Hall/Nimbus station
{{short description|Train station in Beaverton, Oregon}}
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| type = WES Commuter Rail station
| image = Hall Nimbus platform from Hall Boulevard, February 2018.JPG
| image_caption = The station's platform in 2018
| address = 8505 SW Cascade Avenue
Beaverton, Oregon, U.S.
| line = Tigard branch
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| other = TriMet bus
| structure = At-grade
| platform = 1 side platform
| tracks = 1
| parking = 50 spaces
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| opened = February 2, 2009
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Hall/Nimbus is a train station in Beaverton, Oregon, United States, served by TriMet as part of WES Commuter Rail. It is the second station southbound on the commuter rail line, which operates between Beaverton and Wilsonville in the Portland metropolitan area's Washington County. Opened in February 2009, the TriMet-owned station is located west of Oregon Route 217 (OR 217) near the Washington Square shopping mall on Hall Boulevard. It includes a 50-car park and ride and connections to TriMet bus routes 76–Hall/Greenburg and 78–Beaverton/Lake Oswego. WES connects with the Blue and Red lines of MAX Light Rail at Beaverton Transit Center.
History
Planning for a commuter rail line between Beaverton and Wilsonville began as early as 1996.{{cite news |last=Hamilton |first=Don |title=Cities take another look at trains |newspaper=The Oregonian |date=July 18, 1996 |page=1}} A design proposal in 2002 envisioned a station serving the Washington Square shopping mall on Scholls Ferry Road west of OR 217 called "Scholls Ferry/Washington Square",{{cite report |url=https://www.ci.wilsonville.or.us/sites/default/files/fileattachments/ordinance/58111/resolution_no._1801.pdf |title=Washington County Commuter Rail Station Design Scope |publisher=TriMet |date=September 2002 |page=1 |access-date=May 20, 2020 |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220112192418/https://www.ci.wilsonville.or.us/sites/default/files/fileattachments/ordinance/58111/resolution_no._1801.pdf |url-status=live }} later renamed to just "Washington Square".{{cite map |url=http://www.trimet.org/commuterrail/pdf/commuterrailmap.pdf |title=Washington County Commuter Rail Proposed Station Map |publisher=TriMet |date=February 2005 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051109094233/http://www.trimet.org/commuterrail/pdf/commuterrailmap.pdf |archive-date=November 9, 2005 |access-date=May 20, 2020}} An environmental analysis resulted in the project steering committee's decision to move the station farther north to just south of Hall Boulevard to leverage opportunities with nearby developments and anticipated transit improvements.{{cite report |url=https://apps2.beavertonoregon.gov/council/2005-packets/PacketJuly182005.pdf |last=Middleton |first=Margaret |title=CPA 2005-0002 Comprehensive Plan Amendment |publisher=City of Beaverton Engineering Department Transportation Division |date=May 2, 2005 |pages=16, 22 |access-date=May 20, 2020 |archive-date=October 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028013843/https://apps2.beavertonoregon.gov/council/2005-packets/PacketJuly182005.pdf |url-status=live }}
The Federal Transit Administration approved the commuter rail line in 2004,{{cite news |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2004/05/10/daily9.html |title=Wilsonville-to-Beaverton commuter train gets OK |newspaper=Portland Business Journal |date=May 10, 2004 |access-date=April 24, 2020 |archive-date=June 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610033151/https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2004/05/10/daily9.html |url-status=live }} and work began in October 2006.{{cite news |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2006/10/23/daily1.html |title=TriMet building passenger train line |newspaper=Portland Business Journal |date=October 23, 2006 |access-date=May 8, 2020 |archive-date=August 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802124904/https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2006/10/23/daily1.html |url-status=live }} By 2008, TriMet had again renamed the station to "Hall/Nimbus," and construction of its platform had begun;{{cite web |url=http://trimet.org:80/commuterrail/stations.htm |title=Washington County Commuter Rail Project |publisher=TriMet |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080206163452/http://trimet.org/commuterrail/stations.htm |archive-date=February 6, 2008 |access-date=May 20, 2020 }} it was the last station to be built.