Washington Park (MAX station)

Washington Park
MAX Light Rail Station
An eastbound Blue Line train entering the station
Location	Washington Park near Oregon Zoo and Southwest Knights Boulevard Portland, Oregon USA
Coordinates	45°30′38″N 122°43′01″W / 45.510661°N 122.716869°W / 45.510661; -122.716869Coordinates: 45°30′38″N 122°43′01″W / 45.510661°N 122.716869°W / 45.510661; -122.716869
Owned by	TriMet
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Depth	260 feet (79 m)
Parking	none
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	1998
Services
Preceding station   MAX Light Rail   Following station Sunset Transit Center toward Hatfield Government Center Blue Line Goose Hollow/SW Jefferson St toward Cleveland Ave Sunset Transit Center toward Beaverton Transit Center Red Line Goose Hollow/SW Jefferson St toward Portland International Airport

Washington Park is a light rail station on the MAX Blue and Red Lines. It is located in Portland, Oregon and is a part of the Robertson Tunnel under Portland's West Hills. It is the fourth station westbound on the Westside MAX alignment. While it is the only completely underground station in the MAX system, at 260 feet (79 m) below the surface it is the deepest transit station in North America. It is also one of the deepest in the world.

This station serves many popular destinations. Its surface level plaza is located in the middle of a parking lot surrounded by the Oregon Zoo to the east, World Forestry Center to the west, Portland Children's Museum to the southwest, Oregon Vietnam Veterans Memorial to the northwest, and Hoyt Arboretum to the north. TriMet bus service, including a seasonal shuttle, and trails, some part of the 40 Mile Loop, connect this station to other parts of Washington Park, including the International Rose Test Garden and the Portland Japanese Garden. Buses and MAX from here also connect to the Providence Park MAX Station, West Burnside Street, and Providence Park itself.

The station was designed by the Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership architecture firm and built by Hoffman Construction Company, with engineering by Parsons Brinckerhoff. It opened in 1998 along with the rest of the westside MAX Line. Building Design & Construction named the station as its top public works project in 1999 in its Building Team Project of the Year competition.