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 Delta Park/Vanport toward PSU South Yellow Line Terminus

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:

• 11 - Rivergate/Marine Dr

Unique station features

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

• Timber Gateway: Traditional Japanese Gates, with steel internment tags strung among them
• Bronze Trunks: Provide additional seating.
• Bamboo Glass Blocks
• Plaque: A plaque showing the prohibited area as defined in Exclusion Order #26 for those of Japanese ancestry, both alien and non-alien.

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  Timber gateway and a waiting train. Facsimiles of historical newspaper headlines are at the base of the wooden poles.
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  Timber gateway strung with replica steel internment tags.
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  Example of etchings on timbers.
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  Close-up of bamboo glass blocks on systems building.
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  Bronze trunk seating. Inset shows tiled box from the other trunk.
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  A plaque of the exclusion order #26, showing the prohibited area.

References

External links

• Station information from TriMet
• MAX Light Rail Stations – more general TriMet page
• Park and Ride Locations – general TriMet page