Wilsonville
Wilsonville, the southern terminus of WES, is located at SMART Central; home to South Metro Area Regional Transit that serves the surrounding suburbs and co-runs a rush hour route with Salem-Keizer Transit 'Cherriots' all the way south to Salem. The stop also has a park & ride lot with 400 spaces. The surrounding area at the station is suburban sprawling businesses. The station is just northeast of Barber Street which has a railroad crossing of the main P&W Railroad track that continues south (this railroad is also contracted with to run WES). Trains have a single, simple high-level side platform on a siding away from the main P&W Railway line track for the DMU trains to stop at that allows level boarding. It has a simple silver canopied midsection and an Interactive Art piece on the platform. There is a single TVM on the platform that accepts credit cards only. The train operates on a POP method but forcing passengers to use plastic seems unfair. Ramps lead down at either end of the platform to the surrounding parking lot. Across the from the platform is the Commuter Rail Wilsonville Operations Facility, a small rail yard and building where maintenance is done on WES's small fleet of DMU rail cars with a single track inside the building.
All photos taken on 17 October, 2011
