| Style: | MARTA | ||||||||||
| Style2: | gray | ||||||||||
| Address: | 20 Broad St SW Atlanta, GA 30303 | ||||||||||
| Platform: | 4 side platforms (two per level) 2 island platforms (one per level) | ||||||||||
| Tracks: | 4 (2 per level) | ||||||||||
| Structure: | Underground (Red and Gold Lines) At-grade (Blue and Green Lines) | ||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 33.7538°N -84.3916°W | ||||||||||
| Levels: | 1 for Blue and Green Lines, 1 for Red and Gold Lines, plus a third concourse level for faregates, and additionally a plaza level. | ||||||||||
| Type: | MARTA rapid transit station | ||||||||||
| Parking: | None | ||||||||||
| Bicycle: | None | ||||||||||
| Passengers: | 19,447 (avg. weekday)[1] | ||||||||||
| Pass Year: | 2013 | ||||||||||
| Pass Percent: | -3.43 | ||||||||||
| Opened: | (East-West) (North-South) | ||||||||||
| Architect: | Finch-Heery[2] | ||||||||||
| Accessible: | Yes | ||||||||||
| Mapframe: | yes | ||||||||||
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Five Points is a metro station of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) rail system in Atlanta, Georgia. It is the transfer point for all rail lines and serves as the main transportation hub for MARTA. It provides access to the Five Points Business District, Georgia State University, Underground Atlanta, City Hall, the Richard B. Russell Federal Building, CobbLinc (Formerly known as Cobb Community Transit), Ride Gwinnett (Formerly known as Gwinnett County Transit), GRTA Xpress Transit, Station Soccer, and the tourism heart of Downtown Atlanta. It provides connecting bus service to Zoo Atlanta, Grant Park, Atlanta University Center, East Atlanta Village, Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park, Carter Center, Atlanta City Hall, South Dekalb Mall and Fulton County Government Center.Despite being considered a subway, only the Red and Gold Lines are underground and use a tunnel under Broad Street between Garnett and Peachtree Center. The Blue and Green Lines, on the second level, are located at-grade below the intersecting elevated street viaducts in Downtown Atlanta.
| 1F | Street Level | Forsyth and Alabama Streets, plaza level |
| G | Concourse | Peachtree Street, fare barriers |
| B1 Platform level | ||
| Westbound | ← Green Line toward Bankhead (GWCC/CNN Center) ← Blue Line toward H. E. Holmes (GWCC/CNN Center) | |
| Eastbound | Green Line toward Edgewood / Candler Park (weekends toward King Memorial) (Georgia State) → Blue Line toward Indian Creek (Georgia State) → | |
| B2 Platform level | ||
| Southbound | ← Red Line, Gold Line toward Airport (Garnett) | |
| Northbound | Gold Line toward Doraville (Peachtree Center) → Red Line toward North Springs (Peachtree Center) → | |
Preliminary planning and design of the entire MARTA heavy rail system began in 1967 after Georgia state legislature approval of MARTA's 1966 creation, with early blueprints ready in mid-1968. Design and engineering began in 1973; existing properties were acquired, demolished and underwent site preparation in 1974–1975, and actual construction began in early 1976. The station was constructed using the cut-and-cover method. The Gold Line (then called North-South line) was built beneath Broad Street, and the Blue Line (then called East-West line) was constructed next to the railroad freight lines that run through Downtown Atlanta. Five Points opened on December 22, 1979 with only the original East-West platform open. The initial opening of the station was almost delayed because of construction on the lower level. The North-South platform did not open until December 4, 1981.Major renovations to both the east and west street-level plazas of the station began in April 2006.
In 2016, a section of the station was converted into a small soccer field funded by MARTA and Atlanta United FC, the city's new Major League Soccer team.[4] [5] A tunnel to Underground Atlanta was located on the Peachtree Street side of the station, just outside of the faregates. It closed in 2017, in combination with the closure of Underground Atlanta for renovations, and is now inaccessible from both Five Points and Underground Atlanta.[6] Another tunnel existed that led to Rich's (department store) from 1979 to 1991 when the department store was closed, and eventually demolished in 1994.[7] The tunnel remains and is now an employee entrance to the Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center.
The station is served by the following MARTA bus routes: