page_title: Oak Grove station
section_title: Renovations
hierarchical_section_title: Oak Grove station / History / Renovations
caption_attribution_description: English: 2014-constructed emergency exit at Oak Grove station in April 2015
context_page_description: Oak Grove is a rapid transit station in Malden, Massachusetts. It serves the MBTA Orange Line, and located in northern Malden 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. Like all Orange Line stations, Oak Grove is accessible.
  Oak Grove has a single platform for the Haverhill Line that passes through the station. Commuter rail trains, however, are only stopped when service disruptions on the Orange Line or the inner Haverhill Line create the need for a transfer point.
context_section_description: 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. The project also included new track lighting, guardrails, and expansion joints. 
  The project, originally expected to cost $2.3 million, was issued a notice to proceed in December 2012. Phase 1, which lasted from April to August 2013, focused on the inbound side of the platform. Original plans called for an exit-only ramp on the north end of the Orange Line platform to be constructed as part of Phase 1; however, this was put off due to the discovery of buried utilities not present on site plans. Phase 2, from August to December 2013, focused on the outbound side of the platform. From March 2 to June 30, 2014, the MBTA constructed the emergency exit ramp and a public restroom as Phase 3.
  The existing elevators, which connect the fare mezzanine to the Orange Line platform and the busway, were built with the station and renovated in 1987. (This made Oak Grove the first Orange Line station to be accessible.) Three elevators are being added to the station – an elevator between Washington Street and the mezzanine, a redundant elevator between the mezzanine and the platform, and a redundant elevator between the busway and the mezzanine – and one existing elevator renovated. The MBTA awarded a $22.5 million construction contract in August 2019, and work began that December. As of May 2020, construction is expected to last until mid-2021, with the Washington Street elevator completed by early 2021.
caption: The 2014-constructed emergency exit
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