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{{Infobox station
| name               = {{MAX infobox header|Hollywood/NE 42nd Ave|blue|green|red}}
| type               = [[MAX Light Rail]] station
| image              = Platform_at_Hollywood_station,_February_2018.jpg
| image_caption      = View of the MAX station from the pedestrian bridge, looking west
| address            = 1410 Northeast 42nd Avenue<br>[[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], [[Oregon]]
| country            = USA
| coordinates        = {{coord|45.532847|-122.620963|format=dms|type:railwaystation_region:US-OR|display=inline,title}}
| line               = <!-- line information is detailed under "services" -->
| other              = 
| platform           = one [[island platform]]
| tracks             = 2
| bus_routes         = 3
| parking            = 
| bicycle            = bike lockers and banks
| baggage_check      = 
| passengers         = 
| pass_year          = 
| pass_percent       = 
| pass_system        = 
| opened             = September 5, 1986
| status             = MAX station open<br>Bus terminal to reopen 2026
| closed             = 
| rebuilt            = 
| accessible         = yes
| code               = 
| owned              = [[TriMet]]
| services           = {{Adjacent stations|system1=TriMet
|line1=Blue|left1=Lloyd Center/Northeast 11th Avenue|right1=Northeast 60th Avenue
|line2=Green|left2=Lloyd Center/Northeast 11th Avenue|right2=Northeast 60th Avenue
|line3=Red|left3=Lloyd Center/Northeast 11th Avenue|right3=Northeast 60th Avenue 
}}
| mpassengers        = 
| mapframe           = yes
| mapframe-custom    = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail-light |marker-color=#000 |zoom=15 }}
}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024|cs1-dates=ly}}[[File:Hollywood Transit Center bus bays (2013).jpg|thumb|right|The former bus plaza at the station, shown in 2013. This site is being redeveloped into apartments, to open in 2026.]]
'''Hollywood/Northeast 42nd Avenue''', until 2024 also known as '''Hollywood Transit Center''', is a [[light rail]] station in the [[MAX Light Rail]] system and a bus transit center, located in the [[Hollywood District (Portland, Oregon)|Hollywood District]] of [[Portland, Oregon]]. Hollywood/NE 42nd Ave is the 11th stop eastbound on the eastside MAX main line, and is served by the [[MAX Blue Line|Blue]], [[MAX Green Line|Green]] and [[MAX Red Line|Red]] Lines. The transit center's bus area, served by three routes, is temporarily closed for construction.

Owned by [[TriMet]], the transit center is located along the [[Banfield Freeway]], south of the intersection of Northeast 42nd Avenue and Halsey Street. The MAX station platform is situated between the freeway and a [[Union Pacific Railroad]] line, and is connected to the bus stops and surrounding areas by a pedestrian bridge.

The station was located in TriMet fare zone 2 from its opening in 1986<ref name="1986 MAX facts">{{Cite news |last=Federman |first=Stan |date=1986-09-05 |title=Going to the MAX: Facts to know about the new line |work=[[The Oregonian]] |page=T10 |pages= |at= |section=}}</ref> until September 2012, at which time TriMet discontinued all use of zones in its fare structure.<ref name="oreg-2012aug31">{{cite news|last=Bailey Jr.|first=Everton|title=TriMet boosts most fares starting Saturday; some routes changing |newspaper=The Oregonian|date=August 30, 2012 <!--print edition date Aug. 31, 2012, page 1--> | url=http://www.oregonlive.com/roadreport/index.ssf/2012/08/trimet_boosts_most_fares_start.html |access-date=December 9, 2012}}</ref>

