate on the west line.

 

There will be no rail service for the following stations; H.E. Holmes, Bankhead, West Lake, Ashby, Vine City, and Dome/GWCC/Philips Arena/CNN Center.  Please note that Vine City and Dome/GWCC/Philips Arena/CNN Center stations will be closed until after the implosion when rail service begins.

Rail Service will be replaced with Shuttle Bus Service for Customers who use the West line.

 

Shuttle Bus Service will connect customers at H.E. Holmes, West Lake, Ashby and Bankhead stations to and from Five Points.  This shuttle service will begin at 4:30am.

 

Three color coded Shuttle Bus Routes (Green, Blue, and Purple) will be used on Monday November 20th to support customers riding the West Line.(See map below)

 

Click here for a printable version of the map

 

The Green Line rail service will be replaced by the Green Line Bus Shuttle serving Bankhead, Ashby, with a transfer stop for the Blue Line on Martin Luther King Dr. NW near Walmart, and Five Points with a frequency of 10 minutes.

 

The Blue Line rail service west of Five Points will be replaced by the Blue Line Bus Shuttle serving H.E. Holmes, West Lake, with a transfer stop for the Green Line on Martin Luther King Dr. NW near the Walmart and Five Points with a frequency of 10 minutes.

 

Purple Shuttle Bus will be an express from H.E. Holmes to Five Points via I-20 with a frequency of 5 to 7 minutes.

 

Blue Line rail service east of Five Points will run every 10 minutes. There will be NO GREEN LINE rail service until after the implosion when normal rail service continues.

 

Red and Gold line service will operate on regular weekday schedules.

 

Listen for station announcements in Five Points, Georgia State and King Memorial stations for platform changes due to the special Blue Line service.

 

 

 

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MARTA news release:

 

MARTA RESUMES WEST LINE RAIL SERVICE, OPENS DOME AND VINE CITY STATIONS AFTER GEORGIA DOME IMPLOSION

Structural Engineers, Track Safety Crews Give the All-Clear

 

 

ATLANTA – The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) has resumed all rail service west of Five Points Station and re-opened the Dome and Vine City Stations after a temporary suspension of service this morning during the implosion of the Georgia Dome. 

 

MARTA Track and Structures Engineers thoroughly inspected the underground tunnels that run near the implosion site and performed comprehensive safety checks on all affected rail lines and stations before giving the all-clear for service to resume.

 

The shuttle bus lines that were added to mirror the Blue and Green rail lines will begin phasing out service immediately. MARTA staff and MARTA Army volunteers are at rail stations and bus stops re-directing patrons. This service information is also available on MARTA’s On The Go smart phone app, on www.itsmarta.com and on the agency’s Facebook and Twitter pages.

 

As a thank you to our patrons affected by the service outage, MARTA provided bus service free of charge today and complimentary round-trip tickets for use on a future fare.