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 Two single Type II trains at the Yellow Line Terminus |
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| Address | SW 18th & Salmon | ||
| Lines | MAX Light Rail
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| Platforms | Side platform and island platform | ||
| Tracks | 3 | ||
| Parking | 300 total spaces | ||
| Bicycle facilities | Lockers available | ||
| Other information | |||
| Opened | May 1, 2004 | ||
| Accessible |  |
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| Owned by | Trimet | ||
| Fare zone | 2 | ||
The Expo Center station is a light rail station on the MAX Yellow Line in Portland, Oregon, United States. Metropolitan Area Express (MAX is a Light rail system in the Portland metropolitan area in the U The MAX Yellow Line is a 58 mile (93 km (not including segments downtown shared with other lines route in the Metropolitan Area Express Light rail system Railway platforms at railway stations on double lines can be side platforms or Island platforms With side platforms track centres remain the same and no space An island platform (also known as center platform or centre platform) on a Railway is where a single platform lies between two tracks Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " TriMet, more formally known as the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon, is a public agency that operates mass transit in a region that For specific light rail systems many of which use the words "light rail" as part of their name see List of light-rail transit systems. The MAX Yellow Line is a 58 mile (93 km (not including segments downtown shared with other lines route in the Metropolitan Area Express Light rail system Portland is a city located in the Northwestern United States, near the Confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers The United States of America —commonly referred to as the 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. Park and ride (or incentive parking) facilities are Public transport stations that allow commuters and other people wishing to travel into The Portland Metropolitan Exposition Center, usually referred to as the Expo Center, is a Convention center located in the Kenton neighborhood of Portland 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.
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. Vancouver is a city on the north bank of the Columbia River in the U
Both the landscaping and the artwork at the station are themed in a Japanese style. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. This recalls the temporary Japanese internment camp that existed here during the early days of World War II. Japanese American internment refers to the forcible relocation and Internment of approximately 110000 Japanese nationals and Japanese Americans to housing World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including
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Bus line connections
This station is served by the following bus line:
- 16–Front Ave/St Johns
Unique station features
The station includes several unique decorative features relating to the internment camp theme:[1]
- 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.
 Timber gateway and a waiting train. Newspaper reprints are visible at the base of the wooden poles. |
 Timber gateway strung with replica steel internment tags. |
 Example of etchings on timbers. |
 Close-up of bamboo glass blocks on systems building. |
 Bronze trunk seating. Inset shows tiled box from the other trunk. |
 A plaque of the exclusion order #26, showing the prohibited area. |
References
External links
- Expo Center (MAX station) is at coordinates Coordinates:
| Preceding station | MAX Light Rail | Following station | ||
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| Yellow Line | Terminus |
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