MAX Light Rail | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 04/06/2019

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00:02:18 1 History
00:02:27 1.1 Background
00:04:09 1.2 Early beginnings
00:07:04 1.3 South–North proposal
00:09:48 1.4 Later extensions
00:11:40 2 Infrastructure
00:11:49 2.1 Lines
00:13:05 2.2 Segments
00:13:29 2.3 Stations
00:16:16 2.4 Accessibility and safety
00:18:07 3 Future plans
00:19:00 3.1 Planned projects
00:19:23 3.2 Other projects
00:20:10 4 Rolling stock
00:23:43 5 Maintenance facilities
00:25:53 6 Operations
00:28:55 6.1 Fares
00:30:27 6.2 Discontinued services
00:30:36 6.2.1 Portland Vintage Trolley
00:31:45 6.2.2 Fareless Square
00:32:34 7 See also



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MAX Light Rail (for Metropolitan Area Express) is a light rail system in Portland, Oregon, United States, that is owned and operated by TriMet. Consisting of five lines over a 59.7-mile (96.1 km) network, it serves 97 stations, connecting the North, Northeast, and Southeast sections of Portland; the suburban communities of Beaverton, Clackamas, Gresham, Hillsboro, and Milwaukie; and Portland International Airport to Portland City Center. With an average daily ridership of 121,100 and nearly 39 million annual riders in 2018, MAX is the fourth-busiest light rail system in the United States after comparable light rail services in Los Angeles, Boston, and San Francisco. Lines run on all days of the week with frequent headways of 15 minutes to as short as five minutes during rush hour.
Among the first second-generation American light rail systems to be built, MAX was conceived as a result of freeway revolts that took place in Portland in the early 1970s. Construction of the Blue Line's inaugural eastside segment, then known as the Banfield light rail project, began in 1982 and completed for the line to commence service on September 5, 1986. The system has since expanded through subsequent extension projects that have built upon the original line, with the Orange Line, opened in 2015, as its latest extension. Future expansion plans include extending Red Line service further west to Hillsboro in 2023 and, if funding is approved by voters in 2020, a proposed light rail extension through Southwest Portland and Tigard to Tualatin, referred to as the Southwest Corridor light rail project, is slated to open in 2027.
MAX is one of three urban rail transit services operating in the Portland metropolitan area, with the other two being the Portland Streetcar and WES Commuter Rail. It provides direct connections to other modes of public transportation, including local and intercity buses at most stations and Amtrak via Union Station.