Draft:Blue Line (MARTA)

The Blue Line is a rapid transit line in the MARTA rail system. It operates between Hamilton E. Holmes and Indian Creek stations, running through Atlanta, Decatur and portions of unincorporated DeKalb County.

History
What is now called the Blue Line contains some of the first sections of the MARTA rail to open. On February 19, 1975, construction on what was then known as the East Line began. On June 30, 1979, service on the East Line began operating between and. On December 22 the same year, the West Line was opened, between Five Points station and what was then known as Hightower station (now Hamilton E. Holmes station). The combined Hightower-Avondale route became known as the East-West Line.

On December 29 1992, a branch (then known as the Proctor Creek Line ) of the East-West Line to Bankhead station opened. The following year, on June 26, 1993, and  stations on the East Line opened. This was the first time MARTA rail extended beyond Interstate 285.

In 2009, MARTA introduced a color-coded system of naming for its rail lines. As a result, the former East-West Line became the Blue Line.

Stations
listed from west to east
 * Note: The North-South (now Red/Gold Line) platform opened in 1981.