{{cite news |last=Clampet |first=Jennifer |url=https://thetribonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=119992441787360700 |title=Even six months late, WES to arrive on time in Tualatin |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216222907/http://thetribonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=119992441787360700 |archive-date=February 16, 2013 |access-date=February 16, 2013 |newspaper=The Times (Tigard) |date=January 10, 2008 |url-access=subscription}} That September, crews installed the public artwork.{{cite news |title=Ambitious crews install 5 steel sculptures in a day |last=Foyston |first=John |date=September 4, 2008 |newspaper=The Oregonian}} Originally scheduled to open in the fall, the station opened along with the inauguration of the Westside Express Service (WES) on February 2, 2009.{{cite web |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2008/10/trimet_delays_opening_of_wests.html |first=Dylan |last=Rivera |title=TriMet delays opening of Westside commuter rail line until February |date=October 1, 2008 |newspaper=The Oregonian |access-date=October 2, 2008 |archive-date=October 2, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002143137/http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2008/10/trimet_delays_opening_of_wests.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Crepeau |first=Megan |title=Westside commuter rail launch smooth |newspaper=The Oregonian |date=February 3, 2009 |page=B2 |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/index.ssf/2009/02/wes_debuts_smoothly_but_with_a.html |access-date=August 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019184648/http://www.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/index.ssf/2009/02/wes_debuts_smoothly_but_with_a.html |archive-date=October 19, 2014 |url-status=live }}
Station details
Hall/Nimbus station is located on Hall Boulevard near the Nimbus Corporate Center and the Washington Square mall in Beaverton, just west of OR 217.{{cite web|url=https://trimet.org/wes/index.htm |title=WES Commuter Rail |publisher=TriMet |access-date=January 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113161433/https://trimet.org/wes/index.htm |archive-date=January 13, 2021}} It is the second of five stations southbound on the {{convert|14.7|mi|adj=on}} WES Commuter Rail line, which utilizes Portland and Western Railroad's Tigard branch.{{cite news| author=Tucker, Libby| title=Commuter rail project breaks ground in Wilsonville| newspaper=Daily Journal of Commerce| date=March 5, 2007}} WES operates from Monday through Friday during the morning and evening rush hour commutes. At the line's northern terminus at Beaverton Transit Center, riders may transfer to the Blue and Red lines of MAX Light Rail. The station has 50 park-and-ride spaces, as well as 10 lockers and 16 rack spaces for bicycles. A nearby bus stop connects to TriMet bus routes 76–Hall/Greenburg and 78–Beaverton/Lake Oswego.
The public artwork on the platform is an interactive sculpture created by Frank Boyden and Brad Rude called The Interactivator. It is made of steel and bronze with blue accents and features bronze heads and a U-shaped vehicle, all of which were designed to represent the train and the variety of people who ride the line.{{cite web |title=Public Art on WES Commuter Rail |publisher=TriMet |url=https://trimet.org/publicart/wespublicart.htm |access-date=January 3, 2013 |archive-date=January 16, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116113505/http://trimet.org/publicart/wespublicart.htm |url-status=live }} Attached to a large, round flat surface made of stainless steel, the vehicle moves along a track and has an animal figure displayed in a scene atop the piece. The moveable heads include a pumpkin, a blindfolded man, and a blue skull.{{cite news |last=Clampet |first=Jennifer |url=https://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=121988506682133200 |title=WES art will mess with your head |newspaper=The Portland Tribune |date=August 28, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608033947/https://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=121988506682133200 |archive-date=June 8, 2011|url-status=dead |access-date=May 8, 2020}}
References
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External links
- {{cite web |url=https://trimet.org/ride/stop.html?stop_id=13067 |title=Stop ID 13067 – Hall/Nimbus WES Station |publisher=TriMet}}
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