Goose Hollow/Southwest Jefferson Street station

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.

Goose Hollow/
SW Jefferson St  
MAX Light Rail station
Looking west toward the Vista Bridge, which is served by Line 51.
LocationSW 18th Ave & Jefferson St
Portland, Oregon
USA
Coordinates45°31′06″N 122°41′34″W
Owned byTriMet
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Disabled accessYes
History
OpenedSeptember 12, 1998
Services
Preceding station   MAX Light Rail   Following station
Blue Line
toward Cleveland
Red Line
Suspended services
Preceding station   MAX Light Rail   Following station
Blue Line
Closed 2020
toward Cleveland
Red Line
Closed 2020

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) Archived 2007-02-12 at the Wayback Machine 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.
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