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Gresham Central TC
Gresham Central TC
	Gresham Central Transit Center MAX platform as seen from across Hood Avenue
General information
Location	350 NE 8th Street; Gresham, Oregon; U.S.
Coordinates	45°30′10″N 122°25′38″W / 45.50278°N 122.42722°W
Owned by	TriMet
Line(s)	Eastside MAX
Platforms	2 side platforms; 6 bus bays
Tracks	2
Bus routes	TriMet: FX2, 9, 20, 21, 80, 81, 82, 84; Sandy Area Metro
Bus stands	6
Construction
Parking	540 spaces
Bicycle facilities	Racks and lockers
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	1981/82 (bus); September 5, 1986 (MAX)
Services
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The Gresham Central Transit Center, also known as Gresham Transit Center, is a TriMet transit center and MAX light rail station in Gresham, Oregon, United States. The center is a connection point for several bus routes and the MAX Blue Line. The light rail station is the 25th stop eastbound on the eastside MAX line, which was the Portland metropolitan area's first light rail line.

The transit center is located at the intersection of NE Kelly Avenue and NE 8th Street in the central part of Gresham. It is a hub for bus service to points in eastern Multnomah County and Portland.

History and description

It originally opened as a bus-only transit center in 1981, named Gresham Transit Center, in the form of multiple bus stops clustered along 8th Street and Kelly Avenue, a temporary arrangement until construction of a planned off-street facility. The off-street bus layover area – a short section of bus-only road with purpose-built bus stops – was opened in February 1982.^[1]

The adjacent MAX station opened in 1986, and the entire facility was renamed Gresham Central Transit Center at that time. However, TriMet continues to refer to it as Gresham Transit Center (or Gresham TC) on bus destination signs and bus schedules. The station originally had no park-and-ride lot, but TriMet built and opened a three-level garage with a ground-floor retail space in 1996.^[2]^[3] A 30-space bike-and-ride facility (a secured parking area for bicycles) was built later, inside the garage, and opened in July 2011.^[4]

Public art at the transit station includes Living Room, a sculpture comprising vintage furniture cast in concrete and a faux television set cast in bronze, which was installed in 2001 through a public art program.^[5] The work was subsequently removed in October 2013.^[6]

The transit center was located in TriMet fare zone 4 from 1982^[7] until September 1988,^[8] and in zone 3 from then until September 2012, at which time TriMet discontinued all use of zones in its fare structure.^[9]

Bus service

As of September 18, 2022^[update], this station is served by the following bus lines:^[10]

FX2–Division
9-Powell Blvd
20–Burnside/Stark
21–Sandy Blvd/223rd
80–Kane/Troutdale Rd
81–Kane/257th Ave
82–South Gresham
84–Powell Valley/Orient Dr
Sandy Area Metro service to Sandy, Oregon

Gallery

A 1989 photo, when the line section on which the station is located was still bidirectional single-track
Artwork included Living Room (2001) by Tamsie Ringler before it was dismantled in 2013
The transit center's bus area, with the 1982-opened bus-only roadway in the center
A Sandy Area Metro bus at the transit center

References

^ "Tri-Met hails bus line successes". The Oregonian, January 27, 1982, p. B4
^ Briggs, Kara (July 15, 1996). "A new city hall in town". The Oregonian (East Metro edition), p. B2.
^ "Gresham Park & Ride garage open for business" (Press release). TriMet. July 15, 1996. Archived from the original on January 19, 1997. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
^ Rose, Joseph (July 18, 2011). "TriMet opens Gresham, Beaverton bike-and-rides, hopes facilities used more than first". The Oregonian. Retrieved December 17, 2011.
^ Genovese, Fran (November 6, 2008). "Trouble in Gresham's 'Living Room'". The Oregonian. Retrieved December 17, 2011.
^ Tomlinson, Stuart (October 15, 2013). "'The Living Room' art installation at TriMet's Gresham Transit Center will be removed". The Oregonian. Retrieved October 16, 2013.
^ Federman, Stan (August 29, 1982). "Fare boosts, new routes expected to reverse Tri-Met trends". The Oregonian, p. C2.
^ Houston, Bryan K. (September 2, 1988). "Tri-Met changes go into effect Sunday". The Oregonian, p. E10.
^ Bailey Jr., Everton (August 30, 2012). "TriMet boosts most fares starting Saturday; some routes changing". The Oregonian. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
^ "Rail System" (Map). TriMet. September 18, 2022. Retrieved September 18, 2022.

External links

Gresham Central Transit Center – TriMet page

[1] "Tri-Met hails bus line successes". The Oregonian, January 27, 1982, p. B4

[garage_opening-2] Briggs, Kara (July 15, 1996). "A new city hall in town". The Oregonian (East Metro edition), p. B2.

[3] "Gresham Park & Ride garage open for business" (Press release). TriMet. July 15, 1996. Archived from the original on January 19, 1997. Retrieved December 26, 2020.

