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After temporarily suspending all MAX light rail line service early Friday, TriMet has announced that the agency began restoring MAX service starting at about 1:30 p.m. this afternoon. “It’s ...
A downtown MAX tunnel might be a pipe dream at the moment, but it's been close to 40 years since the first light rail trains started rolling in Portland, and there have been several big additions ...
The Albina-Mississippi TriMet MAX stop in Portland, Oregon, Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018. Bradley W. Parks / OPB. Many leaders on the Washington side, where light rail has in the past been painted as a ...
The first new MAX trains in a decade are rolling out on TriMet's light rail system. Thirty will enter service this year, replacing the fleet's oldest set of trains.
The changes include shifting late-night light-rail MAX service to buses and the addition of two bus lines. TriMet also eliminated three bus lines with low ridership that overlapped with other lines.
MAX has 145 rail cars, 60 miles of track and 97 stations with $20 billion of investment around them. TriMet and local governments started talking about light rail in the late 1970s to deal with a ...
Although MAX service to Clark County remains contentious, light rail is part of Clark County’s history. From 1917, when the I-5 Bridge opened, to 1940, a streetcar operated between Portland and ...
To prepare for Friday morning travelers, MAX light rail trains in the Portland area will run overnight to prevent ice buildup on overhead wires, TriMet officials said Thursday. Because MAX trains ...
A MAX Green Line train pulls into the Southeast Main Street stop near Mall 205 in Portland. If light rail comes to Vancouver, a decision will need to be made about what security and law ...
A TriMet MAX Light Rail train and streetcar collided near Northeast 7th Avenue and Northeast Holladay Street in Portland Wednesday morning. The collision occurred shortly after 10:30 a.m., closing ...
“The cyclist rode his bike into the opposing southbound lanes of travel, where there are no crossing arms, and was subsequently hit by a MAX train traveling in the direction of Milwaukie as he crossed ...