North Avenue is an underground station with two side platforms, named after the nearby North Avenue. The walls are made of white tile and painted with a mural of green hills, a blue sky, and clouds. It is the seventh busiest station in the system with an average of 15,000 boardings per weekday. The station has a direct entrance to the AT&T Midtown Center and is actually located in the skyscraper's basement.
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MARTA rapid transit station | |||||||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||||||
Location | 713 West Peachtree St NW Atlanta, GA 30308 | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 33°46′18″N 84°23′12″W / 33.771712°N 84.386699°W | ||||||||||||||
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Platforms | Side platforms | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Connections | CCT, GCT, GRTA | ||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||
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Station code | N3 | ||||||||||||||
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Opened | December 4, 1981 | ||||||||||||||
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Attractions
- Atlanta Civic Center
- Baltimore Block
- Bank of America Plaza, Georgia's tallest building, and the tallest building in the U.S. outside of New York and Chicago
- Bobby Dodd Stadium
- Edward C. Peters House, now part of Savannah College of Art and Design
- Emory University Hospital Midtown (formerly Crawford Long Hospital)
- Fernbank Science Center
- Fox Theatre
- Georgia Tech and North Avenue Apartments at Georgia Tech
- Georgian Terrace Hotel, site of the 1939 Gone With the Wind Gala
- Rufus M. Rose House
- Shakespeare Tavern
- The Varsity
Bus routes
- Route 2 - Ponce de Leon Avenue / Moreland Avenue
- Route 26 - Perry Boulevard / North Avenue
Connection to other transit systems
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33°46′18″N 84°23′12″W / 33.771712°N 84.386699°W