Oak Grove (MBTA station)

OAK GROVE

Orange Line platform (left) and rarely used commuter rail platform (right), viewed looking northwards

Location

Washington Street at Winter Street
Malden, Massachusetts

Coordinates

42°26′13″N 71°04′15″W / 42.436942°N 71.070889°WCoordinates: 42°26′13″N 71°04′15″W / 42.436942°N 71.070889°W

Owned by

MBTA

Line(s)

Orange Line

Platforms

1 island platform (Orange Line)
1 side platform (Commuter Rail, not in regular use)

Tracks

2 (Orange Line)
1 (Commuter Rail)

Construction

Parking

788 spaces ($6.00 fee)
13 accessible spaces

Bicycle facilities

140 spaces in "Pedal and Park" bicycle cage

Disabled access

Yes

History

Opened

March 20, 1977^[1]

Traffic

Passengers (2013)

6,590 (daily average boardings)^[2]

Services

Preceding station		MBTA		Following station
Malden Center toward Forest Hills		Orange Line		Terminus

Oak Grove is a rapid transit station on the MBTA Orange Line, located in the northern part of Malden, Massachusetts just south of the Melrose border. The northern terminus of the Orange Line, Oak Grove has a 788-space park and ride lot serving nearby residential communities. It is also served by four MBTA Bus routes and has secure cages for bicycle storage.

Oak Grove has a single platform for the Haverhill Line that passes through the station. Commuter rail trains, however, are only stopped during service disruptions on the Orange Line or the inner Haverhill Line.

Like all Orange Line stations, Oak Grove is fully handicapped accessible.

History

Entrance to the now-closed commuter rail platform from the fare mezzanine. The sign labels it as the outbound Orange Line platform, as the inner Haverhill Line was intended to be turned into an extension of the Orange Line to Reading.

Opening and Haverhill Line platform

Oak Grove opened on March 20, 1977, as the northern terminus of the Haymarket North Extension of the Orange Line.^[1] Originally intended to run as far as Reading, displacing inner Haverhill Line service, the extension had been cut back to Oak Grove by the time the station was completed. However, a platform (sized for six-car Orange Line trains rather than lengthier commuter rail trains) was built to serve the single Haverhill Line track, for potential use should the remainder of the extension be built. In the fare mezzanine, a sign labels the platform as "Orange Line outbound". Malden Center was built with the same configuration; however, its platform is regularly used for commuter rail service.

Haverhill Line trains do not stop at Oak Grove unless the Orange Line or the Haverhill Line is disrupted between there and North Station, necessitating a transfer between modes. After the approach trestles at North Station burned on January 20, 1984, Oak Grove became the inbound terminus for the Haverhill Line. When North Station reopened on April 20, 1985, commuter trains no longer stopped at Oak Grove. Instead, most trains make a stop at Malden Center, which is closer to employment areas in downtown Malden.^[1]

Platform rehabilitation project

The 2014-constructed emergency exit

During 2013, the MBTA performed heavy maintenance on the Orange Line platform, which had substantially deteriorated during 36 years of operation. High-pressure water was used to strip away the top layer of concrete; a smoother top coat and new tactile platform edging were installed. The work was performed on one side of the platform at a time with no station closures.^[3]

From March 2 to June 30, 2014, the MBTA constructed an exit-only ramp on the north end of the Orange Line platform.^[3]

Bus connections

Four MBTA Bus routes serve Oak Grove station.^[4] Three routes that run on Main Street in Malden and Melrose use a dedicated busway in the parking area on the east side of the station:

131 Melrose Highlands - Malden Center Station via Oak Grove Station
136 Reading Depot - Malden Station via Wakefield, Melrose & Oak Grove Station
137 Reading Depot - Malden Station via North Avenue, Wakefield, Melrose & Oak Grove Station

One route runs on Washington Street on the west side of the station:

132 Redstone Shopping Center - Malden Station

Station layout

Platform rehabilitation work in 2013

Ground	Street level	Exit/Entrance
Concourse	Lobby	Mezzanine, faregates
Platforms	Southbound	← Orange Line toward Forest Hills (Malden Center)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Northbound	→ Orange Line termination track →
	Commuter rail	← Haverhill Line does not stop here except during service disruptions →
	Side platform, not in service except during service disruptions

References

1 2 3 Belcher, Jonathan (22 March 2014). "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). NETransit. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
↑ "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14 ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
1 2 "Oak Grove Platform Rehabilitation Project". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
↑ "Oak Grove Station Neighborhood Map" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. July 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2016.

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Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

Subway lines
(List of stations)

Heavy rail	Blue Orange Red

Light rail	Green "B" Branch "C" Branch "D" Branch "E" Branch Ashmont–Mattapan

Former lines	Arborway Line Atlantic Avenue Elevated Causeway Street Elevated Charlestown Elevated Green Line "A" Branch Washington Street Elevated

Commuter
Rail lines
(List of stations)

North Station lines	Fitchburg Haverhill (Wildcat Branch) Lowell Newburyport/Rockport

South Station lines	Fairmount Framingham/Worcester Franklin Greenbush Needham Old Colony (Kingston/Plymouth Middleborough/Lakeville CapeFLYER) Providence/Stoughton

Former lines	Central Mass Branch Dedham Branch Lexington Branch Millis Branch Woburn Branch

Bus routes
(List of routes)

Other services

Component parts
of system lines

Boylston Street Subway
Haymarket North Extension
Lechmere Viaduct
Tremont Street Subway
Washington Street Subway

Capital projects

Under construction	Chelsea extension Fairmount Line upgrades Fitchburg Line upgrades Wachusett extension Forest Hills modifications Government Center reconstruction Green Line Extension Haverhill Line upgrades South Coast Rail

In planning / proposed	Buzzards Bay extension Foxboro service Hynes Convention Center renovation Kingston R.I. extension Nashua extension Route 16 extension Wollaston renovation

Formerly proposed	Arborway Line restoration Indigo Line (Fairmount Grand Junction Track 61) Lexington extension Lynn extension North–South Rail Link Plaistow extension Reading extension Red Line—Blue Line Connector Urban Ring Project

History

Predecessor companies	Boston Elevated Railway Streetcar lines Boston and Maine Railroad Conrail New York Central Railroad New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Penn Central Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Middlesex and Boston Street Railway Newton and Boston Street Railway

Route histories	History of the Green Line

Accidents and incidents	1990 Back Bay 2008 Waban/Woodland

Other

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