between the two tracks. The people mover was plagued by mechanical problems, which resulted in both high maintenance costs and low reliability. The frequent breakdowns and service outages frustrated riders to such an extent that 91% of users preferred replacing the people mover with a walkway, according to a 2004 survey of 240 Wellington commuters conducted by National Development, owners of the Station Landing property. In August 2006, less than ten years after it first opened, the people mover was demolished, and an above-ground covered walkway was constructed on top of the existing viaduct structure. Off-site fabrication of parts was used to speed construction of the enclosed walkway, while a temporary shuttle-bus connected commuters to the parking structure during the construction. The replacement walkway, named SkyWalk, cost $3 million to construct, and opened in March 2007. Future Wellington was a proposed stop on the Urban Ring Project. The Urban Ring was to be a circumferential bus rapid transit (BRT) Line designed to connect the current radial MBTA rail lines to reduce overcrowding in the downtown stations; it was canceled in 2010. Under draft plans released in 2008, Urban Ring buses would have used dedicated bus lanes paralleling Route 16, with a BRT platform in the existing station busway. The MBTA plans to extend the south footbridge to the east parking lot and open it as a public entrance. Three elevators will be added to the footbridge, with the two existing station elevators replaced. A design contract was awarded in April 2020. Design work reached 30% completion in 2021 and did not progress further by December 2022. Bus connections Wellington is a major MBTA bus transfer station, with service to Medford, Everett, Malden and other surrounding cities. Most buses serve the station via a dedicated two-lane busway on the eastern side of the station, which has easy access to Route 16. The following routes serve Wellington: : –Wellington station : Woodland Road–Wellington station : Elm Street–Wellington station : Lebanon Loop–Wellington station : Linden Square–Wellington station : –Wellington station : Wellington station–Wood Island station : North Woburn–Wellington station : North Medford–Wellington station References External links MBTA – Wellington Google Maps Street View: East entrance, West entrance Otis Horizontal Elevator video Orange Line (MBTA) stations Railway stations in Medford, Massachusetts Railway stations in the United States opened in 1975 Buildings and structures in Medford, Massachusetts