The project was replaced by a BRT system by the Clayton County Board of Commissioners, the City Councils of Jonesboro, Forest Park, Lovejoy, Riverdale and Lake City, and the Clayton County Chamber of Commerce, MARTA Board of Directors Planning and Capital Programs Committee on November 17, 2022 due to a variety of obstacles with right-of-way acquisition, environmental and historical resource concerns, along with a ballooning cost estimate.

[1] Potential routes for commuter rail service in metropolitan Atlanta were studied by the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) beginning in 1992.

[2] Eventually, plans for a system of seven lines radiating out from Five Points, Atlanta were developed and dubbed the Georgia Rail Passenger Program.

[9] Commuter rail was selected in 2018 as the locally preferred alternative of transit mode along the corridor,[10] which was later approved by the MARTA Board of Directors.

[13] MARTA began to look at alternate plans for a rail link to Clayton County in 2021, due to rising costs and lack of support from Norfolk Southern.

[10] One version of the proposal called for stations at Hapeville, Mountain View, Forest Park, Fort Gillem, Clayton State University, Morrow and Jonesboro.