Yamhill District and Morrison/SW 3rd Ave stations
Light rail stations in Oregon
Yamhill District and Morrison/SW 3rd Ave are a pair of light rail stations in Portland, Oregon, United States, served by TriMet as part of MAX Light Rail. Located within the Yamhill Historic District, the stations are built into the sidewalks of Southwest Yamhill and Morrison streets between 1st and 3rd avenues. Each station comprises one side platform, and trains traveling eastbound stop at Yamhill District while trains traveling westbound stop at Morrison/SW 3rd Ave.
The two stations are among the 27 original stations of the Banfield Light Rail Project, which built the Metropolitan Area Express (MAX), Portland's first light rail line. They opened along with the inaugural service of MAX on September 5, 1986. The stations are currently served by the Blue and Red lines. The Yellow Line had served the stations from May 2004 until August 2009 when it was rerouted to the Portland Transit Mall.
External links
"MAX Light Rail Stations". TriMet. Retrieved March 29, 2018.
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