— Photos by Donald Norton

The grand opening of the Orange Line Assembly Station T-stop in Somerville, MA—the first new MBTA T-station to open in more than a quarter century— and Somerville’s newest neighborhood Assembly Row took place on Tuesday, Sept. 2.

Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone, representatives of Federal Realty, along with other Somerville officials and the general public participated in the celebratory walk to the official ribbon cutting ceremony.

Everyone got an up-close look and the gleaming new station and its state-of-the-art facilities.