Operation
The MARTA rail system operates between approximately 5 a.m. and 1:30 a.m. Monday through Friday, and 6 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Headways per line consist of 15 minutes weekdays during rush hour and midday, and 20 minutes nightly and weekends. In the case of two routes operating on the same tracks, headways increase to 7.5 minutes during rush hour and midday and 10 minutes on the weekends during the day. All rail lines operate 20 minutes nightly mainly in part due to the Red Line only running from North Springs to Lindbergh Center stations only at those times; likewise with the Green Line from Bankhead to Vine City.
Before budget cuts in 2005 affected the rail system, MARTA originally operated trains every eight minutes during the day on weekdays on each route, with the North-South Line operating on a combined four-minute headway between Lindbergh Center and Airport stations on the trunk. On Saturdays, it was every ten minutes (five minutes combined on the North-South Line trunk), and on Sundays it was every 15 minutes (7.5 minutes on the North-South Line trunk). At night, trains operated every 15 minutes.
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