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{{Use American English|date = September 2019}}
{{Use mdy dates|date = September 2019}}
{{one source|date=September 2015}}
{{Short description|MARTA rail station}}
{{Infobox Station
| name = {{MARTA infobox header|gold-line=North Avenue|gold-station=N3}}
| style = MARTA
| type = [[Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority|MARTA]] [[rapid transit]] station
| image = MARTA - N3 Station.jpg▼
| logo=marta.gif
| logo_sizeimage_caption =
| address = 713 West Peachtree Street NW<br />Atlanta, GAGeorgia 30308▼
▲ | image=MARTA - N3 Station.jpg
| line =
| image_size=300
| other = {{bus icon}} [[MARTA Bus]]: 2, 50, 51, 102, 899 <br> {{bus icon}} [[CobbLinc]] <br> {{bus icon}} [[Ride Gwinnett]] <br> {{bus icon}} [[Georgia Regional Transportation Authority|GRTA]]
| image_caption=
| platform = 2 [[side platform]]s▼
▲ | address=713 West Peachtree Street NW<br />Atlanta, GA 30308
| tracks = 2▼
| line={{rail color box|system=MARTA|line=Red}} {{rail color box|system=MARTA|line=Gold}}
| structure = Underground▼
| other=[[Cobb Community Transit|CCT]], [[Gwinnett County Transit|GCT]], [[Georgia Regional Transportation Authority|GRTA]]
| architect = [[Henri Jova]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://saportareport.com/saying-good-bye-to-henri-jova-atlanta-architect-who-saved-midtown/ |title=Saying good-bye to Henri Jova — Atlanta architect who saved Midtown |date=January 27, 2014 |access-date=June 29, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401063530/http://saportareport.com/saying-good-bye-to-henri-jova-atlanta-architect-who-saved-midtown/ |archive-date=April 1, 2015}}</ref>▼
▲ | platform=2 [[side platform]]s
| coordinates = {{coord|33.771712|-84.386699|type:railwaystation_region:US-GA|display=inline,title}}▼
▲ | tracks=2
| parking = ▼
▲ | structure=Underground
| bicycle = ▼
▲ | architect=[[Henri Jova]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://saportareport.com/saying-good-bye-to-henri-jova-atlanta-architect-who-saved-midtown/ |title=Saying good-bye to Henri Jova — Atlanta architect who saved Midtown |date=January 27, 2014 |access-date=June 29, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401063530/http://saportareport.com/saying-good-bye-to-henri-jova-atlanta-architect-who-saved-midtown/ |archive-date=April 1, 2015}}</ref>
| passengers = 5,045 (avg. weekday)<ref>{{cite web|title=2014 Transportation Fact Book|url=http://documents.atlantaregional.com/transportation/TFB_2014_v17.pdf|publisher=Atlanta Regional Commission|accessdate=9 January 2016}}</ref>
▲ | coordinates={{coord|33.771712|-84.386699|type:railwaystation_region:US-GA|display=inline,title}}
| pass_year = 2013
▲ | parking=
| pass_percent = 0▼
▲ | bicycle=
| opened = {{start date and age|1981|12|04|mf=y}}
| passengers=
| pass_yearrebuilt =
| accessible = Yes
▲ | pass_percent=
| code = N3▼
| opened=December 4, 1981
| rebuiltowned =
| zone = ▼
| ADA=Yes
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=MARTA
▲ | code=N3
| line1=Red|left1=Civic Center|right1=Midtown
| owned=
| line2=Gold|left2=Civic Center|right2=Midtown}}
▲ | zone=
| mapframe = yes
| smartcardname = [[Breeze Card]]
| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail-metro |marker-color=#000 |zoom=15 }}
| smartcardstatus = Yes
| services={{s-rail|title=MARTA}}
{{s-line|system=MARTA|line=Red|previous=Civic Center|next=Midtown|rows1=2}}
{{s-line|system=MARTA|line=Gold|previous=Civic Center|next=Midtown|hide1=yes}}
}}
'''North Avenue''' is an underground train station in southern [[Atlanta,Midtown GeorgiaAtlanta]], 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]], it is located on the southern end of [[Midtown Atlanta]]. 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]], [[FerstPiedmont Center for the ArtsPark]], and [[GeorgiaFerst Tech]]Center andfor [[Thethe VarsityArts]].
 
==Station layout==
Line 42 ⟶ 43:
|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'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2 align=center|{{small|[[Side platform]], doors will open on the right}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|'''Southbound'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=400|← [[GoldRed Line (MARTA)|<span style="backgroundcolor:#{{rcr|MARTA color|GoldRed}};color:black">'''GoldRed Line'''</span>]] toward, [[Airport (MARTA station)|Airport]] <small>([[Civic Center (MARTA station)|Civic Center]])</small><br>← [[RedGold Line (MARTA)|<span style="backgroundcolor:#{{rcr|MARTA color|RedGold}};color:white">'''RedGold Line'''</span>]] toward [[Airport station (MARTA)|Airport]] <small>([[Civic Center station (MARTA)|Civic Center]])</small>
|-
|'''Northbound'''
|<span style="color:white">{{0|→</span>}} [[Gold Line (MARTA)|<span style="backgroundcolor:#{{rcr|MARTA color|Gold}};color:black">'''Gold Line'''</span>]] toward [[Doraville (MARTA station)|Doraville]] <small>([[Midtown station (MARTA station)|Midtown]])</small> →<br><span style="color:white">{{0|→</span>}} [[Red Line (MARTA)|<span style="backgroundcolor:#{{rcr|MARTA color|Red}};color:white">'''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 align=center|{{small|[[Side platform]], doors will open on the right}}
|}
 
==Bus routes==
The station is served by the following [[List of MARTA bus routes|MARTA bus routes]]:
* Route 12 - CoronetPonce WayDe Leon Avenue / NorthDruid AvenueHills
* Route 250 - PonceDonald deLee LeonHollowell Avenue / Moreland AvenueParkway
* Route 2651 - PerryJoseph BoulevardE. /Boone North AvenueBoulevard
* Route 99102 - BoulevardNorth Avenue / MonroeLittle Five DrivePoints
* Route 102899 - PonceOld deFourth Leon Avenue / Candler ParkWard
 
==Connection to other transit systems==
* [[Cobb Community TransitCobbLinc]]
* [[Ride Gwinnett County Transit]]
* [[Georgia Regional Transportation Authority]]
 
Line 72 ⟶ 77:
 
==External links==
{{Commons category|North Avenue (MARTA station)}}
 
* [http://www.itsmarta.com/ns-nor-overview.aspx MARTA Station Page]
* [http://world.nycsubway.org/us/atlanta/ nycsubway.org Atlanta page]
* [httphttps://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=33.772307,-84.386866&spn=0.004477,0.013722&z=17&layer=c&cbll=33.772308,-84.386983&panoid=7cVxzC4tSDY-m80bKt1ABQ&cbp=12,180.46,,0,-1.61 Ponce de Leon Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View]
* [httphttps://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=33.771291,-84.387424&spn=0.004477,0.013722&z=17&layer=c&cbll=33.771379,-84.387422&panoid=VZRYApaq1Xkl-l8X88ywDw&cbp=12,65.1,,0,2.54 North Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View]
 
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[[Category:Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority stations]]
[[Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1981]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Atlanta, Georgia]]
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