Malden

Understand

The city of Malden, Massachusetts was incorporated as a separate town from Charlestown in 1649. A monumental city to the American Revolution, Malden was the first town to petition the colonial government to withdraw from the British Empire. Malden was home to the first same-sex marriage in Massachusetts in 2004 at Cambridge City Hall. Many notable people have called Malden home, including musician Norman Greenbaum and former Governor of Massachusetts and United States Ambassador to Italy John A. Volpe.

Municipal information

• City of Malden website

Get in

Given Malden's proximity to Boston, you can refer to Boston's Get In and Get Around sections for most general details. Malden is not that far from Logan Airport.

By train

The MBTA's Orange Line: Malden Center and Oak Grove, the last two stops on the Orange line, are in Malden. Wellington Station does have connections to various bus routes that serve Malden. For $2.40, you can tap a credit/debit card (including Apple Pay and Google Pay) to board, or buy a CharlieCard with cash or card at a station.

You can also take the Commuter Rail's Haverhill Line from North Station to get to Malden Center and Oak Grove stations. While a bit faster when coming from North Station, it is infrequent and requires an app or to stop by a ticket booth or machine for a ticket (also $2.40).

By bus

From Saugus, take the 430 bus to Malden center. The 137 bus can take you to Malden coming from Melrose. From Medford, the 101 goes direct to Malden center, and the 134 goes to Wellington station. From Everett, you can take the 104, 99, or 106 buses to get to Malden.

By car

Take Route 1 to the Lynn Street, Salem Street or Route 60 exits.

From Interstate 93, you can take the exits 29, 32, or 33 (Route 28, Fellsway, or Malden/Medford exits). Then travel along routes 60 or 28 the rest of the way to get into Malden.

From Route 16, switch to Route 28 at Wellington circle to access Malden.

By bike

Malden is part of the Bluebikes bike rental network across Greater Boston, allowing you to travel to and around Malden via regular and electric bicycle.

The Northern Strand bike trail provides the only high-quality cycling connection into Malden from Everett and Saugus.

Get around

By public transit

The Orange Line is not as useful to get around Malden as it is to get in and out of Malden. As such, you'll need to use the buses to get around Malden. Malden Center MBTA Station hosts a lot of bus routes fanning out in all directions, make connections between buses here.

The 101, 100, and 108 buses run along the western edge of Malden, serving primarily residential areas. The 106, 430, and 411 buses cross Malden from west to east. The 99, 132, 131, and 137 buses serve areas in the north of Malden. The 104, 105, 106, and 99 buses serve areas in the south of Malden.

Bus service can be very infrequent at times, or not run at all at weekends.

By car

A car can be very useful to access areas far from Malden's city center, especially given the infrequent bus service, or if it's the weekend. In the Malden city center, parking can be hard to come by.

By bike

There are a few BlueBikes stations near around Malden Center, but there is very little in the way of dedicated cycling infrastructure in the city, compared to Somerville. The Northern Strand bike trail bypasses the major squares of Everett heading south from Malden.

Go next

• Take the Orange Line into Assembly Square in Somerville
• Boston is only a 15-minute ride on the Orange Line.