Southeast Tacoma/Johnson Creek is a light rail station and park and ride for the MAX Orange Line. Service began on September 12, 2015. It is the third stop northbound on the Orange Line. The station was built for residents of the Sellwood and Ardenwald neighborhoods of Portland and Milwaukie. The station is located adjacent to Oregon Route 99E and can be directly accessed by northbound traffic and by traffic from the portion of SE Tenino Street that connects SE Tacoma to SE Johnson Creek Boulevard.[1]
SE Tacoma/Johnson Creek  | |||||||||||
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| Location | 8300 SE McLoughlin Blvd Portland, Oregon, United States | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 45°27′46″N 122°38′16″W / 45.462830°N 122.637649°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | TriMet | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Bus routes | 34, 99 | ||||||||||
| Bus operators | TriMet | ||||||||||
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| Parking | 318 park and ride spaces | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 72 secure and 34 rack spaces | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Opened | September 12, 2015 | ||||||||||
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The station is located where the historic Oregon Woolen Mills once operated and in more recent years was the past location of the Goodwill mega-store known as the "Goodwill Bins". Past plans called for the site to be developed as a Wal-Mart and was staunchly opposed by area residents.[2]
Bus service
edit- Line 34 - Linwood/River Rd
- Line 99 - Macadam/McLoughlin Express
See also
edit- Kerf (sculpture), public art installed at the station
References
edit- ^ "SE Tacoma St/Johnson Creek station area" (PDF). Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Transit Project Station Area Fact Sheets. TriMet. September 2012. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
- ^ "Route and Stations: SE Tacoma & Johnson Creek". Catch the Orange. TriMet. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
- "SE Tacoma St/Johnson Creek". TriMet.
- Redden, Jim (October 21, 2014). "TriMet changing bus lines when Portland-Milwaukie MAX opens". Portland Tribune.
- Rose, Joseph (June 27, 2014). "Portland-Milwaukie light rail: TriMet seeking public input on bus changes along future Orange Line". Oregonian.
External links
edit- SE Tacoma/Johnson Creek station (southbound) information from TriMet
- SE Tacoma/Johnson Creek station (northbound) information from TriMet
- MAX Light Rail Stations – more general TriMet page
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