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MARTA to Modify Weekend Rail Service for Track Work

Customers are advised to allow extra time for their trip.

In order to accommodate scheduled track work, MARTA will modify rail service Saturday,Β Jan. 5 and Sunday, Jan. 6. Β Customers traveling this weekend are advised to please allow extra time for their trip.

We apologize for any inconvenience and thank our customers for their patience as we conduct this work to keep our system operating at its highest level.Β 

β€” Red Line trains will only operate between North Springs and Lindbergh; therefore, service between Lindbergh and Airport Stations will be running at a reduced frequency – every 20 minutes.

β€” Customers traveling from North Springs will need to transfer to a Gold Line train at Lindbergh Station in order to continue southbound. Β Customers traveling northbound from the Airport will needΒ board a Gold Line train andΒ transfer to a Red Line train at Lindbergh Station to continue to North Springs Station.

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β€” AtΒ LindberghΒ Station, all trains will board on the southbound platform.

β€” On Saturday and Sunday, there will be no daytime single tracking on the Blue and Green Lines.

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For additional information, please contact MARTA CustomerΒ InformationΒ at 404.848.5000 (Open weekends from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.) or visit www.itsmarta.com. Customers can also sign-up to receive service alerts on their email, phone or PDA by visiting http://notify.itsmarta.com/.

β€” Cara Hodgson, MARTA

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