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MALDEN CENTER
MALDEN CENTER
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Malden Center Station as seen from the Commercial Street busway. |
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| Address | Commercial St. at Pleasant St. Malden, Massachusetts 02148 |
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| Platforms | 1 side platform (Commuter Rail) 1 island platform (Orange Line) |
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| Tracks | 1 (Commuter Rail) 2 (Orange Line) |
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| Parking | 188 spaces, $5.50 fee, four accessible spaces | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | December 27, 1975 | |||||||||||||||
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| Owned by | Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority | |||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 1A | |||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2009 daily) | 11,258 8.06% (Orange Line) | |||||||||||||||
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Malden Center Station is an MBTA station on the Orange Line and Haverhill Line, located on Pleasant Street in downtown Malden, Massachusetts. It is an elevated station serving Malden's Edgeworth and downtown areas, with a small parking lot and connections to several bus lines. In 2004, the station added a second exit stairwell and its first and only elevator, making the station handicap accessible.[1]
The fiscal year 2009 average weekday boardings at the station were 11,258, which was a 8.06% increase over fiscal year 2008.[2]
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Malden Station opened on December 27, 1975, as part of the MBTA's new northern branch of the Orange Line. This new branch eliminated the Charlestown Elevated Everett Station that same year. Expansion to Malden had been a long-time goal of the Boston Elevated Railway, and the Everett extension of the Charlestown line was originally planned to go past Everett via a different route into Malden. However, residents of Malden were opposed to the elevated railroad structure that was planned, and prevented the extension. The 1975 extension was built along a commuter railroad line and was considered less disruptive than an elevated railroad would have been.
As of 2004, this station is wheelchair accessible as part of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
The MBTA maintains a parking lot for Malden Station with 188 spaces at the rate of $5.50 per day.
Malden Station has many bus routes connecting Malden and nearby cities and towns to the Orange Line. Malden Station has one of the largest number of bus routes in the MBTA system along with Haymarket, Forest Hills and Ruggles.