Gresham Central Transit Center

The Gresham Central Transit Center, also known as Gresham Transit Center, is a TriMet transit center and MAX light rail station in Gresham, Oregon, United States. The center is a connection point for several bus routes and the MAX Blue Line. The light rail station is the 25th stop eastbound on the eastside MAX line, which was the Portland metropolitan area'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 Multnomah County and Portland.

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."Tri-Met hails bus line successes". The Oregonian, January 27, 1982, p. B4

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 destination signs and bus schedules. The station originally had no park-and-ride 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 Living Room, 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 81–Kane/257th Ave 84–Powell Valley/Orient Dr Sandy Area Metro service to Sandy, Oregon

Discontinued 12/1/24 80 - Kane/Troutdale Rd

Discontinued 8/23/26 82–South Gresham

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Gresham Central Transit Center

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