The Beaverton Transit Center is a bus station

Bus station

A bus station is a structure where city or intercity buses stop to pick up and drop off passengers. It is larger than a bus stop, which is usually simply a place on the roadside, where buses can stop...

, light rail

Light rail

Light rail or light rail transit is a form of urban rail public transportation that generally has a lower capacity and lower speed than heavy rail and metro systems, but higher capacity and higher speed than traditional street-running tram systems...

 and commuter rail station in Beaverton

Beaverton, Oregon

Beaverton is a city in Washington County, Oregon, United States, seven miles west of Portland in the Tualatin River Valley.As of the 2010 census, the population is 90,267. This makes it the second-largest city in the county and Oregon's sixth-largest city...

, Oregon

Oregon

Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...

, USA. It serves MAX Light Rail, being the 6th stop westbound on the Westside MAX. It serves the Blue Line

MAX Blue Line

The MAX Blue Line is a 33 mile light rail line in the MAX Light Rail system in the Portland metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Oregon. Operated by TriMet, the line runs between Hillsboro and Gresham, via downtown Portland...

, and serves as the western terminus for the Red Line

MAX Red Line

The MAX Red Line is a route in the Metropolitan Area Express light rail system in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area. It is 25.5 miles long...

. 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

The first Beaverton Transit Center opened in June 1979 at a different location from the current facility, about 1100 feet (335.3 m) to the south; there were timed transfer connections among the several bus routes serving it.

The current Beaverton Transit Center opened on September 4, 1988, replacing the original one and still being a bus-only transit center. 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. Ten years later, a platform the Westside Express Service (WES) commuter rail line to Wilsonville

Wilsonville, Oregon

Wilsonville is a city primarily in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. A portion of the northern section of the city is in Washington County. Originally founded as Boones Landing due to the Boones Ferry which crossed the Willamette River at the location, the community became Wilsonville in...

was constructed, at the northern end of the station, coming into use on January 31, 2009.

Bus line connections

This station is served by the following bus lines:

• 20 - Burnside/Stark
• 52 - Farmington/185th Ave
• 53 - Arctic/Allen
• 54 - Beaverton-Hillsdale Hwy
• 57 - TV Hwy/Forest Grove
• 58 - Canyon Rd
• 61 - Marquam Hill/Beaverton
• 67 - Jenkins/158th Ave
• 76 - Beaverton/Tualatin
• 78 - Beaverton/Lake Oswego
• 88 - Hart/198th Ave