MBTA – Malden Center Station

If you see the the train is coming and you think you can make it if you run. Dont even try, they won’t let you in even you almost near the door. Which is fine however every time the subway get to Wellington they going to do the time adjustment. Really?

I have been here for 8 years in Malden and have passed through this station many many times. Somehow entering in from the main side in the morning rush hour always gives me a feeling of dread (all people kinda of crush into 1 – 2 open doors). It’s dirty, and an overall unpleasant place to visit. Sometimes you get a full on nut case yelling and screaming just to be obnoxious =) Can’t say I will miss the place.

This station has gone downhill enough to comment on it. I used it for work for years and it was properly maintained, but is now often filled with trash and has little security or proper lighting outside. It’s a cheap place to park to get into the city for people who don’t live in it, so you’d think they would want to keep it clean and safe.

I lived in Malden for a year, and this was the stop I had to use to get into Boston. It’s not the best station, but it’s not the worst. Pretty clean overall, except the bathroom is kind of atrocious… I’m glad there is a restroom, cuz when you need to pee… well, you need to pee. One time I went in there and there was literally poo on the floor and on the metal railing next to the toilet, and it smelled so terrible. I only took the T, so I dunno how the commuter rail side is. The major complaint I’d have (besides the rank bathroom) is that when it is cold, some commuters act like selfish jerks and stand next to the stairway to be protected from the wind — but at the same time they are blocking the way up and down the stairs, which is super annoying.
A couple of nice pluses — the station has a little flower store in it, which sells decent quality flowers for pretty cheap. It also has a bike parking place, which is not bad if you have a bike. There is also a Dunkin Donut across the street, which is nice.

People who work for MBTA Malden staton, are really rude. They say they don’t know about direction and transfer. Then why you work for Transportation?

Busy train station. I don’t like the fact that I have to wait outside on the platform. The train runs almost every 5 mins during rush hours so it’s not too bad.
The buses on the other hand are not very good; I can take 4 different buses so I should never wait for the bus and sometimes (to be more exact) every other day I still wait for 10 minutes in the cold for the bus. I guess we can’t control traffic right?
I also think they should be synchronized much better.

It feels odd to «review» a subway station since it isn’t exactly a stand alone business. But I’ll take on the challenge…
I LOVE that they now have an enclosed bike rack space that will keep your wheels 100x safer and also dry on those days where there may be some storms. It’s beginning to feel more like a red line stop every day. Bummer though that you can’t include a motorized scooter.
There are some desperate people who hang around the station. Although it has improved somewhat over the years and I still feel Malden Center is poised for enormous growth potential, I wish it was better lit and didn’t feel as creepy late at night.
I don’t know why but I’ve always struggled finding my correct bus stop here. It’s pretty annoying to have stops on BOTH sides of the street so if you unsure you need to make sure you’ve looked on both sides of the station. I don’t know if this is the norm in other locations but strike it up as annoying.
I’ve grown to love the orange line, especially that I can be downtown in no more than 15 – 20 minutes. I’m REALLY excited for the new Assembly Square stop to open up. It’s going to increase the amount of people on the line but right now, at least I’m able to get a seat 95% of the time getting on in rush hour and heading inbound.
Clean, not 100% safe but it’ll do pig, it’ll do.

Ok… the Boston Subway is like every other mass transit train station… and this one is hardly different…
1 Small pay parking lot $ 6 for 6am to till 2am parking
2 Small bike pay lockup
3 Half the ticket machines are out of order or unresponsive
4 Most machines do not take cash
5 Fares are not clearly posted
6 They need to power wash this place at least once a week
7 An escalator is out of order
8 There are peculiar scents wafting around the platform; pee, poop, decay, pot, death, and who knows what else…
I could go on but why?
SF BART, Chicago El, NYC Subway, London Underground, etc stations they are all the same, seriously!
The munchkin and I did enjoy the convenience and the savings with regards to tolls, parking etc. However we were not put off by the experience and went back again for round 2, but parking was full and had to go to another station…
ohhh and enjoy the little newspaper/​candy stand if you dare…

Malden Center. I hate you.
I hate the drug dealers at the bus stop.
I hate how the convenience store is open during work hours so I never can buy a bottle of water to or from work.
I hate how the parking ticket guy hides in his booth with the door closed so that I never know if he’s there. I hate that it took me until last week to realize that’s just what he does, and to not drive past him, but to wait a few minutes outside the booth for him to deign to open his booth door and take my cash. I hate that when I ask him if the lot is full he shrugs and says «you tell me.»
I hate that I pay $ 6 (cash only!) to park in an outdoor, overcrowded tiny lot with narrow spaces.
Most of all, I hate that Wellington is not as close as Malden Center.

