Length:                 Currently 1 mile    

Difficulty:             Easy. Flat, stone-dust surface.

To start from Alewife T-Station; Take Boston's Red-Line to access this station. See; MBTA for more information. For information about taking your bike on the subway. See; MBTA/BIKES . From I-95, take exit 29 to Route 2 east to Alewife. Take the exit for Alewife Station Access Road and park at the T-station's parking garage.

The Fitchburg Cutoff Path was designated in the early 1990s by the MDC as a connection between Alewife Station and Brighton Street in Belmont along an old railroad bed. It's slated for an improvement project in the future and has been proposed as a link in the Mass Central Rail Trail, a 104 mile railroad line that once stretched from downtown Boston to Northampton, MA. See; MASS CENTRAL RAIL TRAIL and WAYSIDE RAIL TRAIL . For more information visit; FITCHBURG CUTOFF .

Alewife T-Station, a stop on the commuter rail line into Boston is a hub for four trails that radiate from it, as well as, another proposed future trail. From the northwest, the Minuteman Trail terminates here. See; Minuteman Bikeway Letterbox . Head south for the Fresh Pond Trail.  See; Fresh Pond Letterbox and a future spur from Fresh Pond that will connect to the Charles River Bikeway called the Watertown Branch Rail Trail. See; Watertown Branch Rail Trail .West takes you along the Fitchburg Cutoff, a short trail that is part of the larger Mass Central Rail Trail and still a work in progress. East takes you along the Red Line Linear Path which turns into the Somerville Community Path, both of which are part of the larger Mass Central Rail Trail. See; Somerville Community Path . A proposed trail heading northeast called the Alewife Brook Trail would connect to the Mystic River and the Mystic River Paths. See; Mystic River Paths .