Hawthorn Farm is a light rail station on the MAX Blue Line in Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. Opened in 1998, it is the 15th stop westbound on the Westside MAX. The TriMet owned station does not have a parking lot nor bus connections. Artwork at the station utilizes electronics to provide waiting passengers with indicators of approaching trains, the wind's direction, and sounds from a neighboring wetlands area. The name of the station comes from the name of the family who once owned a farm and a historic home on the land, and is shared with a business park and an Intel campus.HistoryPlanning for the light rail system on Portland's west side began in 1979, with groundbreaking coming in 1993 on the Westside MAX project. During planning, the stop was part of the planning area that included the Fair Complex/Hillsboro Airport station. On September 12, 1998, Hawthorn Farm station opened along with the rest of the Westside MAX line.In March 2000, an escaped rapist was chased from the station and caught by citizens nearby. The low rider 41s bus line connected to the station until canceled in 2002. In July 2006, a rider was chased off the train at the station and beaten by two teenagers. Hawthorn Farm had an estimated 110,000 boardings for the 2006 to 2007 fiscal year, and 34 calls for police assistance. In March 2011, TriMet received a federal grant to pay for the installation of security cameras at the station.
