ATLANTA

System location

Country

 USA

Region

Georgia

City

 Atlanta

City population

 4 500 000

System description

Urban rail transport

Number of Lines

Stations, qty.

Length, km

Length underground, km

Last Update

Metro

4

  39

  80,4

  17,0

  21.03.2020

Key details of METRO Lines

Line Designation

Stations qty.

Length, km

Length underground, km

Blue/Green lines

 16

28,1

 7,1

Red/Yellow Line

  23

 52,3

 9,9

History of METRO system

Date / Year

Line

Stretch

Remark

197x

Blue line

 --

Start of Metro construction

30.06.1979

Blue line

 Avondale - Georgia State, 7 stations

System opening

22.12.1979

Blue line

  Georgia State - Hamilton E. Holmes, 6 stations

04.12.1981

Yellow line

  Garnett - North Avenue, 5 station

11.09.1982

Yellow line

  North Avenue - Art Center and Garnett - West End, 1 and 2 stations

15.12.1984

Yellow line

  Art Center - Brookhaven/ Oglethorpe University and West End - Lakewood/For McPherson, 3 and 2 stations

16.08.1986

Yellow line

  Lakewood/Fort McPherson - East Point, 1 station

19.12.1987

Yellow line

  Brookhaven/ Oglethorpe University - Chamblee, 1 station

18.06.1988

Yellow line

  East Point - Airport, 2 stations

12.12.1989

Green line

  Ashby - Bankhead, 1 station

29.12.1989

Yellow line

  Chamblee - Doraville, 1 station

26.06.1993

Blue line

  Avondale - Indian Creek, 2 stations

08.06.1996

Red line

  Lindbergh Center - Dunwoody, 3 stations

16.12.2000

Red line

  Dunwoody - North Springs, 2 stations

Links

UrbanRail

Wikipedia

Skyscrapercity forum

Metro operator's web page

City metro news

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