MARTA Service Changes
Effective Saturday, July 6, 2024
Please refer to the new printed service schedules, www.itsmarta.com or the MARTA On The Go app for updated maps and specific trip times.
Still have questions? Call us at 404-848-5000 and speak with one of our Customer Information Operators.
To request this information in another language or an accessible format, call 404-848-4037.
Detour Implementation
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21 Memorial Drive [ Map | Schedule ]
During construction at Five Points Station, Route 21 will be shortened to end at Georgia State Station.
On westbound trips, from westbound Memorial Drive, buses will turn right on Capitol Avenue and continue onto Piedmont Avenue, turn right on Edgewood Avenue, right on Coca-Cola Place, right on Pratt Street, right onto Decatur Street and left onto Jesse Hill Junior Drive to Georgia State Station.
On eastbound trips, from Georgia State Station at Jesse Hill Junior Drive, buses will turn left on Capitol Avenue and left on Memorial Drive, where they will resume regular routing.
Martin Luther King Junior Drive, Peachtree Street, Alabama Street, Forsyth Street, Mitchell Street, Washington Street and Memorial Drive west of Capitol Avenue, will no longer be served during this detour.
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26 Marietta Street / Perry Boulevard
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During construction at Five Points Station, Route 26 will be detoured along Decatur Street to King Memorial Station.
On eastbound trips from Marietta Street, buses will continue onto Decatur Street to King Memorial Station.
On westbound trips leaving out of King Memorial Station, buses will turn right onto Grant Street, then left onto Decatur Street which becomes Marietta Street, where they will resume regular routing.
Forsyth Street, Alabama Street, Peachtree Street and Martin Luther King Junior Drive will no longer be served during this detour.
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42 Pryor Road
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During construction at Five Points Station, Route 42 will detour through south downtown to end at Georgia State Station.
On northbound trips, from Central Avenue, buses will turn right on Memorial Drive, left on Capitol Avenue and continue onto Piedmont Avenue, turn right on Edgewood Avenue, right on Coca-Cola Place, right on Pratt Street, right onto Decatur Street, and left onto Jesse Hill Junior Drive to
Georgia State Station.
On southbound trips, from Georgia State Station at Jesse Hill Junior Drive, buses will turn right on Martin Luther King Junior Drive and left onto Pryor Street, where they will resume regular routing.
Central Avenue north of Memorial Drive, Martin Luther King Junior Drive, Forsyth Street, Alabama Street, Peachtree Street and Mitchell Street will no longer be served during this detour.
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49 McDonough Boulevard
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During construction at Five Points Station, Route 49 will detour south of downtown to end at Georgia State Station.
On northbound trips, from Windsor Street, buses will turn right on Rawson Street, left on Central Avenue, right on Memorial Drive and left on Capitol Avenue to Georgia State Station at Piedmont Avenue.
On southbound trips, from Georgia State Station at Piedmont Avenue, buses will turn right onto Edgewood Avenue, right onto Coca-Cola Place, right on Pratt Street, right on Decatur Street, left on Jesse Hill Junior Drive, left on Capitol Avenue, right on Memorial Drive, right on Trinity
Avenue, left on Ted Turner Drive and continue on Windsor Street southbound where they will resume regular routing.
Forsyth Street, Alabama Street, Peachtree Street, Martin Luther King Junior Drive, Trinity Avenue and Ted Turner Drive northbound past I-20 will no longer be served by this route.
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55 Jonesboro Road
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During construction at Five Points Station, Route 55 will be shortened to end at Georgia State Station.
On northbound trips from Hank Aaron Drive, buses will continue onto Capitol Avenue and Piedmont Avenue to Georgia State Station.
On southbound trips, from Georgia State Station at Piedmont Avenue, buses will turn right onto Edgewood Avenue, right on Coca-Cola Place, right on Pratt Street, right on Decatur Street, left on Jesse Hill Junior Drive and left on Capitol Avenue where they will resume regular routing.
