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Expo Center station

Expo Center
 Disc Plain yellow.svg
Expo Center MAX Station 8242591999.jpg
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   TriMet icon.svg MAX Light Rail   Following station
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.

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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