Washington County Commuter Rail Project
Opened on February 2, 2009, WES Commuter Rail connects Beaverton to Wilsonville.
WES Commuter Rail
Beaverton/Wilsonville
- Opened: February 2, 2009
- Length: 14.7 miles
- Stations: 5
- Construction: October 2006–September 2008
- Cost: $161 million
WES at the Tualatin station
Highlights
- Connects Beaverton and Wilsonville andconnects to MAX Light Rail in Beaverton
- Oregon’s first commuter rail line
- One of the few suburb-to-suburb commuter rail lines in the nation
- Connects with other transit systems: CAT (Canby), Cherriots (Salem–Keizer) and SMART (Wilsonville)
- Built in partnership with Washington County, Oregon Department of Transportation, Metro and the cities of Wilsonville, Tualatin, Tigard and Beaverton
- The Federal Transit Administration approved a Full Funding Grant Agreement for the base project and agreed that other elements would be covered by a Local Options budget shared equally between TriMet and Washington County
