Beaverton Transit Center

Beaverton Transit Center
Location 4050 SW Lombard Ave.
Beaverton, OR
United States
Coordinates 45°29′28″N 122°48′04″W / 45.49111°N 122.80111°W / 45.49111; -122.80111Coordinates: 45°29′28″N 122°48′04″W / 45.49111°N 122.80111°W / 45.49111; -122.80111
Owned by TriMet
Platforms MAX: 2 side & 1 island platform
WES: 1 side platform
Tracks MAX: 3 and WES: 1
Bus routes 11[1]
Bus operators TriMet and SMART
Construction
Bicycle facilities Bicycle racks and lockers
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened September 4, 1988 (1988-09-04)
Services
Preceding station   MAX Light Rail   Following station
Blue Line
TerminusRed Line
WES Commuter Rail
Commuter RailTerminus

The Beaverton Transit Center is a bus, light rail and commuter rail station in Beaverton, Oregon, United States. It serves MAX Light Rail, being the 6th stop westbound on the Westside MAX. It serves the Blue Line, and serves as the western terminus for the Red Line. It also serves as the northern terminus of the Westside Express Service. The station is also a hub for numerous bus lines around Beaverton and is connected by walkway to an adjacent shopping center.

History

Buses lining the southeast side of the 1988-opened bus transit center, in 2009

The first Beaverton Transit Center opened in June 1979[2] at a different location from the current facility, about 1,100 feet (340 m) to the south; there were timed transfer connections among the several bus routes serving it.[2][3]

The current Beaverton Transit Center opened on September 4, 1988, replacing the original one and still being a bus-only transit center.[4] Construction of the Westside MAX project began in 1994 to connect the transit center to light rail, and the MAX station at Beaverton TC opened on September 12, 1998, at the same time as the rest of the Westside MAX line.[5] Originally, the Westside Line (Hillsboro to Downtown Portland, continuing as the Eastside Line to Gresham) was the only MAX line serving Beaverton Transit Center; that line was renamed the Blue Line in 2001. However, in 2003 TriMet extended the Red Line service to Beaverton TC.[6]

About five years later, a platform the Westside Express Service (WES) commuter rail line to Wilsonville was constructed, at the southern end of the transit center. Regular service on the WES line began on February 2, 2009.[7] The commuter rail line operates in weekday rush hours only.

Bus service

The following TriMet Bus lines serve the transit center.[1]

Non-TriMet bus service

On August 5, 2013, Wilsonville's South Metro Area Regional Transit (SMART) began operation of its route 8X,[8] an express bus route connecting Beaverton TC with SMART's Wilsonville TC, but scheduled with only one trip per day in each direction.[9] The route is intended to provide some service at times when the WES commuter rail line is not operating:[8] early morning and late evening.[9] During rush hours, WES connects the same two points; the SMART transit center is at WES's Wilsonville Station.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Beaverton Transit Center". TriMet. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  2. 1 2 Bodine, Harry (June 19, 1979). "Tri-Met west side transfers pass muster". The Oregonian, p. B4.
  3. ↑ Mantia, Patty (June 3, 1979). "Tri-Met shuffles west side service". The Sunday Oregonian, p. C7.
  4. ↑ Olmos, Robert (August 25, 1988). "New Tri-Met transit center fills bill for all". The Oregonian. Old bus stops at 45°29′14″N 122°48′05″W / 45.487324°N 122.801266°W
  5. ↑ Mapes, Jeff (September 13, 1998). "Gore walks tight line on Clinton". The Oregonian.
  6. ↑ Leeson, Fred (August 27, 2003). "MAX fares increase, direct service from Beaverton to PDX starts". The Oregonian, p. D2.
  7. ↑ Crepeau, Megan (February 3, 2009). "Westside commuter rail launch smooth". The Oregonian. p. B2. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
  8. 1 2 Runquist, Justin (August 8, 2013). "Wilsonville expands bus service to accommodate drove of new workers". The Oregonian. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
  9. 1 2 "Route 8X Schedule". SMART. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
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