MAX Yellow Line

The MAX Yellow Line is a light rail service in Portland, Oregon, United States, operated by TriMet as part of the MAX Light Rail system. It connects North Portland to Portland City Center and Portland State University (PSU) with 17 stops from Expo Center station to PSU South/Southwest 6th and College station. The line travels from Portland Expo Center in the north, south to the Rose Quarter through a 5.8-mile (9.3 km) light rail segment along the median of Interstate Avenue. From the Rose Quarter, it crosses the Willamette River via the Steel Bridge and enters downtown Portland, where it operates as a northbound-only service of the Portland Transit Mall on 6th Avenue. Service runs for approximately 21 hours daily with a headway of 15 minutes during most of the day.

MAX Yellow Line
A Yellow Line train on the Portland Transit Mall
Overview
Other name(s)Interstate MAX
OwnerTriMet
LocalePortland, Oregon, U.S.
Termini
Stations17
WebsiteMAX Yellow Line
Service
TypeLight rail
SystemMAX Light Rail
Operator(s)TriMet
Daily ridership12,960 (Weekday, September 2019)
History
OpenedMay 1, 2004 (2004-05-01)
Technical
Line length5.8 mi (9.3 km)
Number of tracks2
CharacterAt-grade and elevated
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
ElectrificationOverhead line, 750 V DC
Route diagram

Expo Center
Delta Park/​Vanport
Kenton/North Denver Avenue
North Lombard Transit Center
Rosa Parks
North Killingsworth Street
North Prescott Street
Overlook Park
Albina/​Mississippi
Interstate/​Rose Quarter
to Gresham to Clackamas to Airport
 
Most southbound Yellow Line
trains become Orange Line
 
Union Station/​Northwest 5th & Glisan
Union Station/​Northwest 6th & Hoyt
Northwest 5th & Couch
Northwest 6th & Davis
Southwest 5th & Oak
Southwest 6th & Pine
Pioneer Place/​Southwest 5th
Pioneer Courthouse/​Southwest 6th
to Gresham to Airport
City Hall/​Southwest 5th & Jefferson
Southwest 6th & Madison
BNS (SW Market St)
Mill
ANS (SW Mill/SW Montgomery St)
PSU Urban Center/​Southwest 6th & Montgomery
PSU South/​Southwest 5th & Jackson
PSU South/​Southwest 6th & College
Terminus
Most northbound Orange Line
trains become Yellow Line

After failing to secure funding for the South/North Corridor project, which would have built a light rail line between Clackamas County and Clark County, Washington, Portland business leaders and local residents persuaded TriMet to revive the portion of the project within North Portland. As a source of funding, the city created an urban renewal area, which has since been partly blamed for gentrifying historically black inner-city neighborhoods. The Interstate MAX began construction in 2001 and opened on May 1, 2004, four months ahead of schedule. From 2004 to 2009, the Yellow Line ran from Expo Center station in North Portland to the Library and Galleria stations in downtown Portland. In 2009, TriMet rerouted downtown Yellow Line service to the Portland Transit Mall.

Since 2015, the Yellow Line has operated as a northbound through service of the Orange Line from PSU South/Southwest 6th and College station and has shared its transit mall alignment on 6th Avenue with the Green Line. Conversely, most southbound Yellow Line trains, which had served the other half of the mall on 5th Avenue from 2009 to 2015, operate through into the Orange Line from Union Station/Northwest 5th & Glisan Street station and terminate at Southeast Park Avenue station in Milwaukie. The Yellow Line is the fourth-busiest service in the MAX system; it carried an average of 12,960 riders each weekday in September 2019.

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