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Quatama/NW 205th Ave MAX Station
The Quatama/Northwest 205th Avenue station is a light rail station on the MAX Blue Line in Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. The station is the 13th stop westbound on the Westside MAX from Downtown Portland and includes a park-and-ride lot. Quatama Station is named after the area which includes Quatama Road to the south of the station. Opened in 1998, the stop is near high-tech industries and the Amberglen business park that includes Oregon Health & Science University's West Campus in Hillsboro that includes the Oregon National Primate Research Center.
==History==
During the planning stages of the light rail line, Hillsboro rezoned much of the area around the station to increase building densities.〔 Initial planning for a light rail line on Portland's west side began in 1979, with groundbreaking on the Westside MAX project coming in 1993.〔Hamilton, Don. Creating a lifeline to guide community growth. ''The Oregonian'', September 9, 1998.〕 On September 12, 1998, the Quatama station opened along with the Westside MAX line.〔Mapes, Jeff. Gore walks tight line on Clinton. ''The Oregonian'', September 13, 1998.〕 The area around the station was named Quatama after the former station on the Oregon Electric Railway. That train stop was near the current one and was on property owned by the Oregon Nursery Company and settled in part by Hungarians.〔
In 1998, and again in 2004, the weather vane at the station was vandalized.〔Olsen, Dana. Vandals damage artwork. ''The Oregonian'', April 28, 2004.〕 Within several months of opening, the park-and-ride lot was at 92% capacity and by July 1999, the lot was filled to capacity during the peak travel times on the MAX line.〔Oliver, Gordon. Mixed results for MAX’s ultimate test. ''The Oregonian'', July 13, 1999.〕〔Hamilton, Don. Park-&-Ride lots use fluctuates in wake of Westside light rail. ''The Oregonian'', November 19, 1998.〕 A fight injured a 17-year-old at the station in October 2000.〔Frank, Ryan. Aloha teen knifed in fight at MAX station. ''The Oregonian'', October 18, 2000.〕 Hillsboro planned to improve street connections to the station as part of the planned redevelopment in the south Tanasbourne area announced in 2006.〔Bermudez, Esmeralda. Plan highlights. ''The Oregonian'', November 16, 2006.〕
The station’s platform was vandalized in a graffiti spree in June 2007 along with several surrounding developments.〔Snell, John. Hillsboro Boys arrested in tagging spree. ''The Oregonian'', June 27, 2007.〕 In October of that year a 12-year-old was attacked with a hammer at the station.〔Crombie, Noelle. Public Safety. ''The Oregonian'', October 24, 2007.〕 In 2008, TriMet secured a grant from the Transportation Security Administration to allow the transit agency to add security cameras to the station.〔Eckert, Kurt. (“TriMet set to add cameras and police”, ) ''The Hillsboro Argus'', September 30, 2008.〕
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