Providence Park MAX Station

Providence Park
MAX Light Rail station
Westbound platform
Location	SW 18th and Morrison (westbound) SW 17th and Yamhill (eastbound) Goose Hollow, Portland OR USA
Coordinates	45°31′18.5″N 122°41′23″W / 45.521806°N 122.68972°WCoordinates: 45°31′18.5″N 122°41′23″W / 45.521806°N 122.68972°W
Owned by	Trimet
Platforms	Side platforms
Tracks	3
Construction
Bicycle facilities	Lockers
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	August 31, 1997
Previous names	Civic Stadium, PGE Park, Jeld-Wen Field
Services
Preceding station   MAX Light Rail   Following station Kings Hill/SW Salmon St toward Hatfield Government Center Blue Line Library/SW 9th Ave toward Cleveland Ave Galleria/SW 10th Ave One-way operation Kings Hill/SW Salmon St toward Beaverton Transit Center Red Line Library/SW 9th Ave toward Portland International Airport Galleria/SW 10th Ave One-way operation

Providence Park is a light rail station on the MAX Blue and Red lines located in the Goose Hollow neighborhood of Portland, Oregon. It is named after the adjacent stadium, Providence Park. The station primarily serves Providence Park and residential areas around West Burnside Street. The station, consisting of separate eastbound and westbound platforms built into city sidewalks between SW 17th and SW 18th Avenues on SW Yamhill and SW Morrison Streets, opened on August 31, 1997.

Originally named Civic Stadium, it was renamed to PGE Park in 2001, Jeld-Wen Field in 2011, and to its present name in 2014. All of the renamings were the results of changes in the name of the stadium.^[1]

Tracks split just outside the station on SW 18th Ave. into eastbound tracks on SW Yamhill St. and westbound tracks on SW Morrison St. This split results in a transit mall east to SW 1st Ave.

The Morrison platform is at an angle to the street grid and has a regular side platform which fronts a small public plaza. There is also a second platform and storage track used for special events. The Yamhill Street platform takes the entire block and features unique seating shaped like punctuation marks. A large apartment complex occupies the space between the platforms.

Bus line connections

This station is served by the following bus lines:

• 15-Belmont/NW 23rd
• 18-Hillside
• 51-Vista
• 63-Washington Park
• 83-Washington Park Shuttle (runs May–October only)^[2]

The line 20-Burnside/Stark also stops two blocks north of the station on West Burnside Street at NW 19th Avenue (westbound) and NW 18th Avenue (eastbound). The Washington Park Shuttle began serving this station in 2010.^[3]

References

1. Brettman, Alan (March 5, 2014). "City, Timbers do not have to disclose naming rights dollars for publicly owned stadium, city says". The Oregonian. Retrieved March 6, 2014.
2. "Washington Park Shuttle (schedule and map)". TriMet. Retrieved 2011-04-10.
3. "Summer season begins on Washington Park Shuttle: Route extended to make additional connections to downtown MAX stations". TriMet. May 28, 2010. Retrieved 2011-04-10.

External links

• Station information (with southbound/westbound ID number) from TriMet
• Station information (with northbound/eastbound ID number) from TriMet
• MAX Light Rail Stations – more general TriMet page