Wilsonville Station

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Wilsonville Station

Station under construction April 2008

Station statistics

Address

9699 SW Barber Street
Wilsonville, Oregon

Coordinates

45°18′41″N 122°46′31″W / 45.311341, -122.775258Coordinates: 45°18′41″N 122°46′31″W / 45.311341, -122.775258

Lines

Westside Express Service

WES Line

(Opens 9/2008)

Structure

At grade

Platforms

Side platform

Tracks

Parking

Park & Ride: 400 spaces

Other information

Opened

September 2008

Accessible

Owned by

City of Wilsonville

Wilsonville Station is train station on the Westside Express Service (WES) commuter rail line in Wilsonville, Oregon, United States. The station is the southern terminus of the 14.7-mile (23.7 km) line that connects to the city of Beaverton at the Beaverton Transit Center where passengers can connect to MAX Light Rail. Scheduled to open in September 2008, the station includes a 400 car park and ride lot, both owned by the city of Wilsonville as part of their South Metro Area Rapid Transit (SMART) public mass transit bus system.

1 History
2 Details
3 References
4 External links

[edit] 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] The station was originally planned to be built at Boberg Road, and was later changed to the location on Barber Street as suggested by the Villebois developers.^[4] On March 2, 2007, a ground breaking ceremony was held at the station which included officials from TriMet, the state, and Wilsonville politicians.^[5] This included former mayor and now state representative Jerry Krummel, an early proponent of the line.^[6] Once completed, the line will be the first suburb to suburb commuter line in the United States, and the first commuter rail line in the state.^[6]

[edit] 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.^[5] Located on Barber Street on the west side of Interstate 5, the station and line will only transport rail passengers during the morning and evening commute times Monday trough Friday.^[7] Averaging 37 miles per hour (60 km/h), the trip between Wilsonville and Beaverton is anticipated to take 27 minutes with trains departing every 30 minutes.^[7]

Wilsonville Station, the southern terminus of the Westside Express Service, was built by contractor Stacy and Witbeck.^[5] The stop includes a park and ride lot with 400 spaces along with the platform.^[5] The platform includes a shelter for waiting passengers measuring 40 feet long.^[5] The station includes 12 bays for the transit center and a 17,000 square-foot maintenance building for SMART buses.^[6] Future plans call for a mixed-use development to include SMART offices, retail shop, and restaurant along with public restrooms, bicycle storage, and a outdoor play area.^[6]

Additional amenities at the station are wind screens, public artwork, and a scored-concrete plaza featuring trees.^[5] Commuters from the surrounding communities of Lake Oswego, Canby, Donald, Woodburn, and Aurora are expected to utilize the station.^[8]^[9] Washington County provided the land for Wilsonville Station.^[10] Self-propelled, diesel-fueled rail cars are used for the line.^[3] The park and ride lot was partly built to allow for interconnection between the city's SMART bus service and the rail line.^[11] For the first five years of the line, Wilsonville will pay a maximum of $300,000 a year to help fund the annual operations of the TriMet operated line.^[12]