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Rail transportation is an important element of the transportation network in the U.S. state of Oregon. Rail transportation has existed in Oregon in some form since 1855, [1] [2] and the state was a pioneer in development of electric railway systems. While the automobile has displaced many uses of rail in the state (as elsewhere), rail remains a ...
This is a route-map template for the List of Oregon railroads, a state passenger rail network. For a key to symbols, see {{ railway line legend }} . For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap .
In 1988, Portland city planners proposed a northside rail service as part of Portland's Central City and Albina Community plans; [5] [6] they sought to extend the region's then-two-year-old light rail system, the Metropolitan Area Express (MAX), via Interstate Avenue, I-5, or Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (formerly Union Avenue). [7]
South Waterfront/South Moody, formerly South Waterfront/Southwest Moody, is a combined light rail and bus station located at 698 Southwest Porter Street in the South Waterfront neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, at the west end of the Tilikum Crossing bridge. [1] It is serviced by the MAX Orange Line and TriMet buses.
The Westside Express Service (WES) is a commuter rail line in the U.S. state of Oregon serving parts of Washington and Clackamas counties in the Portland metropolitan area. Owned by TriMet and operated by Portland & Western Railroad (P&W), the line is 14.7 miles (23.7 km) long and travels north–south from Beaverton to Wilsonville along a ...
The WES platform under construction in 2008. Plans for the commuter rail between Beaverton and Wilsonville began as early as 1996, led by Washington County officials. [2] In 2001, the Federal Transit Administration authorized the project, and in 2004 it approved the project, [3] by which time regional transit agency TriMet had taken over as the lead agency in planning the project.
The former-OE railway crossing on 185th Avenue in 1995, prior to the start of construction. On September 30, 1908, an interurban rail service ran for the first time between Portland and Hillsboro. [98]: 31 It was operated by the Oregon Electric Railway (OE), which built a branch line from its Garden Home depot to Forest Grove. [99]
The Newberg branch is a railway line in the state of Oregon, in the United States. It runs 36 miles (58 km) from Portland to a junction with the West Side branch west of Saint Joseph . It was originally built by the Portland and Willamette Valley Railway , a predecessor of the Southern Pacific Transportation Company .