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Portland MAX Light Rail

Old Town / Chinatown

Year Opened	1986	# of Tracks	2
Platform Layout	2 side platforms
Park-n-Ride	No	Transit Center	No
City	Portland	Right of Way	First Ave
Points of Interest	McCall Waterfront Park, Steel Bridge, Chinatown, Union Station, Chinese Gardens

This is the first westbound stop in Portland's main downtown. The Chinese Gardens is close by, Union Station is a few blocks away. Just to the northeast of this station, trains climb to cross the steel bridge. The Steel Bridge is feature in my Portland Bridges section

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Old Town with MAX and a MAX shuttle bus. The Steele Bridge was closed to trains for repairs so busses were used as a "Bus Bridge" no pun intended. (6/10/02)	Red Line train on the Steel Bridge with Portland Union Station in the background. (3/15/05)
Eastbound train heading up the ramp onto the Steel Bridge. (3/15/05)
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