Goose Hollow / SW Jefferson St

Goose Hollow/SW Jefferson Street
MAX light rail station

Looking west toward the Vista Bridge
Station statistics
Address SW 18th Ave & Jefferson St
Portland, OR
Lines
Levels 1
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened September 14, 1998
Accessible
Owned by TriMet
Fare zone 1
Services
Preceding station   MAX Light Rail   Following station
Blue Line
Red Line

Goose Hollow/SW Jefferson Street is a light rail station on the MAX Blue Line and Red Line in the Goose Hollow neighborhood of Portland, Oregon. It is the third stop westbound on the Westside MAX alignment and makes several cameo appearances in the movie What the Bleep Do We Know!? as the stop where Marlee Matlin's character boards the train to get into town.

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Location

Goose Hollow/SW Jefferson Street station is located in the Goose Hollow neighborhood of western Portland. Specifically, it is located on the southern side of SW Jefferson Street, across from the Goose Hollow Inn owned by Bud Clark, former mayor of Portland.[1] To the east of the station, the tracks curve through Collins Circle, a roundabout at the junction of SW Jefferson and SW 18th Streets. Trains turn north onto 18th as they move eastbound; to the west, the tracks pass under the Vista Avenue viaduct and into the Robertson Tunnel under Portland's West Hills.[1]

Station layout

The station uses a simple side platform layout with two tracks running between them.[2] Access to the platforms is via the street with ramps on either end of each platform. There is also a crossing for pedestrians to change platforms.

Bus connections

This station is served by the following bus lines:

References

  1. ^ a b Portland MAX: East-West MAX (Blue) NYCSubway Retrieved 2009-07-28
  2. ^ Goose Hollow/SW Jefferson Street TriMet Retrieved 2009-07-28

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