Five Points is a tri-level underground multi-platform metro station of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) rail system. It is the transfer point between the Red/Gold and theBlue/Green Line couplets and serves as the main transportation hub for MARTA. It provides access to the Five Points Business District, Underground Atlanta, City Hall, the Richard B. Russell Federal Building, Cobb Community Transit, Gwinnett County Transit, GRTA Xpress Transit, and the tourism heart of Downtown Atlanta. It provides Connecting bus service To: Zoo Atlanta,Grant Park, Atlanta University Center, Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site, Carter Center, Atlanta City Hall, Fulton County Government Center and Turner Field.
Despite being considered subway, only the Red and Gold Lines are underground and utilize 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.
The station is composed of three levels, and an additional plaza level. At the surface is the plaza level, which provides access to the concourse level, Alabama Street, and shopping along a pedestrian only portion of Broad Street. The plaza level also houses the MARTA police precinct. The plaza level connect to the concourse level, which has the faregates and provides access to the rail platforms. Outside the paid area are the MARTA Ride Store, Half Fare Office, and Lost and Found, and a Zip car location. Outside the faregates is a tunnel to Underground Atlanta and stairs to Peachtree Street, Alabama Street, and Forsyth Street. Within the faregates are restrooms, and information kiosk, and stairs to the platforms. Directly underneath the concourse level is the Blue Line and Green Line platform. Running underneath and perpendicular to the Blue/Green platform is the Red Line and Gold Line platform.
Elevators provide disabled access to all levels of the station. This is the busiest station in the MARTA system, handling an average of 57,000 people per business day, and over 27,000 on weekends.
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