Hillsboro Health District station

Hillsboro Health District
MAX Light Rail station
General information
Location	SE Washington St at SE 8th Ave Hillsboro, Oregon USA
Coordinates	45°31′17″N 122°58′42″W
Owned by	TriMet
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	TriMet: 47, 48, 57
Construction
Parking	85 spaces in the Hillsboro Intermodal Transit Facility[1]
History
Opened	September 12, 1998
Services
Preceding station TriMet Following station Hillsboro Central/​Southeast 3rd Avenue Transit Center towards Hatfield Government Center Blue Line Washington/​Southeast 12th Avenue towards Cleveland Avenue
Location

Hillsboro Health District, formerly Tuality Hospital/Southeast 8th Avenue, is a light rail station on the MAX Blue Line in Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. Opened in 1998, it is the 18th stop westbound on the Westside MAX. The station has a single island platform with a passenger shelter, with the station primarily serving the campus of Hillsboro Medical Center (known until 2019 as Tuality Community Hospital).

History

In 1994, construction of the Westside MAX project began. On September 12, 1998, the station opened along with the rest of the Westside MAX line.^[2] In September 2006, the Pacific University Health Professions Campus opened next to the station.^[3] Pacific decided to build the campus there due partly to the presence of the station.^[4] Pacific opened a second building in August 2010 while the city, in a joint venture with the hospital and school, opened the Hillsboro Intermodal Transit Facility the following month.^[5] In March 2011, TriMet received a federal grant to pay for the installation of security cameras at the station.^[6] The MAX station was designed by OTAK Inc. TriMet announced the station will be renamed to "Hillsboro Health District" on August 25, 2024, following a service update.^[7]

Amenities

The station is located on Southeast Washington Street between Seventh and Eighth avenues. It is one block from Hillsboro Medical Center and one-half block, or about 250 feet (76 m), from the Hillsboro Intermodal Transit Facility (HITF). The station originally did not have any park-and-ride facilities, but in April 2012, 85 spaces in the nearby HITF were designated for park-and-ride use by TriMet riders.^[1]

Artwork

The public art at the station relates to the hospital, with themes of hope, light, and healing.^[8] Individual pieces at the station includes 300 bronze swallows, considered a symbol of hope.^[9] Implanted into the concrete, the swallows are accented by a quote from Shakespeare, while swallows also adorn the weather vanes that sit atop the passenger shelter.^[8] Other artwork at the station includes a picture of Minnie Jones Coy (the founder of the hospital) and the "Quilt of Traditional Remedies" by Jane Kies.^[8] Recipes for old medicinal remedies are etched into the glass windscreen in the passenger shelter,^[10] while traditional medicine plants grow around the station.^[8]

References

1. "New Park & Ride: 85 spaces on Level 2 of the Hillsboro Intermodal Transit Facility now dedicated Park & Ride spaces". TriMet. April 10, 2012. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
2. Mapes, Jeff. Gore walks tight line on Clinton. The Oregonian, September 13, 1998.
3. Demlow, Kay. Neighborhood Roundup: Pacific U. classes set to begin in new building. The Oregonian, August 31, 2006.
4. “MAX is 10 and still on track”, The Hillsboro Argus, September 11, 2008.
5. Lang, Joe (September 8, 2010). "Health campus, transit facility launched amid fanfare". The Forest Grove News-Times. Retrieved December 11, 2012.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
6. Rose, Joseph (March 31, 2011). "TriMet gets federal grant to install security cameras at 10 final MAX stations". The Oregonian. Retrieved April 2, 2011.
7. York, Tia (July 17, 2024). "From jobs to schools and services, TriMet improves connections to opportunities with August 2024 service change". TriMet. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
8. Art on Westside MAX Blue Line. TriMet. Retrieved on July 10, 2008.
9. Hamilton, Don. Sculptures will let riders know which way wind is blowing. The Oregonian, July 23, 1997.
10. Colby, Richard N. Tracking art plans. The Oregonian, August 3, 1995.

External links

• Station information (with eastbound ID number) from TriMet
• Station information (with westbound ID number) from TriMet
• MAX Light Rail Stations – more general TriMet page
• Metro: Pacific University Hillsboro campus