Hawthorn Farm MAX Station

The Hawthorn Farm MAX Station consists of an average quality presence. Crossing from the sidewalk on the right lacks a crosswalk signal. The bench seating is at a minimum, though comfortable. Only one line goes here, but it runs fairly frequently. A huge Intel Campus and a ginormous Costco are both located within close proximity.
A local library was what brought me through this station. I’ve seen better stations in both Gresham and Beaverton. This is near a few stores, but that isn’t particularly uncommon. Still, this brings lots of transit to the area, and that’s what ultimately counts.
Hawthorn Farm MAX Station is at your service.

It’s really just a MAX stop right next door to Yahoo (with all the required signs and stuff, but no parking area), very small, but what a MAX stop. It has a couple of features that make it stand out from all the rest. I cannot give any adequate name to them and cannot describe them in a reliable way because I’m very nearly totally right brained. That being said, one of them is some sort of device that picks up distant sound and amplifies it so you can hear the train coming down the track way before you see it, same with the train horn, but the best of all it picks up birdsong and it’s a really beautiful and surreal kind of experience. The other feature is like a very sophisticated set of wind chimes. They’re all wired up to the inside of the station, and when they pick up the vibrations of the train on the tracks, the «wind chimes» start playing. Waiting here for a train is an exercise in auditory delight, very playful, and something very unexpected in this quiet neighborhood.