Expo Center station
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Expo Center
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| Location | 2060 North Marine Drive at Portland Expo Center Portland, Oregon USA |
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| Coordinates | 45°36′20″N 122°41′08″W / 45.60556°N 122.68556°WCoordinates: 45°36′20″N 122°41′08″W / 45.60556°N 122.68556°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | TriMet | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side and 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
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| Parking | 300 total spaces | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Lockers | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Opened | May 1, 2004 | ||||||||||
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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.
This station is at the Expo Center served by the following bus line:
The station includes several unique decorative features relating to the internment camp theme:
Timber gateway and a waiting train. Facsimiles of historical newspaper headlines are 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.
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