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WES Commuter Rail Project History
Westside Express Service (WES) Commuter Rail
- Opened: Feb. 2, 2009
- Length: 14.7 miles
- Stations: 5
- Construction: Oct. 2006-Sept. 2008
- Cost: $161 million
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
