Washington Park MAX Station
SW Knight Blvd. at Oregon Zoo
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Blue Line (Hillsboro/City Center/Gresham)
Red Line (Airport/City Center/Beaverton) The station is located just north of SW Canyon Road near the Hall/Watson junction. This station is in Zone 1.
Connections
- Bus Line 63-Washington Park takes visitors from the station to the attractions in and around Washington Park.
Amenities
- The nearest Park & Ride lot is located at the Sunset Transit Center
- Accessible to people with mobility devices
- Bike racks and lockers available
- Ticket vending machine (credit/debit cards accepted)
- Food service nearby at the Oregon Zoo
Design
The above-ground part of the station features an open central plaza where visitors can stop and rest or wait for friends. Large basalt columns provide informal seating and four tall incense cedars mark the entrances to the plaza. Thirty-five-foot-high towers at each end of the plaza contain elevators and other equipment. The towers are finished with basalt stone similar to that used in the nearby Washington Park reservoirs.
Washington Park Station is the only stop in the 3-mile-long light rail tunnels through Portland's West Hills. At 260 feet underground, it is the deepest transit station in North America, and the second-deepest in the world. Passengers travel from the underground platform to the surface in four high-speed elevators. Each elevator can comfortably carry up to 39 people from platform to street level in about 20 seconds.