Atlanta, Georgia — Est. 1847
— National Geographic
National Geographic highlights Atlanta's 22-mile BeltLine as the best way to see the city, connecting 45 neighborhoods via a network of trails and parks built on former railroad corridors.
Atlanta, Georgia — April 8, 2026
We are pleased to announce the grand reopening of the website – codename Operation Phoenix – in a classic, newspaper format. It looks and works great on tablets! While the…
— Norfolk Southern Newsroom
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announce an $85 billion merger to create the first transcontinental railroad. Norfolk Southern is one of three Class I railroads serving Atlanta.
— Sakshi Nanda
An urban design study tracing Atlanta's form back to the Terminus — the triangular railroad intersection that determined the city's layout, from the 1839 Zero-Mile Post to the present-day void.
Atlanta, Georgia — November 28, 2021
Atlanta, Georgia — November 14, 2021
Terminal Station Alpha This is two weeks of using Shapr3D Download file Not an architect. All images and models are for demonstration purposes only
— Jeff Morrison
Where other cities leveraged rivers to revitalize historic districts, Atlanta has the Gulch — a dry riverbed of railroad tracks and asphalt, fundamental to the city's creation, yet one of its most challenging gaps.
— Darin Givens
The State of Georgia releases a bid invitation for 9.5 acres of the Gulch — public land since the founding of Atlanta — with no protections for the planned Multimodal Passenger Terminal.
— David Emory
A CIM Group proposal would fill the Gulch with 9,000 parking spaces, effectively blocking any future passenger rail expansion at the historic junction where three railroads founded the city.