Portland > MAX Light Rail > Yellow Line

Interstate / Rose Quarter (TC)

Year Opened 2004 # of Tracks 2
Platform Layout 2-side platforms
Park-n-Ride No Transit Center Yes
City Portland Right of Way Interstate Ave
Points of Interest Rose Garden Arena, Memorial Coliseum, Steel Bridge

This station is separate from the Rose Quarter station on the Red/Blue/Green Line. All together Rose Quarter has 5 tracks and 5 platforms, plus a major bus center. This station is always busy, but even busier before and after sporting events at the Rose Quarter arena. Just the north of this station is a pocket track for layover extra trains.

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4/15/2017 4/15/2017
Train on the left is in the pocket track 5/13/2016 Rare revenue move, a train is coming from Rose Quarter tC enteringt Reose Quarter Interstate (5/13/2016)
5/13/2016 5/13/2016
pdx-lr-yel-rose-021502-07.jpg (529966 bytes)Interstate MAX construction sign. (2/15/02) pdx-lr-yel-rose-021502-04.jpg (377746 bytes)Future Rose Quarter station for the Interstate Line. (2/15/02)
pdx-lr-yel-rose-021502-09.jpg (486196 bytes)Looking north down Interstate Ave. at the Rose Quarter. The Blue Line tracks are in the Foreground. (2/15/02) pdx-lr-yel-rose-021502-08.jpg (409393 bytes)This part of the wye will be used by Interstate trains heading towards downtown. (2/15/02)
pdx-lr-yel-rose-021502-06.jpg (317809 bytes)Looking towards the convention center with a Blue Line train  in the background. (2/15/02) pdx-lr-rq-interstate-050104-07.jpg (80485 bytes)Two trains on the first day of service (5/1/04)
pdx-lr-rq-interstate-050104-12.jpg (80509 bytes)Train from downtown entering Interstate Rose Quarter (5/1/04) pdx-lr-rq-interstate-050104-18.jpg (74693 bytes)This is a "pull-in" train coming from Rose Quarter TC to Interstate RQ. (5/1/04)
pdx-lr-rq-interstate-050104-11.jpg (90265 bytes)Passengers packing the trains on the first day of service (5/1/04) pdx-lr-yel-rose-031505-02.jpg (70805 bytes)Type 1 train painted in the paint scheme. (3/15/05)
Expo Center bound Type 4 train departing (10/13/09) Inbound train as seen from Broadway overpass (9/22/12)

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