5-399: The Tucker-North Dekalb Line is a partially built spur of MARTA's Blue Line . The Tucker-North Dekalb line was built with the original line from 1975 to 1979. It was constructed between the stations of Edgewood/Candler Park and East Lake but is closer to East Lake Station. The line would have been underground but only 300–400 feet of tunnel were actually built. The original MARTA plans had
10-754: The MARTA rail system . It operates between Hamilton E. Holmes and Indian Creek stations, running through Atlanta , Decatur and portions of unincorporated DeKalb County . What is now called the Blue Line contains some of the first sections of the MARTA rail to open. On February 19, 1975, construction on what was then known as the East Line began. On June 30, 1979, service on the East Line began operating between Avondale and Georgia State . On December 22
15-420: The trench and tunnels in the future. The line was originally to run northeast to the area of North Druid Hills, Emory University, and the town of Tucker . In 2001 MARTA wanted to study a line that would have gone south of the Blue Line, and then followed Interstate 20 east. This provision would be where that line would have branched off. Blue Line (MARTA) The Blue Line is a rapid transit line in
20-605: The Tucker-North Dekalb Line as a busway , which was ruled out in favor of a more efficient rail line. Trains would have run along an existing freight train right-of-way. The line was abandoned partially because MARTA lacked the money to support it. Secondly, when MARTA did more planning, they found there was heavy opposition to the construction of the line, particularly in the North Druid Hills and Emory area. There are currently no plans to use
25-695: The same year, the West Line was opened, between Five Points station and what was then known as Hightower station (now Hamilton E. Holmes station ). The combined Hightower-Avondale route became known as the East-West Line . On December 29, 1992, a branch (then known as the Proctor Creek Line ) of the East-West Line to Bankhead station opened. The following year, on June 26, 1993, Kensington and Indian Creek stations on
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