![]() ![]() M 8 50 Collier Heights 57 New Bus 11/27/26 51 Boone Blvd. MARTA Route ATS/MTS Trolley MotorNumber Name Route Number Bus Bus 1 Marietta Blvd./Coronet Way 1C 1/23/49 9/27/63 2 Ponce de Leon 2 12/29/46 9/ 9/63 3 Auburn Ave./M.L.King Jr. Many Georgia Power and ATS route numbers had letter suffixes designating branches. MTS route numbers were preceded with the letter M. Where dates are unavailable, those routes were originally created as motor bus routes. Where a date is preceded with "New Bus", that route was originally created as a motor bus route. That route was introduced 1/24/55 with motor buses, but used trolleybuses from 11/ 1/56 to 9/27/63. All trolleybus routes were former streetcar routes, except for Route 26 Perry Homes (now Perry Blvd.). Dashed lines indicate routes converted directly from streetcars to motor buses. ![]() Nearly all streetcar routes were converted to trolleybuses, before finally being converted to motor buses. Those companies existed until 1972, when they were acquired by MARTA. And in 1951, Atlanta Transit System acquired Suburban Coach Co., forming a wholly owned subsidiary known as Metropolitan Transit System (MTS). sold the transit operation to Atlanta Transit System (ATS). In 1937, the Transco operation was taken over by Suburban Coach Co., also with the same ties. was formed, with ties to Inter-City Coach Lines, and was able to obtain the needed authority. But that bus company had problems in obtaining the needed regulatory authority to operate, and soon shut down. Including to Stone Mountain, competing with a Georgia Power interurban railway line. In 1929, Inter-City Coach Lines was formed, to operate buses between Atlanta and the suburbs. In 1911 that company changed its name to Georgia Railway & Power Co., and in 1926 was renamed Georgia Power Co. merged into Georgia Railway & Electric Co. But in 1901, streetcar unification was achieved again, when the Atlanta Railway & Power Co. And several more street railway companies were formed, all to be acquired by either of the two companies. Meanwhile, a new competing company had been formed, the Atlanta Rapid Transit Co. was succeeded by the Atlanta Railway & Power Co. In 1899, the Atlanta Consolidated Street Railway Co. Between 18, electric operation was adopted for all streetcar lines. Eventually there were six operating street railway companies, which in 1891 merged into the Atlanta Consolidated Street Railway Co. And in 2015, MARTA introduced its first new routes in Clayton County. In 2014, voters in Clayton County approved becoming part of MARTA. Clayton County, from 2001 to 2010, had an independent system Clayton County Transit. MARTA was originally formed to serve Fulton County and De Kalb County. And since its formation MARTA added many new bus routes, which are not listed. Other routes were restructured going into the 21st Century, and are identified using the more recent numbers and names. Some routes were eventually discontinued by MARTA. This page lists MARTA routes which can trace their histories back to the privately owned transit companies. In 1972, the publicly owned Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) acquired the privately owned Atlanta Transit System, and its subsidiary Metropolitan Transit System. ATLANTA TRANSIT ROUTES ATLANTA TRANSIT ROUTES CONCISE HISTORY ![]()
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