Dec. 13: Gold/Red line will operate on 15-20 minute single tracking schedules; Blue/Green line will operate on normal weekend schedules. *There will be additional rail service for the Cricket Celebration Bowl at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Dec. 14: All rail line will operate on 20 minutes single tracking schedules. | Details
Budget Variance
Definition: The difference (measured in percentage terms) between the actual net operating expenses and the budget.
Performance (September 2025):
The budget variance for the month of September was unfavorable at 14.18% over the forecast, mostly due to unfavorable variances in labor costs and contractual services expenses for the Mobility contract.
Note: These figures are preliminary and unaudited.
Note: In April 2025, we revised the budget variance formula in this report to match other Finance reporting. The calculation previously showed a positive value when over-budget and negative when under-budget. With this revision, values that are over-budget will be negative (i.e., unfavorable) and under-budget will be positive (i.e., favorable). This inversion is the only change, and it matches the calculation to other public financial reporting at MARTA. It will apply to historical and current values.