Civic Center station (MARTA)

Civic Center station is an elevated subway station in Atlanta, Georgia, serving the Red and Gold lines of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) rail system. It is located in Atlanta's SoNo district. Civic Center station opened in 1981 and is the only station on the MARTA network that partially elevated and sunken.

Civic Center station is located in SoNo, a sub-district of Downtown, with convenient access to the southern end of Midtown Atlanta. The station is named after the now-closed Atlanta Civic Center three blocks east at Piedmont Avenue NE, Centennial Hill, Emory University Hospital Midtown, Peachtree Summit and SunTrust Plaza skyscrapers to the south. Nearby tourist attractions are Centennial Olympic Park, National Center for Civil and Human Rights, The World of Coca-Cola, and The Georgia Aquarium.

Civic Center has a unique layout compared to other stations of the MARTA system. Although the rest of the line in Downtown and Midtown is underground, the station is actually elevated, except for the extreme ends of the platforms, where the line once more becomes underground. This is because it lies perpendicular to and above the trench for the Downtown Connector (I-75/85). This station is among a very small number of subway stations in the world that are simultaneously above a highway and below street level, similar to the 174th–175th Streets station in The Bronx.

Civic Center station is served by the following MARTA bus routes:

• Route 816 - North Highland Avenue

The station is also served by CobbLinc, Ride Gwinnett, and Xpress commuter buses. Intercity bus service is available through FlixBus and Red Coach. Megabus intercity buses previously stopped at Civic Center until it ended Atlanta operations in 2024.

• World of Coca-Cola
• National Center for Civil and Human Rights
• Georgia Aquarium
• Pemberton Place
• Centennial Olympic Park

• MARTA station page
• nycsubway.org Atlanta page
• Peachtree Street entrance from Google Map Street View