The Gresham Central Transit Center, also known as Gresham Transit Center, is a

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station in Gresham,

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, United States. The center is a connection point for several bus routes and the

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. The light rail station is the 25th stop eastbound on the eastside MAX line, which was the

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's first light rail line. The transit center is located at the intersection of NE Kelly Avenue and NE 8th Street in the central part of Gresham. It is a hub for bus service to points in eastern

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History and description

It originally opened as a bus-only transit center in 1981, named Gresham Transit Center, in the form of multiple bus stops clustered along 8th Street and Kelly Avenue, a temporary arrangement until construction of a planned off-street facility. The off-street bus layover area – a short section of bus-only road with purpose-built bus stops – was opened in February 1982. The adjacent MAX station opened in 1986, and the entire facility was renamed Gresham ''Central'' Transit Center at that time. However, TriMet continues to refer to it as Gresham Transit Center (or Gresham TC) on bus

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s and bus schedules. The station originally had no

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lot, but TriMet built and opened a three-level garage with a ground-floor retail space in 1996.Briggs, Kara (July 15, 1996). "A new city hall in town". ''The Oregonian'' (East Metro edition), p. B2. A 30-space bike-and-ride facility (a secured parking area for bicycles) was built later, inside the garage, and opened in July 2011. Public art at the transit station includes ''

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'', a sculpture comprising vintage furniture cast in concrete and a ''faux'' television set cast in bronze, which was installed in 2001 through a public art program. The work was subsequently removed in October 2013. The transit center was located in TriMet fare zone 4 from 1982Federman, Stan (August 29, 1982). "Fare boosts, new routes expected to reverse Tri-Met trends". ''The Oregonian'', p. C2. until September 1988,Houston, Bryan K. (September 2, 1988). "Tri-Met changes go into effect Sunday". ''The Oregonian'', p. E10. and in zone 3 from then until September 2012, at which time TriMet discontinued all use of zones in its fare structure.

Bus service

, this station is served by the following bus lines: * FX2–Division *9-Powell Blvd *20–Burnside/Stark *21–Sandy Blvd/223rd *80–Kane/Troutdale Rd *81–Kane/257th Ave *82–South Gresham *84–Powell Valley/Orient Dr * Sandy Area Metro service to

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Gallery

File:Gresham Central MAX station in 1989 with outbound train arriving.jpg, A 1989 photo, when the line section on which the station is located was still bidirectional single-track File:Gresham TC artwork - cast concrete and bronze furniture set.jpg, Artwork included ''

'' (2001) by Tamsie Ringler before it was dismantled in 2013 File:Gresham TC bus portion, from west.jpg, The transit center's bus area, with the 1982-opened bus-only roadway in the center File:Sandy Area Metro bus at Gresham TC in 2011.jpg, A Sandy Area Metro bus at the transit center

References

External links

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History and description

Bus service

Gallery

See also

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