page_title: Alewife station
section_title: Bus connections
hierarchical_section_title: Alewife station / Bus connections
caption_attribution_description: English: MBTA route 350 bus boarding at Alewife station in March 2017
context_page_description: Alewife station is an Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority intermodal transit station in the North Cambridge neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is the northwest terminal of the rapid transit Red Line and a hub for several MBTA bus routes. The station is located off Alewife Brook Parkway adjacent to the eastern end of the freeway portion of Massachusetts Route 2, with a five-story parking garage for park and ride use. Located at the confluence of the Minuteman Bikeway, Alewife Linear Park, Fitchburg Cutoff Path, and Alewife Greenway, the station has three bike cages. Alewife station is named after nearby Alewife Brook Parkway and Alewife Brook, themselves named after the alewife fish.
  The Fitchburg Railroad
context_section_description: Seven MBTA bus routes terminate at the busway inside the Alewife garage:
  62: Bedford VA Hospital–Alewife station
  67: Turkey Hill–Alewife station
  76: Lincoln Lab–Alewife station
  79: Arlington Heights–Alewife station
  84: Arlmont Village–Alewife station
  350: North Burlington–Alewife station
  351: Bedford Woods Drive–Alewife station
  Route 83 terminates nearby at Russell Field because is not possible to turn left from Alewife Brook Parkway onto Rindge Avenue, preventing the bus from serving Alewife directly. The bus stop is connected to Alewife by a short spur of the Cambridge Linear Park.
  Alewife station is also served by several private-carrier routes:
  The Route 128 Business Council operates shuttle bus services from Alewife to companies along the Route 2 and Route 128 corridor. Five routes to Waltham and Lexington are open to all riders; two private employee routes and one private residential route are also run.
  Go Bus (formerly World Wide Bus) operates intercity bus service between Alewife, Riverside, and New York City. The service began in October 2010.
caption: A route 350 bus boarding at Alewife in 2017
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