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Portland MAX Light Rail

Gateway / NE 99th 
Ave (TC)

Year Opened 1986 # of Tracks 3
Platform Layout 1 Island Platform, 2 side platforms
Park-n-Ride Yes Transit Center No
City Portland Right of Way I-205
Points of Interest Gateway Shopping Center, Fred Meyer, C-Tran busses along with Tri-Met.

This is one of the busiest station's on the system. No less then 6 bus lines meet trains here. This is also where Red Line trains from the airport join the Blue line for the run downtown. It is a 3-track station with the center track for Red Line trains heading downtown and occasional short turn trains from downtown.

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pdx-lr-east-010302-04.jpgTrain crossing over the Airport Line and I-205 at Gateway Transit Center (1/3/02) pdx-lr-east-010302-05.jpgGresham bound train at Gateway. (1/3/02)
pdx-lr-pdx-010302-01.jpgAirport bound train along I-205 ducking under the City bound tracks on the Line at Gateway. (1/3/02) pdx-lr-pdx-010302-02.jpg City bound train leaving the center track at Gateway Transit Center. (1/3/02)
pdx-lr-pdx-010302-03.jpgCity bound train going up the ramp to go around the horseshoe curve into Gateway. (1/3/02) pdx-lr-pdx-010302-04.jpgThe train is on the horseshoe bridge over I-84/I-205 ramps heading into Gateway (1/3/02)
pdx-lr-pdx-010302-06.jpgTrain is about to leave the horseshoe and cross the eastbound main to enter the center track at Gateway. (1/3/02) pdx-lr-gateway-082202-02.jpg (328732 bytes)Airport train on the bridge crossing I-205 and I-84. (8/22/02)

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