Orenco/Northwest 231st Avenue (MAX station)

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Orenco/Northwest 231st Avenue

Branch bench at Orenco Station with some of the etchings on the windscreen.
Station statistics
Coordinates 45°31′49″N 122°54′57″W / 45.530313, -122.915769Coordinates: 45°31′49″N 122°54′57″W / 45.530313, -122.915769
Lines MAX Light Rail
Blue Line
Platforms Island platform
Tracks 2
Parking Park & Ride
Bicycle facilities Yes
Other information
Opened September 12, 1998
Owned by Trimet
Fare zone 3

Orenco/Northwest 231st Avenue is a light rail station in the MAX Light Rail system in Hillsboro, Oregon. It is the 14th stop westbound on the Westside MAX and is served by the Blue Line.

Near the station is the award-winning Orenco Station mixed-use development, considered a positive model for Smart Growth development. Also near the station are some office complexes and the Intel Ronler Acres Plant.

There is a park and ride lot on the north side of the station and bus stops on a street approximately 30 meters to the east of the station.

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Artists Fernanda D'Agostino, Jerry Mayer, Valerie Otani and Bill Will celebrate trees and the history of Orenco, once the company town of the west coast's largest nursery, the Oregon Nursery Company.

  • Rings of Memory Plaza - Concentric circles of granite are inscribed with text, by Kim Stafford
  • Witness Tree Rest - A gravel path with stone seat walls leads to an old oak grove. Another line by Stafford is inscribed on the granite threshold to the east end of the path.
  • Branch Benches - Custom-made benches designed by Nancy Merritt occupy shelters bracketed by wisteria-covered arbors.
  • Snapshots - Images from the Oregon Nursery Company catalog are etched on the windscreens.
  • Grafted Path - A path connecting NW 231st Avenue to the platform illustrates the grafting method that distinguished Oregon Nursery Company trees.
  • Grove of Perspective - Rows of trees east of the station create optical effects when viewed from the moving train.
  • Weather Vane - A hand-forged tree by Stuart Keeler & Michael Machnic spreads its roots atop of the systems building and rises up through a nine-square grid that represents the city plan of Orenco.

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