The station was built with provisions for a future elevator. In 1989, the MBTA studied a possible accessible footbridge at the station, which would have cost $2.8 million and opened in 1991. The MBTA began a renovation of the station, then estimated to cost $6 million, in 2003. It was originally to be completed in 2003, but was substantially delayed by changes to building codes. Completed in 2005, the ultimately-$10 million project added a second exit stairwell and two elevators, making the station accessible. In 2002, as part of its public art program, the MBTA added panels with artworks by local schoolchildren at and Malden Center. The station also has two benches in the lobby painted by local arts students.