| Type: | MAX Light Rail station | ||||||||
| Country: | USA | ||||||||
| Tracks: | 3 | ||||||||
| Parking: | 300 total spaces | ||||||||
| Bicycle: | Lockers | ||||||||
| Opened: | May 1, 2004 | ||||||||
| Accessible: | yes | ||||||||
| Mapframe: | yes | ||||||||
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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, drivers must 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.[1]
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:[2]