The Armour Station concept presents an exciting opportunity for a major new regional transportation center in the city of Atlanta. Located at a strategic site between Midtown and Buckhead, the new station would tie together a number of existing and proposed services, including the MARTA North Line, the Beltline, the "C-Loop" corridor, numerous commuter rail lines, and Amtrak intercity rail.


Following is the text content of the Armour Station fact sheet:

Maximizes Connectivity with the Regional Transit System
• Creates new MARTA station at Armour Drive, 1.8 miles north of Arts Center (N5) and 0.9 miles south of Lindbergh Center (N6)
• Creates seamless transfer between MARTA, commuter rail and Beltline
• Direct rail service potential to Cobb, Gwinnett, Airport and beyond
• Junction of Lawrenceville-Athens Line and Norcross-Gainesville Line

Links Emory/Athens Rail Service to MARTA North Line
• Gateway to Buckhead, Lenox and Perimeter for commuter rail and C-Loop
• Joins Norfolk Southern trunk line with eastern CSX Seaboard Belt

• Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) technology enables C-Loop to share stations and freight corridor track capacity upgrades with commuter rail

Mends a Discontinuity in the Urban Fabric
• Transit Oriented Development fills hole between Midtown and Buckhead
• Bridges a 2.7 mile gap between MARTA Stations in the heart of the city
• Internal street grid improvements and connection to Peachtree Road
• Bicycle and pedestrian ties to Peachtree Hills and Lindbergh
• Possible West Peachtree extension across I-85
• Reinforces revitalization of adjacent Cheshire Bridge Road corridor

Minimizes Travel Time for Through Trips on the Beltline
• Saves up to ten minutes by eliminating stub from CSX to Lindbergh
• Quicker commute from City Hall East area to Piedmont Hospital
• Peachtree Hills to Ansley Mall/Piedmont Park trip time cut in half

Bypassing Lindbergh Preserves Future TAD Capacity
• Focuses Beltline Tax Allocation District (TAD) boundaries on land with highest potential to generate increment
• Avoids reaching the maximum 10% of the municipal tax base allowed in TAD’s by eliminating already developing areas outside the continuous Beltline loop

Optimizes Atlanta’s Connections to the National Rail Network
• A larger, newer station for Amtrak’s New Orleans – New York “Crescent”
• North-South MARTA access for Southeast High Speed Rail (SEHSR) between Greenville/Charlotte/Raleigh and Macon/Jacksonville/Orlando
• Complements SEHSR East-West MARTA access at the Georgia World Congress Center next to the downtown Multimodal Passenger Terminal

Transit Nexus Facilitates Development of a Health Sciences Center
• A one-seat transit ride to various medical and research institutions: Emory/CDC, Piedmont Hospital, “Pill Hill,” Grady/GSU, and Ga. Tech
• Supports Atlanta’s New Century Economic Development Plan priorities – health sciences, biotech/biomedical, and higher education industry clusters