A trip on MARTA from Kensington to Five Points

This is a video I took of the East-West line of MARTA, Atlanta's metro system. The first half-second, which I couldn't chop off with this computer, is of a campground south of Hot Springs, NC, with my dad's voice in it.

The train I took was one of the older ones (1979-83) which have since been rehabilitated beyond recognition. Notice the absence of a door chime; it's supposed to sound as a loud "PONG!" but doesn't work. Also, the doors creak a bit when they close. At the time of this recording, the trains on this line were typically older than those on the North-South line.

Right before King Memorial station I snagged a shaky shot of downtown Atlanta; the stretch of this line right before and after King Memorial gives a truly postcard-perfect view of the skyline, and on clear days, which this wasn't, you can see all the way to Buckhead and even Sandy Springs sometimes.

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[Roxie21]

You see the best graffiti on this line

[Brillemeister]

@Roxie21 There wasn't half as much of it when I took this video, though. Actually, a lot's changed in four years. New apartments have gone up, a few buildings have actually collapsed or been torn down, and obviously the Westin went through a few changes. . .

[DirtyFangs]

whew im not in it! :D

Spend a lot of time @ GWCC/Phillips- (blah blah blah) station??? 'Tourists're always tryina get there. ppl lost in the station are fun n easy to help^^

[Brillemeister]

Some trivia: at last enumeration, the station had the longest name of any subway station in the world...

[KillYoFam97]

Kensington To 5 Points Is The Longest Trip Ever

[Brillemeister]

Unless, of course, you get on at Indian Creek instead. :D

[isaac9414]

I like the paris metro and RER.

[2204Alpha]

@Amazetbm Go to Dallas/Fort Worth and ride DART. MUCH cleaner and nicer (and faster) than MARTA or Metro. Covers a far greater population, has less crime on the system than DC or ATL, and actually turns a profit unlike Marta which is a massive loss.

[DMVfightclub]

DC metro:

106.3 miles

85 stations,

5 lines

MARTA:

47.6 miles

38 stations

4 lines

Now you tell me, which one is better?

[Amazetbm]

@leonardwilson85 Yeah, Metro is cleaner. But I was talking about in terms of efficiency and rail coverage. NYC is the only one that seems to come close and it still has its issues. After riding the S-bahn and U-bahn in Berlin, coming back and riding MARTA is like trying to put on shoes that you wore in middle school.

[leonardwilson85]

@Raiden100 The DC Metro has declined in quality over the years but it is still infinitely better than the joke known as the NYC subway (and I'm a New Yorker).

[leonardwilson85]

@Amazetbm The NYC subway, yes. The DC Metro, no. The DC Metro is the cleanest and most modern system there is. 

[Amazetbm]

@Raiden100 The mass transit in Europe makes all of your systems seem laughable.

[DirtyFangs]

XD sure does! People mostly don't know to go to that one or to Peachtree station. It's genreally one around there for all the stuff they wanna see. :3