Commuter Line Would Pass Through Clayton County
Published Nov 03, 2008
If the Georgia Rail Passenger Program’s plans come to fruition, look for Clayton County to become a major anchor on the GRPP’s Atlanta-Macon line.
The Georgia Department of Transportation and Georgia Rail Passenger Authority are working on a series of commuter lines that would tie Atlanta into the surrounding counties and metro areas.
As planned, the commuter lines would use existing railway that can handle additional passenger traffic, and the routes would be spun out in several phases. Georgia has a network of more than 5,000 miles of rail lines, offering capacity to handle added passenger traffic.
The first planned leg of the commuter rail would connect Atlanta to Athens in the east, and Macon in the south. The Atlanta-Macon line is of particular interest to Clayton County economic development officials, as plans call for as many as five stops in the county.
The planned project would include construction of a multimodal transportation terminal in downtown Atlanta, which would serve as one of the hubs for the various lines in the rail network.
Story by Joe Morris
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