ATLAirport Guide

Atlanta Airport to Georgia Tech by MARTA: North Avenue or Midtown Station

Georgia Tech is a direct MARTA ride on the Red or Gold line for $2.50. Discover Atlanta lists the campus at North Avenue and Midtown. Which to pick.

The Kessler Campanile, a tall steel spike tower, rising from its round fountain pool on the Georgia Tech campus green in Atlanta, seen from low beside the pool rim.
The Kessler Campanile and its fountain pool, Georgia Tech

The train to Georgia Tech starts inside the Domestic Terminal. Discover Atlanta, the city’s visitor bureau, lists the campus under two MARTA stations, North Avenue and Midtown. Both are on the Red and Gold lines. The fare is $2.50 and you don’t change trains.

Choose North Avenue or Midtown by where you’re headed

Station MARTA’s average travel time to Airport Discover Atlanta lists nearby Hotels it lists there
North Avenue 19 minutes Georgia Tech, Fox Theatre, The Collective Food Hall @ CODA Georgian Terrace, Crowne Plaza Atlanta Midtown, Hotel Indigo Atlanta Midtown, Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center
Midtown 20 minutes Georgia Tech, Margaret Mitchell House, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Loews Atlanta Hotel, Residence Inn Atlanta Midtown/Georgia Tech, Moxy Atlanta Midtown, AC Hotel Atlanta Midtown, Hilton Garden Inn Atlanta Midtown, Epicurean Atlanta

MARTA’s line pages and its station list don’t name the campus, and Discover Atlanta doesn’t say which stop is closer to a given building. Use the address of your hotel, lab or event, and check the hotel column if your hotel is on the list. The stations are back to back on both lines, with North Avenue first, so a wrong guess costs you one stop.

Ride north from Airport Station without changing

MARTA’s Airport Station is inside the Domestic Terminal, between the North and South baggage claims. Red and Gold trains both leave from it heading north. Both lines call at Five Points, Peachtree Center and Civic Center before North Avenue.

Children 46 inches and under ride free, up to two per paying adult. Riders over 65, on Medicare or with disabilities pay $1 with a reduced-fare Breeze card. You can pay with a Breeze card or ticket, or tap a bank card at the faregate.

Check the last train if you land late

Both lines serve both stations, so a late arrival rides the Gold once the Red has stopped for the night. The last trains leave Airport Station at these times.

Day Last Red departure Last Gold departure
Weekdays 8:50 p.m. 1:20 a.m.
Saturday and Sunday 1:10 a.m. 1:20 a.m.

The first trains and the wait between trains by time of day are in the MARTA guide.

If you land internationally, or want a car

MARTA’s station is in the Domestic Terminal, so international arrivals cross first. MARTA’s airport page says the free shuttle from the International Terminal’s arrivals level runs 24/7, with 15 minutes travel time between the International Terminal and the Domestic Terminal.

ATL’s taxi page posts flat fares for downtown, Buckhead and Midtown, and it posts no Georgia Tech price. Ask the driver for the fare before you get in. The taxi guide shows where the taxi line forms, and the Uber and Lyft pickup guide walks you from baggage claim to the pickup lot.

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