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Portland Vintage Trolley
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The Portland Vintage Trolley was a heritage streetcar service in Portland, Oregon, United States, that operated from 1991 to 2014. It operated on a portion of the MAX light rail system, and for a brief time also operated on the Portland Streetcar system, in downtown and nearby areas. Service was provided with replicas of a type of Brill streetcar, nicknamed the "Council Crest" cars, which last served Portland in 1950. The service was managed by Vintage Trolley Inc., a non-profit corporation, and the cars were owned and operated by TriMet, Portland's transit agency. For 18 of its 23 years, the service followed a 2.3-mile (3.7 km) section of what is now the MAX Blue Line, between Lloyd Center and the west end of downtown. In September 2009, the route was changed to a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) section of the MAX system, along the transit mall in downtown Portland, from Union Station to Portland State University (PSU).
One of the replica Brill cars at the PSU Urban Center station in September 2009
One of the replica Brill cars at the PSU Urban Center station in September 2009
The cars were replicas of trolley cars that served Portland's Council Crest line from 1904 to 1950, and carried this marketing slogan that had once be
The cars were replicas of trolley cars that served Portland's Council Crest line from 1904 to 1950, and carried this marketing slogan that had once been worn by the original cars.
At the service's Lloyd Center station, on NE 11th Avenue at Multnomah Street, on the route followed until 2009
At the service's Lloyd Center station, on NE 11th Avenue at Multnomah Street, on the route followed until 2009
A Vintage Trolley passing Powell's Books, on the Portland Streetcar line, in 2001
A Vintage Trolley passing Powell's Books, on the Portland Streetcar line, in 2001
MAX Light Rail
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The Metropolitan Area Express (MAX) is a light rail system serving the Portland metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Oregon. Owned and operated by TriMet, it consists of five lines connecting the six sections of Portland; the communities of Beaverton, Clackamas, Gresham, Hillsboro, Milwaukie, and Oak Grove; and Portland International Airport to Portland City Center. Trains run seven days a week with headways of between 30 minutes off-peak and three minutes during rush hours. In 2019, MAX had an average daily ridership of 120,900, or 38.8 million annually. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which impacted public transit use globally, annual ridership plummeted, with only 14.8 million riders recorded in 2021.
Top: A westbound Type 2 Blue Line train crossing the Steel Bridge Bottom: A MAX train and a Portland Streetcar tram traversing Tilikum Crossing
Top: A westbound Type 2 Blue Line train crossing the Steel Bridge Bottom: A MAX train and a Portland Streetcar tram traversing Tilikum Crossing
Image: Ad free MAX train of two Type 2 cars on Steel Bridge in 2015
Image: Ad free MAX train of two Type 2 cars on Steel Bridge in 2015
An original Bombardier light rail train entering the 11th Avenue turnaround loop in downtown Portland in 1987
An original Bombardier light rail train entering the 11th Avenue turnaround loop in downtown Portland in 1987
A train stopped at Mall/Southwest 4th Avenue station in 2009, when it was served by the Blue, Red, and Yellow lines
A train stopped at Mall/Southwest 4th Avenue station in 2009, when it was served by the Blue, Red, and Yellow lines