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Gateway Transit Center is a multimodal transport hub in Portland, Oregon, United States.Owned and operated by TriMet, it comprises Gateway/Northeast 99th Avenue Transit Center, a bus transit center and light rail station serving the MAX Green and Blue Lines and eastbound Red Line trains, and Gateway North, a separate station served by westbound Red Line trains.
On September 18, 2022, TriMet started its FX (Frequent Express) service, a limited-stop bus route with some bus rapid transit features. FX replaced the 2-Division, the sixth busiest bus route in the system, and features articulated buses, all-door boarding, transit signal priority, bus lanes and frequent service (12-minute headways all day). [32]
A bus-only loop containing nine bus bays occupies a majority of the transit center. A structure at the center of the loop houses a concession stand. The MAX stop, designed by OTAK, Inc., [34] is situated in the northwest. This stop consists of two side platforms and one island platform, served by three tracks. The outer tracks are used by the ...
Only three bus routes served the transit center originally: routes 72-82nd Avenue, 76-King Road and 78-Linwood. Other routes were added later, including 79-Canby in 1982. In 1985, routes 31-Estacada and 71-Killingsworth-60th were diverted or extended to the Clackamas TC, route 78 was renumbered 28, and route 76 was replaced by 29 Lake-Webster ...
TriMet transit centers are defined by TriMet as "major transit hub[s] served by several bus or rail lines". [1] These transit centers are often key areas for accessing public transportation throughout the extended Portland metropolitan area .
In August 2014, TriMet reintroduced 15-minutes-or-less wait times at all times during weekdays on Frequent Service routes, with the stated goal of reinstating weekend 15-minutes-or-less wait times on these routes. [18] TriMet's bus fleet is made up of 40-foot (12 m) and 30-foot (9 m) buses, built in 2000 or later, and all are low-floor buses ...
Additional bus routes began serving the site when the MAX station opened in September 2001, at which time it was newly designated as a transit center and was renamed Parkrose/Sumner Transit Center. As a result of 2001 expansion of the bus roadway and stops, and the addition of a building for use by drivers on layover, the size of the park-and ...
Frequent Express (FX) is a rapid bus [a] service in Portland, Oregon, United States.Operated by TriMet as FX2–Division, the 15-mile (24 km) route runs east–west from 5th & Hoyt on the Portland Transit Mall in downtown Portland to Cleveland Avenue Park and Ride in Gresham via Division Street.