PSU Urban Center stations

The PSU Urban Center stations are light rail stations on the MAX Green, Orange and Yellow Lines in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States, located adjacent to the PSU Urban Center, of Portland State University. The northbound platform is the PSU Urban Center/Southwest 6th & Montgomery station, and the southbound platform is the PSU Urban Center/Southwest 5th & Mill station. The stations opened on August 30, 2009, and for the next three years they were temporarily the southern passenger terminus of the Portland Transit Mall MAX extension, awaiting construction of the PSU South stations. The latter opened on September 2, 2012,^[1] and the change made PSU Urban Center the second stop northbound and the next-to-last stop southbound on the Portland Mall MAX lines.

PSU Urban Ctr/ SW 6th & Montgomery  PSU Urban Ctr/ SW 5th & Mill
MAX Light Rail station
5th & Mill Street platform
General information
Location	SW 6th & Montgomery (northbound) SW 5th & Mill (southbound) Portland, Oregon  United States
Coordinates	45°30′43″N 122°40′55″W
Owned by	TriMet
Tracks	1 per split
Connections	Portland Transit Mall  9, 17, 19, 35, 54, 99 : NS Line, A and B Loop
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	2009–2012: Fareless Square/Free Rail Zone (in Zone 1); 2012–present: Not applicable
History
Opened	August 2009
Services
Preceding station TriMet Following station SW 6th & Montgomery PSU South/​Southwest 6th & College One-way operation Green Line Southwest 6th & Madison towards Clackamas Town Center Transit Center Yellow Line Southwest 6th & Madison towards Expo Center SW 5th & Mill PSU South/​Southwest 5th & Jackson Terminus Green Line City Hall/​Southwest 5th & Jefferson One-way operation PSU South/​Southwest 5th & Jackson towards Southeast Park Avenue Orange Line
Former services Preceding station TriMet Following station SW 6th & Montgomery Terminus Mall Shuttle 2009–2011 Southwest 6th & Madison towards Union Station/​Northwest 6th & Hoyt SW 5th & Mill PSU South/​Southwest 5th & Jackson Terminus Yellow Line 2009–2015 City Hall/​Southwest 5th & Jefferson One-way operation Terminus Mall Shuttle 2009–2011
Location

The stations are built into the sidewalks of 5th and 6th Avenue. There are connections to the Portland Streetcar's NS Line and A and B Loop lines, and TriMet and C-Tran buses.

When opened in August 2009, the stations were located in Fareless Square (within fare zone 1), which was renamed the Free Rail Zone four months later, in January 2010. However, the fare-free zone was eliminated in 2012, when TriMet discontinued all use of fare zones.^[1]

References

1. Bailey Jr., Everton (August 30, 2012) [print edition date August 31, 2012, p. 1]. "TriMet boosts most fares starting Saturday; some routes changing". The Oregonian. Retrieved September 2, 2012.

External links

• SW 5th & Mill station (southbound) information from TriMet
• SW 6th & Montgomery station (northbound) information from TriMet
• MAX Light Rail Stations – more general TriMet page