MARTA is ramping up renovation work at one of its busiest transit hubs with designs that will mimic terminal canopies at the world’s largest airport next door—but not before a growing-pains phase of closures and rerouted riders.
MARTA officials have provided Urbanize Atlanta with renderings that vividly depict what’s in store for the agency’s Airport station. The southernmost stop on MARTA’s Red and Gold lines will lend a first impression for legions of World Cup fans arriving in the city for eight matches scheduled in summer 2026.
According to MARTA, the $55 million canopy installation and other renovations will boost “the safety and appearance of the rail station to best serve travelers and employees” coming to and leaving the airport.
But first comes a six-week closure of the Airport station that’s expected to last between Monday, April 8 and Sunday, May 19, as platform and concourse levels are renovated. The station closure is necessary, according to MARTA, to protect customers and workers, and it will allow renovations to be finished at the station 17 months quicker.
Designs for the MARTA canopy structure that will echo larger airport canopies. Courtesy of MARTA
Revised look of MARTA Airport station interiors in the works now. Courtesy of MARTA
To get around the construction, MARTA is launching a shuttle bus service between College Park Station and the airport’s North Terminal Lower Level.
The shuttle will arrive at the airport downstairs from North Baggage Claim, and it will operate 22 hours a day, or from 4 a.m. to 2 a.m., according to MARTA.
MARTA advises all travelers heading to the airport to allow 30 extra minutes for travel, beginning April 8.
Rehabilitation work began at Airport station in June 2022. The next phase will entail replacing floor tiles on platform and canopy levels and preparing the station for its new canopy structure.
The current state of MARTA Airport station…
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