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Yahoo
06-06-2025
- Yahoo
MARTA Five Points Station construction: Entrances, offices, restrooms to close
Riders will start to feel the impacts from the MARTA Five Points Station renovation project on Friday. MARTA says several offices, three of the station's entrances and all restrooms will close by the end of the day. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] The following offices will close at 5 p.m. and be relocated to another station: lost and found, reduced fare, RideStore, MARTA Police Precinct and MARTA HOPE. The restrooms and the entrances at Alabama Street, Broad Street Plaza and Peachtree Street will also close at the end of service. The Forsyth Street entrance will remain open. In addition to the restrooms, MARTA customers won't have access to the MARTA market, StationSoccer and tunnel to the Atlanta federal building. MARTA says rail service and transfers will not be impacted by Friday's changes. While the precinct will move to the Ashby Station, MARTA police will continue to patrol the Five Points Station. RELATED STORIES: Major renovation of MARTA Five Points Station is underway Some MARTA riders express confusion as detours start for Five Points transformation project [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Major renovation of MARTA Five Points Station is underway
A $230 million project that will change how one of MARTA's busiest stations looks and operates began on Saturday. The Five Points Station connects riders to all four rail lines. In order to make room for construction equipment, bus riders will load and unload on Forsyth Street instead of Alabama Street. The work also includes upgrades for people who walk around the station. MARTA says there will be no changes to train service. In addition to the bus detours, MARTA said certain customer services will be impacted beginning June 6. Those services include the RideStore, Lost and Found and Reduced Fare office. Those offices at Five Points Station will be temporarily moved, along with MARTA HOPE and the MARTA Police Precinct. New locations for them during the closure have not been released yet. The following routes will stop at Five Points on Forsyth Street: 3 – Martin Luther King Jr. Drive/Auburn Avenue 40 – Peachtree Street/Downtown 813 – Atlanta University Center 21 – Memorial Drive 49 – McDonough Boulevard 55 – Jonesboro Road 107 – Glenwood 186 – Rainbow Road Drive/South DeKalb Three bus routes will be detoured to maintain service to Downtown and no longer stop at Five Points: 26 – Marietta Street/Perry Boulevard 42 – Pryor Road 816 – North Highland Avenue The following routes will terminate at Georgia State Station: 21 – Memorial Drive 42 – Pryor Road 49 – McDonough Boulevard 55 – Jonesboro Road 107 – Glenwood 186 – Rainbow Road Drive/South DeKalb The following routes will terminate at King Memorial Station: 26 – Marietta Street/Perry Boulevard 813 – Atlanta University Center 899 – Old Fourth Ward The following route will terminate at Civic Center Station: 816 – North Highland Avenue MARTA said regional transit partner buses, like CobbLinc, Ride Gwinnett and Xpress will still run on time. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] TRENDING STORIES: Johns Creek teen cashes over $545K in fake checks to pay lawyer in separate fraud case, police say 4 identified in apparent murder-suicide in southeast GA 3 men dead, others injured after shooting at GA bar [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
