MAX Orange Line

MAX Orange Line
The Tilikum Crossing bridge with a MAX train traveling northbound and pedestrians walking alongside
An Orange Line train on Tilikum Crossing
Overview
Other name(s)Portland–Milwaukie Light Rail Project (PMLR)[1][2]
OwnerTriMet
LocalePortland, Oregon, U.S.
Termini
Stations17
WebsiteMAX Orange Line
Service
TypeLight rail
SystemMAX Light Rail
Operator(s)TriMet
Daily ridership3,480 (Weekday, September 2020)[3]
History
OpenedSeptember 12, 2015 (2015-09-12)
Technical
Line length7.3 mi (11.7 km)[a]
Number of tracks2
CharacterAt-grade and elevated
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
ElectrificationOverhead line750 V DC
Maximum incline6.86%[5]
Route diagram

Portland Transit Mall (NW Glisan St)
 
Most southbound Yellow Line
trains become Orange Line
 
Union Station/​Northwest 5th & Glisan
Amtrak
Union Station/​Northwest 6th & Hoyt
Amtrak
Northwest 5th & Couch
Northwest 6th & Davis
Southwest 5th & Oak
Southwest 6th & Pine
Eastside MAX (SW Morrison St)
Pioneer Place/​Southwest 5th
Pioneer Courthouse/​Southwest 6th
Eastside MAX (SW Yamhill St)
City Hall/​Southwest 5th & Jefferson
Southwest 6th & Madison
B NS (SW Market St)
PSU Urban Center/​Southwest 5th & Mill
Portland Streetcar
A NS (SW Mill St/SW Montgomery St)
PSU Urban Center/​Southwest 6th & Montgomery
Portland Streetcar
PSU South/​Southwest 5th & Jackson
PSU South/​Southwest 6th & College
Terminus
Most northbound Orange Line
trains become Yellow Line
Lincoln Street/​Southwest 3rd Avenue
NS (SW Moody Ave)
South Waterfront/​South Moody
Portland Streetcar
OMSI/​Southeast Water
Portland Streetcar
Clinton Street/​Southeast 12th Avenue
Southeast 17th Avenue and Rhine Street
Southeast 17th Avenue and Holgate Boulevard
SE Harold (planned)
Southeast Bybee Boulevard
Southeast Tacoma/​Johnson Creek
Parking
Milwaukie/​Main Street
Southeast Park Avenue
Parking

The MAX Orange 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 City Center, Portland State University (PSU), Southeast Portland, Milwaukie, and Oak Grove. The line serves 17 stations and runs for 2012 hours per day with headways of up to 15 minutes. It averaged 3,480 daily weekday riders in September 2020.

The Orange Line runs north–south. Its route begins near Portland Union Station on the northern end of the Portland Transit Mall in downtown Portland. Within the transit mall on 5th Avenue, the Orange Line operates as a southbound through service of the Yellow Line from Union Station/Northwest 5th & Glisan station, where it interlines with the Green Line. Northbound on 6th Avenue, the Orange Line continues through to the Yellow Line from PSU South/Southwest 6th and College station. South of the transit mall, the Orange Line operates bidirectionally and terminates at Southeast Park Avenue station in Oak Grove, just outside Milwaukie proper in unincorporated Clackamas County.

The Portland–Milwaukie Light Rail Project (PMLR) began construction in 2011 following decades of failed light rail plans for the McLoughlin Boulevard corridor. The ten-station, 7.3-mile (11.7 km) extension was the second and final phase of the South Corridor Transportation Project, which expanded light rail to Interstate 205 (I-205) and the Portland Transit Mall in its first phase. As part of the PMLR project, TriMet built Tilikum Crossing, the largest "car-free" bridge in the United States, over the Willamette River. Orange Line service commenced on September 12, 2015.

  1. ^ "Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Project". Metro. May 8, 2014. Archived from the original on April 2, 2021. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  2. ^ "PMLR Project History". TriMet. Archived from the original on March 2, 2019. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
  3. ^ "September 2020 Monthly Performance Report" (PDF). TriMet. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 8, 2021. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  4. ^ "Portland–Milwaukie MAX Orange Line" (PDF). TriMet. July 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 23, 2019. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
  5. ^ Simons, Vic (December 2015). "Portland: Green meets Orange". Tramways & Urban Transit. UK: LRTA Publishing. pp. 473–478. ISSN 1460-8324.


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