[bike-4] Rose, Joseph (July 18, 2011). "TriMet opens Gresham, Beaverton bike-and-rides, hopes facilities used more than first". The Oregonian. Retrieved December 17, 2011.

[living_room-5] Genovese, Fran (November 6, 2008). "Trouble in Gresham's 'Living Room'". The Oregonian. Retrieved December 17, 2011.

[6] Tomlinson, Stuart (October 15, 2013). "'The Living Room' art installation at TriMet's Gresham Transit Center will be removed". The Oregonian. Retrieved October 16, 2013.

[oreg-1982aug29-7] Federman, Stan (August 29, 1982). "Fare boosts, new routes expected to reverse Tri-Met trends". The Oregonian, p. C2.

[oreg-1988sep2-8] Houston, Bryan K. (September 2, 1988). "Tri-Met changes go into effect Sunday". The Oregonian, p. E10.

[oreg-2012aug31-9] Bailey Jr., Everton (August 30, 2012). "TriMet boosts most fares starting Saturday; some routes changing". The Oregonian. Retrieved December 9, 2012.

[10] "Rail System" (Map). TriMet. September 18, 2022. Retrieved September 18, 2022.

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+| image_caption = Gresham Central Transit Center MAX platform as seen from across Hood Avenue
- | address=350 NE 8th Street<br>[[Gresham, Oregon|Gresham]], [[Oregon]]
+| address = 350 NE 8th Street
+| borough = [[Gresham, Oregon]]
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-The '''Gresham Central Transit Center''', also known as '''Gresham Transit Center''', is a [[TriMet]] [[transit center]] and [[MAX Light Rail|MAX]] [[light rail]] station in [[Gresham, Oregon|Gresham]], [[Oregon]], United States. The center is a connection point for several bus routes and the [[MAX Blue Line]].  The light rail station is the 25th stop eastbound on the eastside MAX line, which was the [[Portland metropolitan area]]'s first light rail line.
+The '''Gresham Central Transit Center''', also known as '''Gresham Transit Center''', is a [[TriMet]] [[transit center]] and [[MAX Light Rail|MAX light rail]] station in [[Gresham, Oregon|Gresham]], [[Oregon]], United States. The center is a connection point for several bus routes and the [[MAX Blue Line]].  The light rail station is the 25th stop eastbound on the eastside MAX line, which was the [[Portland metropolitan area]]'s first light rail line.
 The transit center is located at the intersection of NE Kelly Avenue and NE 8th Street in the central part of Gresham. It is a hub for bus service to points in eastern [[Multnomah County, Oregon|Multnomah County]] and [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]].
-==History and description==
+== History and description ==
 It originally opened as a bus-only transit center in 1981, named Gresham Transit Center, in the form of multiple bus stops clustered along 8th Street and Kelly Avenue, a temporary arrangement until construction of a planned off-street facility.  The off-street bus layover area&nbsp;– a short section of bus-only road with purpose-built bus stops&nbsp;– was opened in February 1982.<ref>"Tri-Met hails bus line successes".  ''[[The Oregonian]]'', January 27, 1982, p. B4</ref>
-The adjacent MAX station opened in 1986, and the entire facility was renamed Gresham ''Central'' Transit Center at that time.  However, TriMet continues to refer to it as Gresham Transit Center (or Gresham TC) on bus [[destination sign]]s and bus schedules.  The station originally had no [[Park and ride|park-and-ride]] lot, but TriMet built and opened a three-level garage with a ground-floor retail space in 1996.<ref name="garage opening">Briggs, Kara (July 15, 1996). "A new city hall in town". ''The Oregonian'' (East Metro edition), p. B2.</ref>  A 30-space bike-and-ride facility (a secured parking area for bicycles) was built later, inside the garage, and opened in July 2011.<ref name=bike>{{cite news|last=Rose|first=Joseph|title=TriMet opens Gresham, Beaverton bike-and-rides, hopes facilities used more than first|date=July 18, 2011|newspaper=The Oregonian|url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/commuting/2011/07/trimet_opens_gresham_beaverton.html|accessdate=December 17, 2011}}</ref>
