Wilsonville Station

Wilsonville Station
WES commuter rail station
Station under construction April 2008
Location	9699 SW Barber Street Wilsonville, Oregon
Coordinates	45°18′41″N 122°46′31″W / 45.311341°N 122.775258°W / 45.311341; -122.775258Coordinates: 45°18′41″N 122°46′31″W / 45.311341°N 122.775258°W / 45.311341; -122.775258
Owned by	City of Wilsonville
Line(s)	Westside Express Service
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Parking	Park & Ride: 400 spaces
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	January 2009
Services
Preceding station   WES Commuter Rail   Following station Terminus Commuter Rail Tualatin Station toward Beaverton Transit Center

Wilsonville Station is a train station and transit center 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. Opened in January 2009, the station includes a 400-car park-and-ride lot and bus transit center, both owned by the city of Wilsonville as part of its South Metro Area Regional Transit (SMART) public mass transit bus system.

Plans for the commuter rail between Beaverton and Wilsonville began as early as 1996, led by Washington County officials. In 2001, the Federal Transit Administration authorized the project, and in 2004 it approved the project, by which time regional transit agency TriMet 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. This included former mayor and then state representative Jerry Krummel, 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.

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. Located on Barber Street on the west side of Interstate 5, the station and line are in operation only during the morning and evening commute times, Monday through Friday. Averaging 37 miles per hour (60 km/h), each trip between Wilsonville and Beaverton is scheduled to take 27 minutes, and trains depart every 30 minutes. Wilsonville Station has bus connections through SMART, Canby Area Transit, and to Salem via Cherriots.