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| address = 713 West Peachtree Street NW<br />Atlanta, Georgia 30308
| line =
| other = {{bus icon}} [[MARTA Bus]]: 2, 50, 51, 102, 899 <br> {{bus icon}} [[CobbLinc]], <br> {{bus icon}} [[GwinnettRide County Transit|GCTGwinnett]], <br> {{bus icon}} [[Georgia Regional Transportation Authority|GRTA]]
| platform = 2 [[side platform]]s
| tracks = 2
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| opened = {{start date and age|1981|12|04|mf=y}}
| rebuilt =
| ADAaccessible = Yes
| code = N3
| owned =
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| line1=Red|left1=Civic Center|right1=Midtown
| line2=Gold|left2=Civic Center|right2=Midtown}}
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail-metro |marker-color=#000 |zoom=15 }}
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'''North Avenue''' is an underground train station in southern [[Midtown Atlanta]], GA, serving the [[Red Line (MARTA)|Red]] and [[Gold Line (MARTA)|Gold]] lines of the [[Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority]] (MARTA) rail system. NamedThe station is named after the nearby [[North Avenue (Atlanta)|North Avenue]]. The walls are made of white tile and painted with a mural of green hills, a blue sky, and clouds. The murals were designed by Gordon Anderson while he was a Professor of Art at Georgia State University. It is among the busiest stations in the system with an average of 15,000 boardings per weekday. The station has a direct entrance to the [[AT&TTower MidtownSquare (Atlanta)|Tower CenterSquare]] and is actually located in the skyscraper's basement.
 
It provides access to the [[Baltimore Block]], [[Bank of America Plaza (Atlanta)|Bank of America Plaza]], Center for the Visually Impaired, [[Bobby Dodd Stadium]], [[Emory University Hospital Midtown]], [[Georgia Institute of Technology]], [[Shakespeare Tavern]], [[The Varsity (restaurant)|The Varsity]], [[Rufus M. Rose House]], The [[Fox Theatre (Atlanta)|Fox Theatre]], and the [[Georgian Terrace Hotel]]. It also provides connecting bus service to The [[Carter Center]], the communities of [[Edgewood (Atlanta)|Edgewood]] and [[Inman Park]], [[Fulton County, Georgia|Fulton County]] Sheriffs Headquarters and Jail, [[Coca-Cola headquarters]], Bauder College, [[Fernbank Museum of Natural History]], [[Piedmont Park]] and [[Ferst Center for the Arts]].
 
==Station layout==
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|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=100 valign=top|Street Level
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=400 valign=top|Entrance/Exit, station house
|-
|'''M'''
|Mezzanine
|Fare barriers, entrance to [[Tower Square (Atlanta)|Tower Square]] and 3rd Street
|-
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 rowspan=4 valign=top|'''P<br>Platform level'''
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|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|'''Southbound'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=400|← [[Red Line (MARTA)|<span style="color:#{{rcr|MARTA|Red}};">'''Red Line'''</span>]], [[Gold Line (MARTA)|<span style="color:#{{rcr|MARTA|Gold}};">'''Gold Line'''</span>]] toward [[Airport station (MARTA station)|Airport]] <small>([[Civic Center station (MARTA station)|Civic Center]])</small>
|-
|'''Northbound'''
|{{0|→}} [[Gold Line (MARTA)|<span style="color:#{{rcr|MARTA|Gold}};">'''Gold Line'''</span>]] toward [[Doraville (MARTA station)|Doraville]] <small>([[Midtown station (MARTA station)|Midtown]])</small> →<br>{{0|→}} [[Red Line (MARTA)|<span style="color:#{{rcr|MARTA|Red}};">'''Red Line'''</span>]] toward [[North Springs (MARTA station)|North Springs]] <small>(Midtown)</small> →
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-top:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|{{small|[[Side platform]], doors will open on the right}}
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==Connection to other transit systems==
* [[Cobb Community TransitCobbLinc]]
* [[Ride Gwinnett County Transit]]
* [[Georgia Regional Transportation Authority]]
 
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[[Category:Gold Line (MARTA)]]
[[Category:Red Line (MARTA)]]
[[Category:Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority stations]]
[[Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1981]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Atlanta]]
[[Category:1981 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)]]
[[Category:Railway stations located underground in Georgia (U.S. state)]]
 
 
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