Wilsonville Transit Center, also called SMART Central at Wilsonville Station, is a

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and

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Wilsonville, Oregon Wilsonville is a city in Clackamas County, Oregon, Clackamas and Washington County, Oregon, Washington counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. Founded with the name Boones Landing for the Boones Ferry that crossed the Willamette River, the communit ...

, United States. The transit center, which is owned and operated by the City of Wilsonville, is the hub for the

South Metro Area Regional Transit South Metro Area Regional Transit (SMART) is a public transit system operated by the city government of Wilsonville, Oregon, United States. The system currently consists of seven routes and is funded by local businesses. It was created when Wilsonv ...

(SMART) bus system. The

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's regional transit agency,

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, operates the southern terminus of its

WES Commuter Rail The Westside Express Service (WES) is a commuter rail line serving parts of the Portland metropolitan area's Washington County, Oregon, Washington and Clackamas County, Oregon, Clackamas counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. Owned by TriMet and ...

at the facility; WES connects with the

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and

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lines of

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at Beaverton Transit Center. Opened in January 2009, the transit center includes a 400-car

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History

Plans for the commuter rail between Beaverton and Wilsonville began as early as 1996, led by Washington County officials. In 2001, the

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authorized the project, and in 2004 it approved the project, by which time regional transit agency

had taken over as the lead agency in planning the project. Construction began in October 2006. 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. On March 2, 2007, a groundbreaking ceremony was held at the station's site, attended by officials from TriMet, the state, and Wilsonville politicians. These included former mayor and then state representative

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, an early proponent of the line. The public artwork was installed on September 3, 2008. The line was scheduled to begin service in September 2008, but delays led to an opening in January 2009.

Details

The station is one of five on the rail line that utilizes

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's freight rail line. Located on Barber Street on the west side of

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, the station and line are in operation only during the morning and evening commute times, Monday through Friday.WES Fares, Route/Station Map and Schedule.
TriMet. Retrieved on 2010-03-19. Averaging , each trip between Wilsonville and Beaverton is scheduled to take 27 minutes, and trains depart every 30 minutes. Wilsonville station has bus connections through

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, and to Salem via

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. Wilsonville station, WES's southern terminus, was built by contractor

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. The stop includes a park-and-ride lot with 400 spaces along with the platform. The platform includes a shelter for waiting passengers measuring long. The station includes 12 bays for the transit center and a maintenance building for SMART buses. Future plans call for a mixed-use development to include SMART offices, retail shops and restaurants, along with public restrooms, bicycle storage and an outdoor play area. SMART 40-foot Gillig hybrid bus at Wilsonville Station transit center in 2018

SMART 40-foot Gillig hybrid bus at Wilsonville Station transit center in 2018

Additional amenities at the station are wind screens, public artwork, and a scored-concrete plaza featuring trees. Public art consists of an interactive

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created by

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and Brad Rude.Public Art on WES Commuter Rail.
TriMet. Retrieved on 2019-06-12. The sculpture features bronze heads and a vehicle designed to represent the train and the variety of people who ride the line. The vehicle can be moved (by hand) along a track and has an animal figure displayed in a scene atop the piece. Additionally, glass in the windbreak is etched with a

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pattern. Commuters from the surrounding communities of

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, Canby,

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, Woodburn, and

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are expected to utilize the station. Washington County provided the land for Wilsonville station. Self-propelled, diesel-fueled rail cars are used for the line. The park-and-ride lot was partly built to allow for interconnection between the city's SMART bus service and the rail line. For the first five years of operation, Wilsonville will pay a maximum of $300,000 a year to help fund the annual operations of the

-operated line.

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