Atlanta, Georgia — Est. 1847

Terminal Station



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This page is about Terminal Station, an Atlanta legend. Designed by architect Philip Thornton Marye and built in 1905, the Renaissance revival station would host as many as 80 trains per day. As Eisenhower's highways tore through postwar downtown, Terminal Station would remain a rally point for multiple Georgia railroads. And though the Metro Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) was not formed until an act of the 1965 Georgia Assembly, it was buses only; it would not offer commuter rail service until…

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The interactive rail atlas charts active MARTA lines alongside abandoned routes, all converging at Terminal Station.

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