Civic Drive station
{{Short description|Light rail station in Gresham, Oregon, US}}
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Gresham, Oregon
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Civic Drive station is a MAX light rail station in Gresham, Oregon, on the Blue Line and is the 23rd stop eastbound on the current Eastside MAX line. The station opened on December 1, 2010.{{Cite news| last = Rose | first =Joseph | authorlink = Joseph Rose (journalist) | title = TriMet trains start picking up riders at Gresham's Civic Drive Station | newspaper = The Oregonian| date = December 1, 2010 | url = http://www.oregonlive.com/gresham/index.ssf/2010/12/trimet_trains_start_picking_up.html | accessdate = May 9, 2013 }}
History
The foundations for the station's platforms were laid in 1996, as part of a planned Gresham Civic neighborhood developmentOliver, Gordon; and Briggs, Kara (July 14, 1995). "Metro panel backs Winmar but not station". The Oregonian.Briggs, Kara (May 15, 1996). "Winmar prepares to start project". The Oregonian. included in a 1993 Downtown Gresham Plan.{{Cite news| url= http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2006/06/05/daily12.html | title=Metro seeks development proposals for future Gresham MAX station property | newspaper=Portland Business Journal| date= June 6, 2006| accessdate=2010-05-28}} Due to a lack of finance and slower-than-expected development of the surrounding property, TriMet decided not to finish the station at that time. Its completion was postponed indefinitely,"Developer plans apartments in Civic Neighborhood area" (September 1, 1997). The Oregonian. and the foundations were fenced off for safety reasons.
A March 2009 TriMet report included plans to resume construction of the station in summer 2009, for opening in fall 2010.{{Cite web| publisher = TriMet| title = Eastside Revitalization Report| url = http://trimet.org/pdfs/projects/eastside_revitalization_report.pdf| date = March 2009| accessdate = 2009-08-17| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303185631/http://trimet.org/pdfs/projects/eastside_revitalization_report.pdf| archive-date = 2016-03-03| url-status = dead}} Groundbreaking for the station occurred in May 2010;{{Cite news| title = No. 85! TriMet breaks ground on new MAX station | publisher = TriMet | work= Press release | date = May 17, 2010 | url = http://trimet.org/news/releases/2010/may17-civicdrive.htm | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202103058/http://trimet.org/news/releases/2010/may17-civicdrive.htm |archivedate=December 2, 2010 |url-status=dead |accessdate = 2019-01-23 }} the total cost for the station is $3 million, including a $1.76 million construction budget.{{Cite news| last = Carinci | first = Justin | title = Work begins on Gresham MAX station | newspaper = Daily Journal of Commerce | date = May 17, 2010 | url = http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/05/17/work-begins-on-gresham-max-station/ | accessdate = 2010-05-28 }} The street on which the station is located, and for which it is named, opened to traffic in June 2010.
The station was located in TriMet fare zone 3 from its opening in 2010 until September 2012, at which time TriMet discontinued all use of zones in its fare structure.{{cite news|last=Bailey Jr.|first=Everton|title=TriMet boosts most fares starting Saturday; some routes changing |newspaper=The Oregonian|date=August 30, 2012 | url=http://www.oregonlive.com/roadreport/index.ssf/2012/08/trimet_boosts_most_fares_start.html |accessdate=December 9, 2012}}
Comparison to Cascades station
The situation was somewhat similar to that of the Cascades MAX station, on the Red Line, which was also built to serve a planned transit-oriented development, in 2001, but was then mothballed when the predicted development of the area did not materialize,{{Cite news
| last = Culverwell | first = Wendy
| title = Busy Cascade Station awaits flow of retailers
| newspaper = Portland Business Journal
| date = August 17, 2007
| url = http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2007/08/20/story6.html
| accessdate = 2009-08-17
}} and the Cascades MAX station did not finally open until late 2006. However, that station was fully completed in 2001 except for the fitting of ticket vending machines and glass in the frames of the shelters, whereas much less work was undertaken at Civic Drive station before being halted in 1998. Some development around this station site has taken place subsequently and includes stores, offices and residences.
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External links
- [http://trimet.org/go/cgi-bin/cstops.pl?action=entry&Loc=13449 Station information (with westbound ID number)] from TriMet
- [http://trimet.org/go/cgi-bin/cstops.pl?action=entry&Loc=13450 Station information (with eastbound ID number)] from TriMet
- [http://trimet.org/max/stations/index.htm MAX Light Rail Stations] – more general TriMet page
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Category:MAX Light Rail stations
Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 2010