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Kensington (MARTA station)
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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.
Blue Line (MARTA)
The Blue Line is a rapid transit line in the MARTA rail system. It operates between Hamilton E. Holmes and Indian Creek stations, running through Atlanta, Decatur and portions of unincorporated DeKalb County....
of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority or MARTA is the principal rapid-transit system in the Atlanta metropolitan area and the ninth-largest in the United States. Formed in 1971 as strictly a bus system, MARTA operates a network of bus routes linked to a rapid transit system consisting...
(MARTA) rail system that serves a central part of DeKalb County, Georgia
DeKalb County, Georgia
DeKalb County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. The population of the county was 691,893 at the 2010 census. Its county seat is the city of Decatur. It is bordered to the west by Fulton County and contains roughly 10% of the city of Atlanta...
. 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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Bus connections
- Route 9 - Toney Valley / Peachcrest Road
- Route 21 - Memorial Drive
- Route 107 - Glenwood Road / Inman Park Station
- Route 117 - Rockbridge Road / Panola Road
- Route 119 - Kensington / N Hairiston Road
- Route 121 - Stone Mountain / Memorial Drive
- Route 520 - Memorial Drive BRT - Q Limited
- Route 521 - Memorial Drive BRT - Q Express