Goose Hollow/Southwest Jefferson Street MAX Station

Goose Hollow/Southwest Jefferson Street
MAX Light Rail Station
Looking west toward the Vista Bridge, which is served by Line 51.
Location	SW 18th Ave & Jefferson St Portland, Oregon USA
Coordinates	45°31′06″N 122°41′34″W / 45.518264°N 122.692825°WCoordinates: 45°31′06″N 122°41′34″W / 45.518264°N 122.692825°W
Owned by	TriMet
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	September 14, 1998
Services
Preceding station   MAX Light Rail   Following station Washington Park toward Hatfield Government Center Blue Line Kings Hill/SW Salmon St toward Cleveland Ave Washington Park toward Beaverton Transit Center Red Line Kings Hill/SW Salmon St toward Portland International Airport

Goose Hollow/Southwest Jefferson Street is a light rail station on the MAX Blue and Red Lines in the Goose Hollow neighborhood of Portland, Oregon. It is the third stop westbound on the Westside MAX alignment and makes several cameo appearances in the movie What the Bleep Do We Know!? as the stop where Marlee Matlin's character boards the train to get into town.

Location

Goose Hollow/SW Jefferson Street station is located in the Goose Hollow neighborhood of western Portland. Specifically, it is located on the southern side of SW Jefferson Street, across from the Goose Hollow Inn owned by Bud Clark, former mayor of Portland.^[1] To the east of the station, the tracks curve through Collins Circle, a roundabout at the junction of SW Jefferson and SW 18th Streets. Trains turn north onto 18th as they move eastbound; to the west, the tracks pass under the Vista Avenue viaduct (more commonly referred to as the Vista Bridge) and into the Robertson Tunnel under Portland's West Hills.^[1]

Station layout

The station uses a simple side platform layout with two tracks running between them.^[2] Access to the platforms is via the street with ramps on either end of each platform. There is also a crossing for pedestrians to change platforms.

Bus connections

This station at Collins Circle is served by the following bus lines:

• 6 – Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
• 58 – Canyon Rd
• 68 – Marquam Hill/Collins Circle

References

1. Portland MAX: East-West MAX (Blue) NYCSubway Retrieved 2009-07-28
2. "Goose Hollow/SW Jefferson Street MAX Station". TriMet. 2003. Archived from the original on February 7, 2004. Retrieved January 1, 2013.

External links

• Station information (with eastbound ID number) from TriMet
• Station information (with westbound ID number) from TriMet
• MAX Light Rail Stations – more general TriMet page