| Style: | MARTA | ||||||||
| Type: | MARTA rapid transit station | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 33.7727°N -84.2519°W | ||||||||
| Address: | 3350 Kensington Road Decatur, GA 30032 | ||||||||
| Other: | MARTA Bus: 8, 21, 86, 115, 119, 121, 125, 221 | ||||||||
| Structure: | At-grade | ||||||||
| Tracks: | 2 | ||||||||
| Parking: | 1,946 spaces | ||||||||
| Passengers: | 5,950 (avg. weekday)[1] | ||||||||
| Pass Year: | 2013 | ||||||||
| Pass Percent: | -2 | ||||||||
| Accessible: | YES | ||||||||
| Code: | E8 | ||||||||
| Mapframe: | yes | ||||||||
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Kensington is an at-grade train station in unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, serving the Blue Line of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) rail system. It has one island platform with 1 track on each side. This station opened on June 26, 1993.
Kensington is mainly a park-and-ride train station for commuters heading into Atlanta. This station serves unincorporated communities such as Stone Mountain, Tucker, and Lithonia, as well as the cities of Decatur, Stonecrest and Clarkston.
Bus service at this station to: Dekalb County Sheriffs Headquarters and Jail, Georgia Piedmont Technical College, Georgia State University Clarkston, Georgia Department of Labor, Goldsmith Park & Ride, North Dekalb Mall, Northlake Mall, Toco Hills Shopping Plaza, The Mountain Industrial Business District, GRTA Panola Park & Ride, Clarkston, The Mall at Stonecrest and The City of Stone Mountain . Transfers to the Emory Cliff Shuttle's Oxford route are also available.
Bus Rapid Transit is provided at this station to points along Memorial Drive: 221- Memorial Drive Limited.
| G | Street Level | Entrance/Exit, station house |
| G Ground/ platform level | Westbound | ← Blue Line toward H. E. Holmes (Avondale) |
| Eastbound | Blue Line toward Indian Creek (Terminus) → |
The station is served by the following MARTA bus routes:
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