Martin Luther King Junior Drive, Peachtree Street, Alabama Street, Forsyth Street, Mitchell Street, Washington Street and Memorial Drive west of Capitol Avenue, will no longer be served during this detour.
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186 Rainbow Drive / South DeKalb
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During construction at Five Points Station, Route 186 will be shortened to end at Georgia State Station.
On westbound trips, from I-20 Westbound, buses will take Exit 58A to Capitol Avenue, turn right onto Capitol Avenue, continue onto Piedmont Avenue, turn right on Edgewood Avenue, right on Coca-Cola Place, right on Pratt Street, right onto Decatur Street and left onto Jesse Hill Junior
Drive to Georgia State Station.
On eastbound trips from Georgia State Station at Jesse Hill Junior Drive, buses will turn left Capitol Avenue and left on I-20 Eastbound where they will resume regular routing.
Hill Street, portions of Decatur Street, Pryor Street, Martin Luther King Junior Drive, Peachtree Street, Alabama Street, Forsyth Street and Marietta Street will no longer be served during this detour.
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816 North Highland Avenue
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During construction at Five Points Station, Route 816 will be shortened to end at Civic Center Station.
On southbound trips, from Ralph McGill Boulevard, buses will continue onto Ivan Allen Junior Boulevard, turn right on Ted Turner Drive, right on Pine Street and right on West Peachtree Street to Civic Center Station.
On northbound trips, leaving from Civic Center Station (southbound side of West Peachtree Street), buses will turn left on Ivan Allen Junior Boulevard and continue onto Ralph McGill Boulevard where they will resume regular routing.
Courtland Street, Edgewood Avenue, Marietta Street, Forsyth Street, Alabama Street, Peachtree Street, Auburn Avenue and Peachtree Center Avenue will no longer be served during this detour.
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899 Old Fourth Ward
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During construction at Five Points Station, Route 899 will be shortened to end at King Memorial Station.
On southbound trips, from King Memorial Station (inside bus bay), buses will turn right on Grant Street, continue on Hilliard Street, turn left on Auburn Pointe Drive, left on Bell Street, left on Decatur Street to the outside bay of King Memorial Station on Decatur Street.
On northbound trips, buses will run on regular routing from the outside bay of King Memorial Station on Decatur Street.
A portion of Bell Street, Pratt Street, Decatur Street, Jesse Hill Junior Drive, Martin Luther King Junior Drive, Piedmont Avenue, Edgewood Avenue and Coca Cola Place will no longer be served during this detour.
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Early
Morning Service ($8 off - limit one voucher per weekday)
Lyft New MARTA Early Bird 2024 link:
https://www.lyft.com/lp/EB5MARTA
Uber New MARTA Early Bird 2024 link:
https://r.uber.com/r0pKdocGq54
MARTA is offering up to $5 off Uber and Lyft rideshare trips Monday-Friday, 4 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. (to address early morning gaps in MARTA service areas).
MARTA has modified its MARTAConnect Early Bird Program in response to a steady increase in morning service levels. Beginning Tuesday, Feb. 6, the program is now limited to the following routes: 21, 75, 82, 85, 103, 132, 140, 141, 185, 188, and 899,
and the rideshare subsidy reduced from $8 to $5.
Route 183 - Niskey
Lake Road Detour (limit two trips per day)
Lyft general link:
https://www.lyft.com/lp/NISKLKRD
Uber general link:
https://t.uber.com/NISKLKRD
Due to safety concerns regarding lane widths on Niskey Lake Rd, Route 183 will be on detour until further notice. Service will not operate north of Campbellton Rd along Niskey Lake Rd and County Line Rd at this time. MARTA bus stops located on Campbellton
Rd near Niskey Lake Rd and Campbellton Rd near County Line Rd are available for service to Barge Rd Park and Ride and Lakewood Station.
Claim your pass with the appropriate voucher links above.
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MARTA continues to actively recruit new talent to join our team of MARTA Heroes so that we can work to restore weekday service levels in the future. MARTA will deploy operators as they are hired and trained so that regular weekday bus service for all routes can resume with a full complement of drivers.
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