Kings Hill/SW Salmon St station
{{Short description|MAX Light Rail station in Portland, Oregon, U.S.}}
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| name = {{MAX infobox header|Kings Hill/SW Salmon St|blue|red}}
| type = MAX Light Rail station
| image = Kings Hills MAX station with Providence Park undergoing renovation in background, April 2019.jpg
| image_caption = Viewed from the south in 2019 with the Multnomah Athletic Club and Providence Park in background
| address = SW 18th Avenue and Salmon Street
Portland, Oregon, U.S.
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- {{ric|TriMet|Red|name=y}}
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| coordinates = {{Coord|45|31|13|N|122|41|28|W|type:railwaystation_region:US-OR|display=inline,title}}
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| platform = 1 island platform
| tracks = 2
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| status = Closed
| opened = {{start date|1997|08|31}}
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| accessible = yes
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| owned = TriMet
| other_services_header=Suspended services
| other_services = {{Adjacent stations |system1=TriMet
|line1=Blue |left1=Goose Hollow/Southwest Jefferson Street |right1=Providence Park
|line2=Red |left2=Goose Hollow/Southwest Jefferson Street |right2=Providence Park
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Kings Hill/Southwest Salmon Street is a former light rail station in Portland, Oregon, United States, which was served by the Blue and Red lines of TriMet's MAX Light Rail. The station was situated within the Goose Hollow neighborhood. Its incorrectly punctuated name refers to the hillside to the west of the station, which has historically been referred to as King's Hill.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YABWNNHirLIC&dq=isbn%3A9780738574721&pg=PP1|title=Portland's Goose Hollow|last=Prince|first=Tracy J.|isbn=978-0-7385-7472-1 |year=2011|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|location=Charleston, South Carolina}} A section of King's Hill, which contains many historic buildings, qualified for inclusion within the King's Hill Historic District, the easternmost boundary of which is at SW 21st Avenue.{{cite web|title=King's Hill Historic District Guidelines|year=2001|publisher=Planning Bureau, City of Portland|url=http://www.portlandonline.com/shared/cfm/image.cfm?id=58856|format=PDF|pages=133–138|access-date=June 13, 2011}}
Description and history
File:Information pylon at Kings Hill MAX station after its closure, March 2020.jpg
The station is located in the center of SW 18th Avenue and has a single platform between the tracks. The platforms are accessed from the left-hand side of the train.
Despite the Providence Park eastbound station being only two blocks away, the station was added at the request of the neighborhood. It provides service to Lincoln High School and the Multnomah Athletic Club. Though one of the least-used downtown MAX stations, in 2006 a new condominium development nearby was expected to boost ridership.[https://web.archive.org/web/20070311075839/http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=115621117600950100 Cost of prime site with MAX access: $1] Portland Tribune, August 22, 2006.
On March 1, 2020, TriMet closed the station, alongside the stations at Pioneer Place mall, as part of a pilot program to improve MAX journey times through Downtown Portland.{{cite news |last=Altstadt |first=Roberta |title=TriMet proposes improvements to make MAX system faster and more reliable |publisher=TriMet |date=January 24, 2024 |url=https://news.trimet.org/2024/01/trimet-proposes-improvements-to-make-max-system-faster-and-more-reliable/ |access-date=October 6, 2024}}{{Cite news|last=Theen|first=Andrew|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/commuting/2020/02/2-downtown-max-stations-close-permanently-next-week-changes-coming-more-than-a-dozen-trimet-bus-routes.html|title=2 downtown MAX stations close permanently next week; changes coming to more than a dozen TriMet bus routes|date=February 25, 2020|newspaper=The Oregonian|access-date=October 6, 2024}} While the station was supposed to be closed for only a year, it has remained closed since.{{cite news |last=Altstadt |first=Roberta |title=TriMet proposes improvements to make MAX system faster and more reliable |publisher=TriMet |date=January 24, 2024 |url=https://news.trimet.org/2024/01/trimet-proposes-improvements-to-make-max-system-faster-and-more-reliable/ |access-date=October 6, 2024}}
=Public art=
Artwork around the station recalls Tanner Creek, which was buried and infilled early in Portland's history, and a bronze goose paying tribute to the Goose Hollow neighborhood. The Simpsons creator Matt Groening etched Bart Simpson into the east sidewalk of SW 18th Avenue in 1996 during the construction of this station. The City of Portland has opted to leave the sidewalk intact. SW 18th Avenue runs behind Lincoln High School, where Groening graduated in 1972.
Bus line connections
When in operation, this MAX station was served by the following bus lines:
- 15-Belmont/NW 23rd Ave
- 51-Vista
- 63-Washington Park
References
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External links
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{{Portal|Oregon|Trains}}
- [http://trimet.org/ride/stop.html?action=entry&Loc=9759 Station information (with northbound/eastbound ID number)] from TriMet
- [http://trimet.org/ride/stop.html?action=entry&Loc=9820 Station information (with southbound/westbound ID number)] from TriMet
- [http://trimet.org/max/stations.htm MAX Light Rail Stations] – more general TriMet page
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{{Goose Hollow, Portland, Oregon}}
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Category:1997 establishments in Oregon
Category:2020 disestablishments in Oregon
Category:Goose Hollow, Portland, Oregon
Category:MAX Light Rail stations
Category:Railway stations in Portland, Oregon
Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1997
Category:Railway stations in the United States closed in 2020