==Connecting services==
This transit center is served by the following bus lines. Beginning in August 2023, these lines stop on nearby streets, until construction on the station's new bus plaza is complete.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MAX Light Rail Stations |url=https://trimet.org/max/stations.htm |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=TriMet}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Route
!Destination
!Stop location
!Stop number
|-
| rowspan="2" |75 Cesar Chavez/Lombard
|[[St. Johns, Portland, Oregon|St Johns]]
|NE Broadway & 42nd
|[https://trimet.org/home/stop/14400 14400]
|-
|[[Milwaukie, Oregon|Milwaukie]]
| rowspan="2" |NE 42nd & Weidler
| rowspan="2" |[https://trimet.org/home/stop/14403 14403]
|-
| rowspan="2" |77 Broadway/Halsey
|[[Montgomery Park (Portland, Oregon)|Montgomery Park]]
|-
|[[Troutdale, Oregon|Troutdale]]
|NE Halsey & 42nd
|[https://trimet.org/home/stop/14401 14401]
|}
== History ==

=== Opening and service expansion ===
The Hollywood/NE 42nd Ave station and transit center are part of the first MAX line, which was constructed along the [[Banfield Freeway]] as an alternative to building the controversial [[Mount Hood Freeway]]. The station opened on September 5, 1986, as part of the initial {{Convert|15.1|mi|km|abbr=on}} MAX service from [[Gresham, Oregon|Gresham]] to [[Downtown Portland, Oregon|Downtown Portland]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last=Selinger |first=Philip |last2=Murphy |first2=Angela |last3=Morley |first3=Melissa Schmidt |date=2019 |year= |title=Making History: 50 Years of TriMet and Transit in the Portland Region |url=https://trimet.org/history/pdf/making-history.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225160919/https://trimet.org/history/pdf/making-history.pdf |archive-date=February 25, 2020 |access-date= |publisher=TriMet}}</ref>{{Rp|page=46}}

MAX service was extended west of Downtown Portland in the 1990s, and an extension to [[Portland International Airport]] opened in 2001. The airport MAX service opened as the [[MAX Red Line|Red Line]], and the line to Gresham was redesignated as the Blue Line, both serving Hollywood/NE 42nd.<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|page=83}} The station gained an additional service in 2009 with the opening of the Green Line to Clackamas Town Center, a service pattern that remains {{As of|2024|lc=y}}.

TriMet renovated the Hollywood/NE 42nd station with new signage, lighting, and information displays, as part of a renovation program that began in 2011. The Blue Line Station Rehabilitation initiative was accompanied by safety improvements along the original Banfield Freeway line, and was funded by a grant from the [[Federal Transit Administration]].<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|page=109}}

=== 2017 stabbing incident ===
{{main|2017 Portland train attack}}
On May 26, 2017, two people were killed and one seriously injured in a [[Mass stabbing|knife attack]] on a train arriving at the Hollywood station. The attacker was verbally abusing two women who he believed were Muslim, and stabbed three bystanders who attempted to intervene.<ref name="beeb" /> The attacker was arrested nearby,<ref name="beeb">{{cite news |date=May 27, 2017 |title=Portland deaths: Two stabbed trying to stop anti-Muslim abuse |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40070319 |access-date=May 27, 2017 |work=BBC News |publisher=}}</ref><ref name="WWeek-2017may27">{{cite web|last1=Mesh|first1=Aaron|title=Witnesses: Man Cut the Throats of Two MAX Passengers Who Tried to Stop Anti-Muslim Bullying of Women on Northeast Portland Train|url=http://www.wweek.com/uncategorized/2017/05/26/witnesses-man-on-northeast-portland-max-train-cut-the-throats-of-two-men-who-tried-to-stop-anti-muslim-bullying-of-women-passengers/|newspaper=[[Willamette Week]]|access-date=May 27, 2017|date=May 27, 2017}}</ref> and was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences in June 2020.<ref>{{cite web |last=Lambert |first=Hannah |date=June 24, 2020 |title=Jeremy Christian sentenced to 2 life terms without parole |url=https://www.koin.com/news/crime/max-killer-jeremy-christian-sentencing-day-2-06242020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200624222123/https://www.koin.com/news/crime/max-killer-jeremy-christian-sentencing-day-2-06242020/ |archive-date=June 24, 2020 |access-date=June 24, 2020 |website=KOIN |publisher=}}</ref>

