Washington/Southeast 12th Avenue is a light rail station on the MAX Blue Line in Hillsboro, Oregon. Hillsboro's West Precinct is near the station. Opened in 1998, it is the 17th stop westbound on the Westside MAX, and the last eastbound stop prior to crossing the Main Street Bridge. This is the last stop westbound to be on a grade-separated right-of-way. One block west of here, trains enter the median of Washington Avenue to run through downtown Hillsboro. Traveling eastbound, this is the final station to be served only by the Blue Line until the East 102nd Avenue station.
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 Westbound train at the station in 2018 | |||||||||||
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| Location | SE Washington St at 12th Ave Hillsboro, Oregon USA | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 45°31′16″N 122°58′10″W / 45.521143°N 122.969413°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Trimet | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  TriMet: 47 | ||||||||||
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| Parking | None | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Opened | September 12, 1998 | ||||||||||
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History
editConstruction of the Westside MAX project began in 1994, and on September 12, 1998, the station opened along with the rest of the Westside MAX line.[1] In March 2011, TriMet received a federal grant to pay for the installation of security cameras at the station.[2]
Amenities
editIt is located at the eastern end of Washington Street at 12th Avenue. At this location westbound trains begin operating in the middle of Washington Street on tracks embedded in the pavement.[3] There are bike lockers at the station, but there is not a park and ride lot.[3] The Washington Street Station has bus connections to the 47-Baseline/Evergreen bus line.[3]
Artwork
editThe station was designed by OTAK, Inc. and has side platforms, while the artwork theme was selected by artist Linda Haworth.[4] Located in a Hispanic neighborhood, the public art theme is "Sweet Home and the Garden of Life" or "La Casa Dulce y el Jardin de la Vida."[4] The dominant piece of art is a 140-foot-long (43 m) tile wall created from over 650 tiles created by area residents.[5] Other artwork includes photographs etched into the glass of the windscreen, birds in a mosaic on benches, and a weather vane that looks like a snow globe as designed by Nate Slusarenko with images of Mount Hood and vehicles.[6] There is also a path colored to resemble carpet, while the planters at the station resemble kettles used for making cheese in the traditional manner.[6]
References
edit- ^ Mapes, Jeff. Gore walks tight line on Clinton. The Oregonian, September 13, 1998.
- ^ Rose, Joseph (March 31, 2011). "TriMet gets federal grant to install security cameras at 10 final MAX stations". The Oregonian. Retrieved April 2, 2011.
- ^ a b c Washington/SE 12th Ave MAX Station. TriMet. Retrieved on July 11, 2008.
- ^ a b Colby, Richard N. Tracking art plans. The Oregonian, August 3, 1995.
- ^ Gragg, Randy. A platform to reveal the art of the journey. The Oregonian, September 9, 1998.
- ^ a b Art on Westside MAX Blue Line. TriMet. Retrieved on June 11, 2008.
External links
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- Station information (with eastbound ID number) from TriMet
- Station information (with westbound ID number) from TriMet
- MAX Light Rail Stations – more general TriMet page