MAX Orange Line

MAX Orange Line
An Orange Line train on Tilikum Crossing
Overview
Other name(s)	Portland–Milwaukie Light Rail Project (PMLR)[1][2]
Owner	TriMet
Locale	Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Termini	Portland Union Station (north) Southeast Park Avenue near Milwaukie in Oak Grove (south)
Stations	17
Website	MAX Orange Line
Service
Type	Light rail
System	MAX Light Rail
Operator(s)	TriMet
Daily ridership	3,480 (Weekday, September 2020)[3]
History
Opened	September 12, 2015 (2015-09-12)
Technical
Line length	7.3 mi (11.7 km)[a]
Number of tracks	2
Character	At-grade and elevated
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead line, 750 V DC
Maximum incline	6.86%[5]
Route diagram Legend Portland Transit Mall (NW Glisan St)   Most southbound Yellow Line trains become Orange Line   Union Station/​Northwest 5th & Glisan Union Station/​Northwest 6th & Hoyt Northwest 5th & Couch Northwest 6th & Davis Southwest 5th & Oak Southwest 6th & Pine Eastside MAX (SW Morrison St) Pioneer Place/​Southwest 5th Pioneer Courthouse/​Southwest 6th Eastside MAX (SW Yamhill St) City Hall/​Southwest 5th & Jefferson Southwest 6th & Madison B NS (SW Market St) PSU Urban Center/​Southwest 5th & Mill A NS (SW Mill St/SW Montgomery St) PSU Urban Center/​Southwest 6th & Montgomery PSU South/​Southwest 5th & Jackson PSU South/​Southwest 6th & College Terminus Most northbound Orange Line trains become Yellow Line Lincoln Street/​Southwest 3rd Avenue NS (SW Moody Ave) South Waterfront/​South Moody Tilikum Crossing over Willamette River OMSI/​Southeast Water A B Clinton Street/​Southeast 12th Avenue Southeast 17th Avenue and Rhine Street Southeast 17th Avenue and Holgate Boulevard SE Harold (planned) Southeast Bybee Boulevard Southeast Tacoma/​Johnson Creek Milwaukie/​Main Street Southeast Park Avenue This diagram: view talk edit

The MAX Orange Line is a light rail line serving the Portland metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Oregon. Operated by TriMet as part of the MAX Light Rail system, it connects Portland City Center, Portland State University (PSU), Southeast Portland, Milwaukie, and Oak Grove. The line serves 17 stations and runs for 201⁄2 hours per day with headways of up to 15 minutes. It averaged 3,480 daily weekday riders in September 2020.

The Orange Line runs north–south. Its route begins near Portland Union Station on the northern end of the Portland Transit Mall in downtown Portland. Within the transit mall on 5th Avenue, the Orange Line operates as a southbound through service of the Yellow Line from Union Station/Northwest 5th & Glisan station, where it interlines with the Green Line. Northbound on 6th Avenue, the Orange Line continues through to the Yellow Line from PSU South/Southwest 6th and College station. South of the transit mall, the Orange Line operates bidirectionally and terminates at Southeast Park Avenue station in Oak Grove, just outside Milwaukie proper in unincorporated Clackamas County.

The Portland–Milwaukie Light Rail Project (PMLR) began construction in 2011 following decades of failed light rail plans for the McLoughlin Boulevard corridor. The ten-station, 7.3-mile (11.7 km) extension was the second and final phase of the South Corridor Transportation Project, which expanded light rail to Interstate 205 (I-205) and the Portland Transit Mall in its first phase. As part of the PMLR project, TriMet built Tilikum Crossing, the largest "car-free" bridge in the United States, over the Willamette River. Orange Line service commenced on September 12, 2015.

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