In the aftermath of the attack, TriMet commissioned a memorial to commemorate the victims. [[Sarah Farahat]]'s design, ''[[We Choose Love]]'', was completed in May 2018, drawing inspiration from chalk messages left at the scene shortly after the attack. ''We Choose Love'' features excerpts from a poem translated into seven languages, and incorporates images of the [[Paeonia brownii|Western peony]] throughout its life cycle.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Theen |first=Andrew |date=2018-04-21 |title=MAX stabbing mural: Artists begin transforming Hollywood Transit Center |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/roadreport/2018/04/grief_hope_and_unity_artists_b.html |access-date=2024-06-01 |website=The Oregonian |language=en}}</ref>

=== Redevelopment ===
Hollywood Transit Center is the site of a new [[transit-oriented development]] project, hollywoodHUB, which is stated to open in 2026. The project includes a 12-story apartment building, which will feature over 220 units of [[affordable housing]], retail spaces, and transit connections. TriMet and its partner BRIDGE Housing broke ground at the site in August 2023, moving the station's bus services to temporary stops during the construction.<ref name="kgw-2023oct26">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=October 26, 2023 |title=Hollywood Transit Center construction project will add affordable housing and business space |url=https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/hollywood-transit-center-hub-affordable-housing/283-f6d4048c-e401-430c-99aa-b45785918cce |access-date=January 15, 2024 |publisher=[[KGW]]}}</ref><ref name="mercury-2023oct30">{{cite news |last=Griggs |first=Taylor |date=October 30, 2023 |title=With the HollywoodHUB project, TriMet Embraces a New Vision for Public Transportation |url=https://www.portlandmercury.com/news/2023/10/30/46810310/with-the-hollywoodhub-project-trimet-embraces-a-new-vision-for-public-transportation |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031025720/https://www.portlandmercury.com/news/2023/10/30/46810310/with-the-hollywoodhub-project-trimet-embraces-a-new-vision-for-public-transportation |archive-date=October 31, 2023 |access-date=January 15, 2024 |newspaper=[[Portland Mercury]]}}</ref> Infrastructure improvements for MAX Light Rail are also planned, including a new [[Traction substation|traction power substation]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Redden |first=Jim |date=2023-10-26 |title=hollywoodHUB to honor MAX victims, add housing in NE Portland |url=https://www.portlandtribune.com/news/hollywoodhub-to-honor-max-victims-add-housing-in-ne-portland/article_941ce4ce-737e-11ee-b259-3717ab4737c2.html |access-date=2024-06-01 |website=Portland Tribune |language=en}}</ref>

The ''We Choose Love'' memorial was removed in January 2024, as part of the hollywoodHUB project.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Ramakrishnan |first=Jayati |date=2024-01-10 |title=Memorial to 2017 MAX stabbings dismantled as construction begins on affordable housing, transit center revamp |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/commuting/2024/01/memorial-to-2017-max-stabbings-dismantled-as-construction-begins-on-affordable-housing-transit-center-revamp.html |access-date=2024-06-01 |website=The Oregonian |language=en}}</ref> TriMet officials described the mural as temporary when it was installed, citing their upcoming plans for the station's renovation.<ref name=":1" /> The rebuilt station will incorporate the themes of the original memorial, including the color scheme and messages of peace.<ref name=":2" />

==See also==
* [[List of TriMet transit centers]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Hollywood Transit Center}}
*[http://trimet.org/transitcenters/hollywood.htm Hollywood/NE 42nd Ave. Transit Center] – TriMet page
*[http://trimet.org/go/cgi-bin/cstops.pl?action=entry&Loc=8373 Westbound train arrivals] from TriMet
*[http://trimet.org/go/cgi-bin/cstops.pl?action=entry&Loc=8344 Eastbound train arrivals] from TriMet

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