Escalators to the Platform, Alewife Station, Cambridge

Escalators at MBTA Alewife Station in Cambridge with metal ceiling panels and industrial lighting.
Escalators at MBTA Alewife Station in Cambridge with metal ceiling panels and industrial lighting.

Alewife Station anchors the northern end of the MBTA Red Line, opened in 1985 as the system's newest terminus after a decade of construction through Cambridge's Alewife Brook corridor. The station was designed by the architecture firm Ellenzweig Associates, with a steel-and-glass roof structure meant to bring daylight down to the below-grade platform level. Its attached garage holds roughly 2,700 vehicles, making it one of the largest park-and-ride facilities in the MBTA network. Bus routes serving Arlington, Belmont, and Lexington also converge here, making Alewife a primary transfer point for commuters heading into Boston.

Taken April 2025

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