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E8 Kensington | |||||||||||
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| Location | 3350 Kensington Road Decatur, GA 30032 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°46′22″N84°15′07″W / 33.772664°N 84.251937°W /33.772664; -84.251937 | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  MARTA Bus: 8, 21, 86, 115, 119, 121, 125, 221 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Parking | 1,946 spaces | ||||||||||
| Accessible | YES | ||||||||||
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| Station code | E8 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | June 26, 1993; 32 years ago (1993-06-26) | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2013 | 5,950 (avg. weekday)[1]  2% | ||||||||||
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Kensington is an at-grade subway station inunincorporatedDeKalb County, Georgia, serving theBlue Line of theMetropolitan 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 asStone Mountain,Tucker, andLithonia, as well as the cities ofDecatur,Stonecrest andClarkston.
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 andThe City of Stone Mountain . Transfers to theEmory 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 towardH. E. Holmes(Avondale) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
| Eastbound | Blue Line towardIndian Creek(Terminus) → | |
The station is served by the followingMARTA bus routes:
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| Gold Line | |
| Blue Line | |
| Green Line | |
| Atlanta Streetcar |
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| Other | |
