Expo Center MAX Station

Expo Center
MAX Light Rail Station
Location 2060 North Marine Drive
at Portland Expo Center
Portland, Oregon
USA
Coordinates 45°36′20″N 122°41′08″W / 45.60556°N 122.68556°W / 45.60556; -122.68556Coordinates: 45°36′20″N 122°41′08″W / 45.60556°N 122.68556°W / 45.60556; -122.68556
Owned by TriMet
Platforms 1 side and 1 island platform
Tracks 3
Construction
Parking 300 total spaces
Bicycle facilities Lockers
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened May 1, 2004
Services
Preceding station   MAX Light Rail   Following station
toward PSU South
Yellow LineTerminus

Expo Center is a light rail station on the MAX Yellow Line in Portland, Oregon, United States. It is the last stop northbound on the Interstate MAX extension.

This station is a large park-and-ride station located on the grounds of the Portland Expo Center. It is set up as a modified side platform station, with the two platforms serving three tracks. The extra track allows the storage of an overflow train for events at the Expo Center. The 300 park-and-ride spaces are free for commuters arriving before 10 am on weekdays for a maximum 24 hours. At all other times, you pay the Expo Center's usual $7-8 parking fee.

Although tracks and electrification end directly inside the station, it is designed to allow a future northbound extension (to Vancouver, Washington) to be easily constructed.

Both the landscaping and the artwork at the station are themed in a Japanese style. This recalls the temporary Civilian Assembly Center that existed here during the early days of World War II, which processed Japanese-Americans upon the enforcement of Executive Order 9066.[1]

Bus line connections

This station is at the Expo Center served by the following bus line:

Unique station features

The station includes several unique decorative features relating to the internment camp theme:[2]

References

  1. Chuang, Angie (September 11, 2003). "Embracing the future, remembering the past: TriMet dedicates the Expo Center MAX Station, once a temporary WW II internment camp". The Oregonian.
  2. "Art on Interstate MAX Yellow Line". TriMet. Retrieved 2009-11-27.

External links

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