is an
MBTA station on the
Orange Line and
Commuter Rail , 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. Boarding an outbound train here only will take you one stop to
Oak Grove , while inbound trains take riders through
Boston via
North Station and
Downtown Crossing . Transfer to
MBTA Commuter Rail is possible from a platform that is parallel to the orange line
Island Platform . In
2004 , the station added a second exit stairwell and its first and only
Elevator , making the station
Handicap accessible.
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 thus 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 $3.50 per day. The lot is extremely cramped and narrow and nearly filled to capacity every day around the morning
Rush Hour .
