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Tigard Transit Center Station 

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Tigard Transit Center Station
Station statistics
Address 8960 SW Commercial Street
Tigard, Oregon
Coordinates 45°25′48″N 122°46′10″W / 45.43013, -122.769547Coordinates: 45°25′48″N 122°46′10″W / 45.43013, -122.769547
Lines Westside Express Service     Commuter Rail (Opens Jan 2009)
Structure At grade
Platforms Side platform
Tracks 1
Parking Park & Ride: 100 spaces
Other information
Opened January 2009
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access
Owned by TriMet

Tigard Transit Center Station is train and bus station on the Westside Express Service (WES) commuter rail line in Tigard, Oregon, United States. The station is the middle stop of the five-station, 14.7-mile (23.7 km) line that runs from the city of Beaverton in the north to Wilsonville in the south.

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History

Plans for the commuter rail between Beaverton and Wilsonville began as early as 1996.[1] In 2001, the Federal Transit Administration authorized the project, and in 2004 they approved the project.[2] Construction on the project began in October 2006.[3] Once completed, the line will be the first suburb-to-suburb commuter line in the United States, and the first commuter rail line in Oregon.[4] The line is scheduled to begin service in January 2009.[5][6]

Details

The station is one of five on the 14.7-mile (23.7 km) rail line that utilizes Portland and Western Railroad’s freight rail line.[7] Located in downtown Tigard on Commercial Street south of Oregon Route 99W, the station and line will only transport rail passengers during the morning and evening commute times from Monday through Friday.[8] The station will have 100 parking spaces at its park and ride lot and connect to five bus lines.[8] The city allocated $100,000 for refurbishing the existing TriMet-operated bus transit center at the location.[9] At the northern terminus at the Beaverton Transit Center, passengers can connect to MAX Light Rail. The station is scheduled to open in Fall 2008.

Public art at the station consists of an interactive sculpture created by Frank Boyden and Brad Rude.[10] The sculpture features bronze heads and a vehicle designed to represent the train and the variety of people who ride the line.[10] The vehicle moves along a track and has an animal figure displayed in a scene atop the piece.[10] Additionally, the station has a mural along one of the walls.[10]

References

  1. ^ Frost, Danielle (2004-03-24). "Rail project gets closer to station", Wilsonville Spokesman. 
  2. ^ "Wilsonville-to-Beaverton commuter train gets OK", Portland Business Journal (2004-05-10). 
  3. ^ "TriMet building passenger train line", Portland Business Journal (2004-10-23). 
  4. ^ Jagernauth, David (2007-03-07). "Wilsonville rail station finally gets on track", Wilsonville Spokesman. 
  5. ^ "WES rail car debuts in Wilsonville", Portland Tribune (2008-06-19). Retrieved on 2008-08-21. 
  6. ^ Rivera, Dylan (October 1, 2008). "TriMet delays opening of Westside commuter rail line until February". The Oregonian. Retrieved on 2008-10-02.
  7. ^ Tucker, Libby (2007-03-05). "Commuter rail project breaks ground in Wilsonville", Daily Journal of Commerce. 
  8. ^ a b "Washington County Commuter Rail Project: Station Locations". TriMet. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  9. ^ "Re-energizing downtowns", The Oregonian, April 10, 2007.
  10. ^ a b c d Public Art on Commuter Rail. TriMet. Retrieved on August 21, 2008.

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