I say this to everybody who everybody who complains to me about the worst public transportation system in the world but doesn’t send an email complaint to the MBTA at
If you don’t complain. its only going to get worse.
Saw a pregnant woman getting crushed on the Orange Line the other day. last month a skateboarder jumped right in front of the train and got crushed. No public bathrooms or shelter in the winter. Children getting harassed by beggars pretending to be homeless. Wonderful place.

Buses, two block from the super market, three blocks from a super 88, less then a block to the liquor store-​what more could someone want!

One major complaint: people don’t wash themselves here. Smelly, dirty.

It’s a bus and train station, what do you expect? It’s ok

I do not give Malden Center Station 5 stars necessarily because it is good. But because it is hilarious. I’ve gone here probably over 3,000 times in my life, and it is always an adventure. The crackheads are hilarious, as are the teenage losers who «beg for money to get home to Dedham». Yah right, I saw you at Wellington too! All the buses I need (101, 411, 104, 108,430) are right here. I love the commuter rail here, I can shoot up right to Lawrence for the day and be home in 20 minutes from the station. A great train station, that has given me many memories (some good, some horrible, some quite hilarious).

One of my least favorite Orange Line stops. Parking is horrible. Lots of… undesirables get on + off here. I can’t imagine living in this stinkhole and have to share the same space as these freaks of nature.

I really avoid Malden Station as much as possible which is funny considering the bus from there is closer to my house than the bus from Sullivan. I just don’t like the damn place and it is hard to explain why. Maybe it is the crackheads and crystal meth addicts that love to fight and argue there and ask you random questions out of nowhere. Or maybe it is just because there are too many damn people there who look like their life is just a step away from hell. I dunno. I just hate the damn place… lol

«Hey girl… hey, what’s your name? Can I get your number? No? How ’bout a dollar?»
I commute to work and, as such, am here twice a day. There’s a Dunk’s right around the corner, which is quite nice, and you can always get the Metro. Everyone mills around like cattle and there’s always a handful of entertaining little goth kids and skate punks tearing it up out front. The trains are usually on time, which is nice when you have to catch a bus, and the escalator works most of the time (which is more than I can say for Davis Square), so they get a good score from me. Points docked for the skeezy junkies hitting on every woman that walks in, though.

This place is so funny. There are always a massive amount of crackheads in and around this station. They are either arguing with each other, crying, or asking people for money. Drugs are obviously a serious problem in this area. I like that it’s convenient for me, staying with my boyfriend in Andover, because it is the closest subway station and it is right off of I93. Just way too many crackheads here!

Ah, Malden Center. My gateway to… pretty much everywhere that isn’t Malden.
The orange line inbound trains are sometimes frustrating. I have the magical ability to make trains go out of service every weekday morning when I’m running late for work. I stand there on the platform, waiting, & I see the train rounding the corner. Could it be?! Then, that mysterious man’s disjointed voice booms from the speakers: «The next… orange line train to Forest Hills is — does not… take. customers.» CURSES!
Don’t even get me started on the shuttle service every damn weekend. No doubt, the MBTA will still be «in construction» when I’m eighty & rockin’ out with a walker.
There’s ALWAYS somebody begging for a dollar. Look, guy. I feel bad you forgot your wallet. Or you’re homeless. Or you just want to scam me (get bent). But I don’t carry cash on me, & quite frankly, I don’t work my ass off for twenty hours a week so I can throw my money away… that’s wasteful!
Just an FYI, Malden Center is the station of choice for a dude who happens to be THE ABSOLUTE COOLEST ‘BOSTON NOW’ DISTRIBUTOR EVAR. Seriously. The charisma & energy level of this guy = astounding. Five stars for j00, kind sir!
& last, but not least… has anyone else noticed that within a mile radius of Malden Center, the air smells like burnt hair & popcorn? It’s not the kind of popcorn smell you sometimes catch a whiff of around the little food-​center inside. This is a nasty stench that actually makes me want to gag. It must be what Hell smells like, really. I’ve never mentioned it to anyone around me other than the boyfriend, because I don’t want to offend any locals if they’re «used» to it… I don’t know. How does a small area of a city manage to contain a disgusting smell like that? How does it not… spread, you know? Why doesn’t Medford smell like this? Oh, the mysteries of life.