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US Transit > PNW > Portland > MAX Light Rail > Blue Line/Red Line/Green Line

Gateway / NE 99th 
Ave (TC)

Year Opened 1986 # of Tracks 3
Platform Layout 1 Island Platform, 2 side platforms
Park-n-Ride Yes Transit Center No
City Portland Right of Way I-205
Points of Interest Gateway Shopping Center, Fred Meyer, C-Tran busses along with Tri-Met.

This is one of the busiest station's on the system. No less then 6 bus lines meet trains here. This is also where Red Line trains from the airport join the Blue line for the run downtown. It is a 3-track station with the center track for Red Line trains heading downtown and occasional short turn trains from downtown. Green Line trains branch off here to the south towards Clackamas Town Center, making this station a very busy junction!

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pdx-lr-east-010302-04.jpgTrain crossing over the Airport Line and I-205 at Gateway Transit Center (1/3/02) pdx-lr-east-010302-05.jpgGresham bound train at Gateway. (1/3/02)
pdx-lr-pdx-010302-01.jpgAirport bound train along I-205 ducking under the City bound tracks on the Line at Gateway. (1/3/02) pdx-lr-pdx-010302-02.jpg City bound train leaving the center track at Gateway Transit Center. (1/3/02)
pdx-lr-pdx-010302-03.jpgCity bound train going up the ramp to go around the horseshoe curve into Gateway. (1/3/02) pdx-lr-pdx-010302-04.jpgThe train is on the horseshoe bridge over I-84/I-205 ramps heading into Gateway (1/3/02)
pdx-lr-pdx-010302-06.jpgTrain is about to leave the horseshoe and cross the eastbound main to enter the center track at Gateway. (1/3/02) pdx-lr-gateway-082202-02.jpg (328732 bytes)Airport train on the bridge crossing I-205 and I-84. (8/22/02)
Looking down the inbound platform (4/5/10) Station signage (4/5/10)
Outbound train arriving (4/5/10) Inbound redline train arriving (4/5/10)
View from outbound platform (9/5/10) Green line train departing (9/5/10)

NEXT STOP

Towards Beaverton/Hillsboro/PSU Towards Airport/Gresham/Clackamas
82nd Ave E. 102nd Ave (Blue)
Parkrose (Red)
Main St (Green)
 

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