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TriMet operates a light rail system (MAX Light Rail), the Portland Streetcar, and a commuter rail line (WES Commuter Rail). TriMet is "a municipal corporation of the State of Oregon", with powers to tax, issue bonds, and enact police ordinances and is governed by a seven-member board of directors appointed by the Governor of Oregon. [8]
For the rush hour-only schedule used when WES began operation, that meant over a thousand blasts a week along its route, starting as early as 5:30 am. [43] Complaints about the noise caused TriMet to replace the original 102-decibel (from 100 feet (30.5 m)) Leslie RS3K horns for a fleet-wide cost of $5,000. [ 43 ]
TriMet designates the Yellow Line as a "Frequent Service" route. [88] Yellow Line trains operate from 4:15 am to 1:00 am the next day on weekdays and 4:15 am to 12:45 am on weekends. Service runs every 30 minutes in the early morning and late evening hours and every 15 minutes during most of the day.
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.
The resulting 33-mile east-west line has always been operated as a single through route, and it became known as the Blue Line in 2001, after TriMet adopted color designations for its separate light rail routes after the Red Line opened to the airport. [11] The Yellow Line branch to the Expo Center opened in 2004. [12]
TriMet designates the Blue Line as a "Frequent Service" route along with the rest of the light rail system, ensuring service runs on a 15-minute headway for most of each day. [183] Blue Line trains run most frequently during weekday rush hours, operating on headways as short as five minutes. During the early mornings and late evenings, headways ...
It replaced bus route 12–Sandy Boulevard as TriMet's only service to and from the airport, [55] [59] while the transit agency for Clark County, Washington, C-Tran, rerouted its bus service from its connection at Gateway Transit Center to Parkrose/Sumner Transit Center. [55]
Service shifts slightly to an earlier schedule on weekends. [111] TriMet designates the Orange Line as a "Frequent Service" route, running on a headway of 15 minutes during most of the day. Service is less frequent in the early mornings and late evenings, with headways of up to 30 minutes. [112]