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Skidmore Fountain

Year Opened 1986 # of Tracks 2
Platform Layout 2 side Platforms
Park-n-Ride No Transit Center No
City Portland Right of Way First Ave
Points of Interest McCall Waterfront Park, Burnside Bridge, Saturday Market, Skidmore Fountain.

This station is very popular on weekends in the Spring, Summer and Fall. Nearby is Portland's Saturday Market which is a very popular outdoor fair with all sort of vendors hawking their arts, crafts and food. There is talk of this station closing

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pdx-lr-dwn-skidmre-062302-04.jpg (544361 bytes)Airport bound train entering Skidmore Fountain (6/02) pdx-lr-dwn-skidmre-062302-02.jpg (564434 bytes)Hillsboro train at Skidmore Fountain during busy Saturday Market. (6/02)
pdx-lr-skidmre-082904-02.jpg (80409 bytes)Yellow Line and Vintage Trolley in view. (8/29/05) pdx-lr-skidmre-082904-03.jpg (83235 bytes)Red Line train snaking through the busy pedestrian area. (8/29/05)

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