Kensington (MARTA station)

For other places with the same name, see Kensington station (disambiguation).
Kensington
MARTA rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address 3350 Kensington Road
Decatur, GA 30032
Lines
  Blue Line
Structure At-grade
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Parking Daily is free, overnight is US$4 per day
Other information
Opened June 26, 1993
Accessible
Code E8
Breeze Card Yes
Traffic
Passengers (2007) 3.358 million[1]
Services
Preceding station   MARTA   Following station
Blue Line
Terminus

Kensington is an at-grade train station on the Blue Line of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) rail system that serves a central part of DeKalb County, Georgia. It is located on Memorial Drive and Kensington Road near the Kensington Office Park and in walking distance away from the Dekalb County Sheriffs Headquarters and Jail. It has one island platform with 1 track on each side. This station opened on June 26, 1993. This station mainly serves Decatur's unincorporated neighborhoods, and Stone Mountain-Tucker; due to the distance from the corresponding cities it serves with bus service, it is the busiest station eastside on the Blue Line. 1,946 parking spaces are available on site to commuters. As well as long-term parking services which cost a flat rate.

It provides connecting bus service to Dekalb County Sheriffs Headquarters and Jail, Stone Mountain, Dekalb Technical College, Georgia Department of Labor, GRTA/Panola Park-Ride, Stone Mountain Park, Memorial Drive-Park and Ride, and Dekalb Lou Walker Senior Center. It also is the station for MARTA's Bus Rapid Transit operations Q520(LTD)-Memorial Drive/North Hairston Road and Q521-Express-Memorial Drive/Memorial Drive Park and Ride.

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  1. ^ MARTA facts

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