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Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
The
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
or
MARTA
is the principal
rapid-transit
system in the
Atlanta metropolitan area
. It is
the eighth-largest rapid transit system in the United States by ridership
. Formed in 1971 as strictly a bus system, MARTA operates a network of
bus routes
linked to a rapid transit system consisting of of
rail track
with 38
train station
s. MARTA operates almost exclusively in
Fulton
,
Clayton
and
DeKalb
counties, with bus service to two destinations in
Cobb County
(
Six Flags Over Georgia
and the
Cumberland
Transfer Center next to the
Cumberland Mall
) and a single rail station in Clayton County at
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
. MARTA also operates a separate
paratransit
service for disabled customers. , the average total daily ridership for the system (bus and rail) was 438,900 passengers.
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