page_title: Wilsonville station
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Wilsonville station / History
caption_attribution_description: WES in w:Wilsonville, Oregon, platform shelter at the still-under-construction station
context_page_description: Wilsonville station is a train station and transit center on the Westside Express Service commuter rail line in Wilsonville, Oregon, United States. The station is the southern terminus of the 14.7-mile line that connects to the city of Beaverton at the Beaverton Transit Center, where passengers can connect to MAX Light Rail. Opened in January 2009, the station includes a 400-car park-and-ride lot and bus transit center, both owned by the city of Wilsonville as part of its South Metro Area Regional Transit public mass transit bus system.
context_section_description: Plans for the commuter rail between Beaverton and Wilsonville began as early as 1996, led by Washington County officials. In 2001, the Federal Transit Administration authorized the project, and in 2004 it approved the project, by which time regional transit agency TriMet had taken over as the lead agency in planning the project.  Construction began in October 2006. The station was originally planned to be built at Boberg Road, and was later changed to the location on Barber Street as suggested by the Villebois developers.
  On March 2, 2007, a groundbreaking ceremony was held at the station's site, attended by officials from TriMet, the state, and Wilsonville politicians. These included former mayor and then state representative Jerry Krummel, an early proponent of the line. The public artwork was installed on September 3, 2008. The line was scheduled to begin service in September 2008, but delays led to an opening in January 2009.
caption: The station under construction April 2008
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