Tualatin Station is a train station along the Westside Express Service (WES) commuter rail line in Tualatin, Oregon, United States. The station is the second of five stops northbound of the 14.7mi line that connects to the city of Beaverton to the north and to Wilsonville in the south. Opened in January 2009 with regular service beginning in February, the station includes a 130 car park and ride lot and in addition to WES, the station is served by one TriMet bus line, the 76-Beaverton/Tualatin.HistoryPlanning for a commuter rail line between Beaverton and Wilsonville in Washington County began as early as 1996. In 2001, the Federal Transit Administration authorized the project, and in 2004 they approved the project. Plans for the location of a station in Tualatin were finalized as early as 2001 when a location along Boones Ferry Road was selected in the city’s transportation plan. Construction on the rail line began in October 2006.In 2006, the Haggen Food & Pharmacy store adjacent to the station began an effort to change the location of the rail stop. They contended the station did not have enough parking, original plans for the station included 111 parking spaces, and increased traffic would further increase congestion. Haggen’s arguments led to a delay in construction of the station, which was scheduled to begin in July 2007. The city and TriMet countered that the location had been selected in 2001 and re-affirmed in 2005 without objection by Haggen, with TriMet later threatening to forgo having a station in the city.
