Civic Center station (MARTA)

For other stations named Civic Center, see Civic Center station.

N2 Civic Center
Southbound platform
General information
Location	435 West Peachtree Street NW Atlanta, GA 30308
Coordinates	33°45′59″N84°23′14″W / 33.766305°N 84.387209°W / 33.766305; -84.387209
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	MARTA Bus: 816 CobbLinc Ride Gwinnett GRTA
Construction
Structure type	Elevated, Underground
Parking	None
Bicycle facilities	None
Accessible	Yes
Architect	M. Garland Reynolds and Partners, Architects; Welton Becket Associate Architects [1]
Other information
Station code	N2
History
Opened	December 4, 1981;43 years ago (1981-12-04)
Passengers
2013	2,692 (avg. weekday) [2]   0%
Services
Preceding station MARTA Following station Peachtree Center toward Airport Red Line North Avenue toward North Springs Gold Line North Avenue toward Doraville
Location

Civic Center station is an elevated subway station in Atlanta, Georgia, serving the Red and Gold lines of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) rail system. It is located in Atlanta's SoNo district. Civic Center station opened in 1981 and is the only station on the MARTA network that partially elevated and sunken.

Location

Image from I-75/85, showing its elevation above the highway

Civic Center station is located in SoNo, a sub-district of Downtown, with convenient access to the southern end of Midtown Atlanta. The station is named after the now-closed Atlanta Civic Center three blocks east at Piedmont Avenue NE, Centennial Hill, Emory University Hospital Midtown, Peachtree Summit and SunTrust Plaza skyscrapers to the south. Nearby tourist attractions are Centennial Olympic Park, National Center for Civil and Human Rights, The World of Coca-Cola, and The Georgia Aquarium.

Station layout

S	Street Level	Entrance/Exit
2F Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound	← Red Line, Gold Line toward Airport (Peachtree Center)
	Northbound	→ Gold Line toward Doraville (North Avenue) → → Red Line toward North Springs (North Avenue) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
1F	Underpass Level	Underpass between platforms
G	Freeway Level	Downtown Connector

Civic Center has a unique layout compared to other stations of the MARTA system. Although the rest of the line in Downtown and Midtown is underground, the station is actually elevated, except for the extreme ends of the platforms, where the line once more becomes underground. This is because it lies perpendicular to and above the trench for the Downtown Connector (I-75/85). This station is among a very small number of subway stations in the world that are simultaneously above a highway and below street level, similar to the 174th–175th Streets station in The Bronx.

Bus service

Civic Center station is served by the following MARTA bus routes:

• Route 816 - North Highland Avenue

The station is also served by CobbLinc, Ride Gwinnett, and Xpress commuter buses. Intercity bus service is available through FlixBus and Red Coach. Megabus intercity buses previously stopped at Civic Center until it ended Atlanta operations in 2024.

Nearby Attractions

• World of Coca-Cola
• National Center for Civil and Human Rights
• Georgia Aquarium
• Pemberton Place
• Centennial Olympic Park

References

1. Gournay, Isabelle. AIA guide to the architecture of Atlanta. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press. p. 61. ISBN   978-0820314501.
2. "2014 Transportation Fact Book" (PDF). Atlanta Regional Commission. Retrieved January 9, 2016.

External links

• MARTA station page
• nycsubway.org Atlanta page
• Peachtree Street entrance from Google Map Street View