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A new Orange Line station might be coming to Malden

The state is proposing an Orange Line stop on Commercial Street in Malden. Above: A train passes by the proposed station site. Craig F. Walker / Boston Globe

State transportation officials hope to build another Orange Line station in Malden and extend Silver Line bus service into Everett as part of a long-term transit plan spurred by a forthcoming $2.1 billion resort casino along the Mystic River.

As Everett and surrounding cities prepare for the 2019 opening of the Wynn Resorts casino, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation has crafted an ambitious blueprint for the area, highlighted by a new Orange Line station between the Wellington and Malden Center stops.

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