1979: A Pioneering Rapid Rail System in the Atlanta Metropolitan Area is Opened with Plenty of Pomp and Enthusiasm
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1979: A Pioneering Rapid Rail System in the Atlanta Metropolitan Area is Opened with Plenty of Pomp and Enthusiasm
June 30, 1979 The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), which had been established in 1971 as a bus network only, opened the first part of its rapid rail system. This new transit service — built on a section known at the time as the East Line — made Atlanta the first city in the... Continue Reading →
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