MARTA plans shuttles, extra trains for Beyoncé concerts this weekend

The superstar has three shows over three days at Mercedes Benz Stadium
Fans of Taylor Swift use their breeze cards to get out of the gates of the GWCC MARTA station as they move toward Mercedes-Benz Stadium before the Taylor Swift concert, Friday, April 28, 2023, in Atlanta. Taylor Swift and Janet Jackson will perform next door to one another Friday night, Jackson at State Farm Arena and Swift at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)

Credit: Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com

Credit: Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com

Fans of Taylor Swift use their breeze cards to get out of the gates of the GWCC MARTA station as they move toward Mercedes-Benz Stadium before the Taylor Swift concert, Friday, April 28, 2023, in Atlanta. Taylor Swift and Janet Jackson will perform next door to one another Friday night, Jackson at State Farm Arena and Swift at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)

When Beyoncé brings her Renaissance World Tour to Downtown Atlanta, the Atlanta transit agency is expanding service to handle the expected large crowds before and after each of three shows.

The concerts will be 8 p.m. at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Friday, Saturday and Monday.

Two hours before the concerts, MARTA will run a train shuttle between Five Points station and Mercedes-Benz station. After the concert, MARTA will place additional trains into service to help clear the crowds quickly and safely.

“New for this concert series, there will be bus shuttles from Vine City to West End stations for customers traveling south after the concerts,” MARTA announced in a statement. “Transit Ambassadors and MARTA police will be in rail stations to assist customers and Load and Go Teams will be on train platforms to help safely and efficiently get riders ‘in formation,’ if you will, and onto trains.”

MARTA riders can use the Breeze Mobile app to pay and ride. The app also serves as a transit pass, the agency says.

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