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The Metropolitan Area Express (MAX) is a light rail system serving the Portland metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Oregon.Owned and operated by TriMet, it consists of five lines connecting the six sections of Portland; the communities of Beaverton, Clackamas, Gresham, Hillsboro, Milwaukie, and Oak Grove; and Portland International Airport to Portland City Center.
The system is operated by TriMet, a public agency that operates public transit in the Portland area. Serving an average of 130,000 passengers a day (in Fiscal Year 2012), [2] MAX Light Rail is one of the largest light rail systems in the United States in terms of ridership. [3] The MAX system currently consists of five lines, each designated by ...
An airport-bound MAX train running above I-205, pictured in 2011. The Red Line serves the 5.5-mile-long (8.9 km) Airport MAX segment. [a] This segment begins just south of Gateway Transit Center where it branches from the Eastside MAX segment, makes a 180-degree loop, and heads north along the east side of the I-205 freeway. [1]
The MAX Green Line is a light rail line serving the Portland metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Oregon.Operated by TriMet as part of the MAX Light Rail system, it connects Portland State University (PSU), Portland City Center, Northeast Portland, Southeast Portland, and Clackamas.
A section of the light rail tracks next to the Banfield Freeway A MAX train next to the Sunset Highway, east of Sunset Transit Center The Blue Line operates along the Eastside and Westside MAX segments, which combined total 32.6 miles (52.5 km) [ 50 ] [ 155 ] [ a ] to 32.7 miles (52.6 km).
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Gateway Transit Center is a multimodal transport hub in Portland, Oregon, United States.Owned and operated by TriMet, it comprises Gateway/Northeast 99th Avenue Transit Center, a bus transit center and light rail station serving the MAX Green and Blue Lines and eastbound Red Line trains, and Gateway North, a separate station served by westbound Red Line trains.
On August 25, 2024, TriMet began operating route 293–Yellow Bus to replace late-night MAX services and to expand the length of time available for routine overnight maintenance of MAX trains. [ 90 ] [ 91 ] Route 293 generally follows the length of the Yellow Line, from Expo Center station to PSU South station, with one service each way.