PSU Urban Center stations

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PSU Urban Ctr/
SW 6th & Montgomery
MAX Green Line icon.svg    MAX Yellow Line icon.svg PSU Urban Ctr/
SW 5th & Mill
MAX Green Line icon.svg    MAX Orange Line icon.svg
PSU Urban Center SW 5th and Mill MAX station - Portland, Oregon.JPG
5th & Mill Street platform
General information
LocationSW 6th & Montgomery (northbound)
SW 5th & Mill (southbound)
Portland, Oregon
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Coordinates 45°30′43″N122°40′55″W / 45.51194°N 122.68194°W / 45.51194; -122.68194
Owned by TriMet
Tracks1 per split
Connections
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone2009–2012: Fareless Square/Free Rail Zone (in Zone 1);
2012–present: Not applicable
History
OpenedAugust 2009
Services
Preceding station TriMet icon.svg TriMet Following station
SW 6th & Montgomery
PSU South/​Southwest 6th & College
One-way operation
Green Line Southwest 6th & Madison
Yellow Line Southwest 6th & Madison
toward Expo Center
SW 5th & Mill
PSU South/​Southwest 5th & Jackson
Terminus
Green Line City Hall/​Southwest 5th & Jefferson
One-way operation
PSU South/​Southwest 5th & Jackson Orange Line
Former services
Preceding station TriMet icon.svg TriMet Following station
SW 6th & Montgomery
PSU South/​Southwest 6th & College
After 2012
One-way operation
Portland Vintage Trolley
2009-2014
Southwest 6th & Madison
Terminus Mall Shuttle
2009–2011
SW 5th & Mill
PSU South/​Southwest 5th & Jackson
After 2012
Terminus
Yellow Line
2009–2015
City Hall/​Southwest 5th & Jefferson
One-way operation
Portland Vintage Trolley
2009-2014
Terminus Mall Shuttle
2009–2011
Location
PSU Urban Center stations

The PSU Urban Center stations are a pair of light rail stations on the MAX Green, Orange and Yellow Lines in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States, located adjacent to the PSU Urban Center, of Portland State University. The northbound station is PSU Urban Center/Southwest 6th & Montgomery station and the southbound station is PSU Urban Center/Southwest 5th & Mill station. The stations opened on August 30, 2009, and for the next three years they were temporarily the southern passenger terminus of the Portland Transit Mall MAX extension, awaiting construction of the PSU South stations. The latter opened on September 2, 2012, [1] and the change made PSU Urban Center the second stop northbound and the next-to-last stop southbound on the Portland Mall MAX lines.

The stations are built into the sidewalks of 5th and 6th Avenue. There are connections to the Portland Streetcar's NS Line and A and B Loop lines, and TriMet and C-Tran buses.

When opened in August 2009, the stations were located in Fareless Square (within fare zone 1), which was renamed the Free Rail Zone four months later, in January 2010. However, the fare-free zone was eliminated in 2012, when TriMet discontinued all use of fare zones. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Bailey Jr., Everton (August 30, 2012) [print edition date August 31, 2012, p. 1]. "TriMet boosts most fares starting Saturday; some routes changing". The Oregonian . Retrieved September 2, 2012.