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MARTA resumes $230M Five Points Station overhaul: What this means to riders

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Published  April 3, 2025 8:35pm EDT
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FOX 5 Atlanta
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Five Points MARTA Station

The Brief

    • Construction on Five Points Station resumes on May 17, focusing on transforming it into a "vibrant city center" with improved connectivity, safety, and amenities.
    • Major downtown bus route detours will occur, with several MARTA routes rerouted or terminating at different stations to accommodate construction.
    • The project is funded by the More MARTA Atlanta half-penny sales tax, $13.8 million from Georgia, and a $25 million federal RAISE Grant.

ATLANTA - The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority will resume construction on its $230 million transformation of Five Points Station on May 17.

This will trigger major downtown bus route detours.

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What we know:

The long-anticipated overhaul, paused last summer for further planning, begins with the deconstruction and removal of the station’s concrete canopy. The project aims to turn Atlanta’s busiest transit hub into a "vibrant city center" with upgraded connectivity, enhanced safety, and new customer amenities.

What They’re Saying

"During deconstruction, street-level station and elevator access, as well as bus access, will be maintained on Forsyth Street," MARTA said in a statement. "Rail service and transfers are not impacted and will operate as scheduled."

Five Points MARTA Station

MARTA bus route changes

What you can do:

Starting May 17, several MARTA routes will be rerouted or will terminate at different stations to accommodate construction activity:

Routes stopping 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

Routes detoured from Five Points:

  • 26 – Marietta Street/Perry Boulevard
  • 42 – Pryor Road
  • 816 – North Highland Avenue

New Termination Points:

  • Georgia State Station:21, 42, 49, 55, 107, 186
  • King Memorial Station:26, 813, 899 – Old Fourth Ward
  • Civic Center Station:816

Bus routes operated by regional partners CobbLinc, Ride Gwinnett, and Xpress will continue to run on their normal schedules.

Details on rail station entrance closures (Alabama Street, Broad Street Plaza, and Peachtree Street) and office relocations will be shared when finalized.

Dig deeper:

Beyond the canopy demolition, future phases of the Five Points project include construction of a new canopy, improvements to the centralized bus hub, a pedestrian corridor to Broad Street, and the addition of community spaces, public art, and even urban agriculture.

Five Points MARTA Station

The project is funded primarily through the More MARTA Atlanta half-penny sales tax, along with $13.8 million from the state of Georgia and a $25 million federal RAISE Grant. 

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The Source: The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority provided the details for this article. 

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