The Tucker-North Dekalb Line is a partially built spur of
MARTA's Blue Line.
The Tucker-North Dekalb line was built with the original line from 1975 to 1979.
It was constructed between the stations of
Edgewood/Candler Park and
East Lake but is closer to East Lake Station. The line would have been underground but only 300–400
feet of tunnel were actually built. The original MARTA plans had the Tucker-North Dekalb Line as a
busway, which was ruled out in favor of a more efficient rail line.
Trains would have run along an existing
freight train
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right-of-way.
The line was abandoned partially because MARTA lacked the money to support it. Secondly, when MARTA did more planning, they found there was heavy opposition to the construction of the line, particularly in the
North Druid Hills and
Emory area.
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There are currently no plans to use the
trench
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and
tunnel
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s in the future.
The line was originally to run northeast to the area of North Druid Hills, Emory University, and the town of
Tucker
Tucker may refer to:
Places United States
* Tucker, Arkansas
* Tucker, Georgia
* Tucker, Mississippi
* Tucker, Missouri
* Tucker, Utah, ghost town
* Tucker County, West Virginia
Outer space
* Tucker (crater), a small lunar impact crater in ...
.
In 2001 MARTA wanted to study a line that would have gone south of the Blue Line, and then followed Interstate 20 east. This provision would be where that line would have branched off.
References
Proposed rail infrastructure in the United States
Transportation in Atlanta
Transportation in DeKalb County, Georgia