+The adjacent MAX station opened in 1986, and the entire facility was renamed Gresham ''Central'' Transit Center at that time.  However, TriMet continues to refer to it as Gresham Transit Center (or Gresham TC) on bus [[destination sign]]s and bus schedules.  The station originally had no [[Park and ride|park-and-ride]] lot, but TriMet built and opened a three-level garage with a ground-floor retail space in 1996.<ref name="garage opening">Briggs, Kara (July 15, 1996). "A new city hall in town". ''The Oregonian'' (East Metro edition), p. B2.</ref><ref>{{cite press release |title=Gresham Park & Ride garage open for business |url=http://www.trimet.org/pressrel/pr-park.html |publisher=TriMet |access-date=December 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970119082623/http://www.trimet.org/pressrel/pr-park.html |archive-date=January  19, 1997 |url-status=dead |date=July 15, 1996}}</ref>  A 30-space bike-and-ride facility (a secured parking area for bicycles) was built later, inside the garage, and opened in July 2011.<ref name=bike>{{cite news|last=Rose|first=Joseph|title=TriMet opens Gresham, Beaverton bike-and-rides, hopes facilities used more than first|date=July 18, 2011|newspaper=The Oregonian|url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/commuting/2011/07/trimet_opens_gresham_beaverton.html|accessdate=December 17, 2011}}</ref>
 Public art at the transit station includes ''[[Living Room (sculpture)|Living Room]]'', a sculpture comprising vintage furniture cast in concrete and a ''faux'' television set cast in bronze, which was installed in 2001 through a public art program.<ref name="living room">{{cite news|last=Genovese|first=Fran|title=Trouble in Gresham's 'Living Room'|date=November 6, 2008|newspaper=[[The Oregonian]]|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/gresham/index.ssf/2008/11/trouble_in_greshams_living_roo.html|accessdate=December 17, 2011}}</ref> The work was subsequently removed in October 2013.<ref>{{cite news|last=Tomlinson|first=Stuart|title='The Living Room' art installation at TriMet's Gresham Transit Center will be removed|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/gresham/index.ssf/2013/10/the_living_room_art_installati.html#incart_m-rpt-2|accessdate= October 16, 2013|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=October 15, 2013}}</ref>
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 The transit center was located in TriMet fare zone 4 from 1982<ref name="oreg-1982aug29">Federman, Stan (August 29, 1982). "Fare boosts, new routes expected to reverse Tri-Met trends". ''The Oregonian'', p. C2.</ref> until September 1988,<ref name="oreg-1988sep2">Houston, Bryan K. (September 2, 1988). "Tri-Met changes go into effect Sunday". ''The Oregonian'', p. E10.</ref> and in zone 3 from then 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 |accessdate=December 9, 2012}}</ref>
-==Bus service==
+== Bus service ==
-This station is served by the following bus lines (as of March 3, 2018):
+{{As of|2022|09|18|df=US}}, this station is served by the following bus lines:<ref>{{Cite map |date=September 18, 2022 |title=Rail System |url=https://trimet.org/maps/img/railsystem.png |access-date=September 18, 2022 |website=[[TriMet]]}}</ref>
+*[[Frequent Express|FX2–Division]]
-*4 - Division/Fessenden
-*9 - Powell Blvd
+*9-Powell Blvd
-*20 - Burnside/Stark
+*20–Burnside/Stark
-*21 - Sandy Blvd/223rd
+*21–Sandy Blvd/223rd
-*80 - Kane Rd/Troutdale Rd
+*80–Kane/Troutdale Rd
-*81 - Kane Rd/257th Ave
+*81–Kane/257th Ave
-*82 - South Gresham
+*82–South Gresham
-*84 - Powell Valley/Orient Dr
+*84–Powell Valley/Orient Dr
 *[[Sandy Area Metro]] service to [[Sandy, Oregon]]
-==Gallery==
+== Gallery ==
 <gallery>
+File:Gresham Central MAX station in 1989 with outbound train arriving.jpg|A 1989 photo, when the line section on which the station is located was still [[Single-track railway|bidirectional single-track]]
 File:Gresham TC artwork - cast concrete and bronze furniture set.jpg|Artwork included ''[[Living Room (sculpture)|Living Room]]'' (2001) by Tamsie Ringler before it was dismantled in 2013
 File:Gresham TC bus portion, from west.jpg|The transit center's bus area, with the 1982-opened bus-only roadway in the center
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 </gallery>
-==See also==
+== See also ==
 * [[List of TriMet transit centers]]
-==References==
+== References ==
-{{Reflist|2}}
+{{Reflist}}
-==External links==
+== External links ==
 {{Commons category|Gresham Central Transit Center}}
 *[http://trimet.org/transitcenters/gresham.htm Gresham Central Transit Center] – TriMet page
+{{TriMet railway stations|Blue=y}}
-[[Category:TriMet transit centers]]
-[[Category:MAX Light Rail stations]]
-[[Category:MAX Blue Line]]
-[[Category:Buildings and structures in Gresham, Oregon]]
-[[Category:Transportation buildings and structures in Multnomah County, Oregon]]
 [[Category:1981 establishments in Oregon]]
-[[Category:Railway stations opened in 1986]]
+[[Category:Buildings and structures in Gresham, Oregon]]
+[[Category:MAX Blue Line]]
+[[Category:MAX Light Rail stations]]
 [[Category:Railway stations in Multnomah County, Oregon]]
+[[Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1986]]
+[[Category:Transportation buildings and structures in Multnomah County, Oregon]]
+[[Category:TriMet transit centers]]