MAX Yellow Line Route Description
MAX Yellow Line runs every day.
MAX Yellow Line is one of four light rail lines in Portland. It runs along a fixed track set into the ground and only stops at designated MAX stations. MAX Yellow Line is 7.65 miles long (5.68 miles between the Rose Quarter Transit Center and the Expo Center) and shares tracks and stations with MAX Green Line between Union Station and Portland State University Urban Center (1.97 miles between Rose Quarter Transit Center and Portland State University Urban Center).
To Portland State University Urban Center, from Expo Center (Zone 2).
MAX Yellow Line travels south from Expo Center Station, located on North Marine Drive at the Expo Center, and stops at each of the following stations in the order they are listed:
Delta Park/Vanport Station, located on North Expo Road at Victory Boulevard.
Kenton/N Denver Avenue Station, located on North Interstate Avenue at Denver Avenue.
N Lombard Transit Center, located on North Interstate Avenue at Lombard Street.
Rosa Parks Station, located on North Interstate Avenue at Portland Boulevard.
N Killingsworth St Station, located on North Interstate Avenue at Killingsworth Street.
N Prescott St Station, located on North Interstate Avenue at Prescott Street.
Overlook Park Station, located on North Interstate Avenue at Overlook Boulevard. Overlook Park Station is the last stop in Zone 2.
Albina/Mississippi Station, located on North Interstate Avenue at Mississippi Street. Albina/Mississippi Station is the first stop in Zone 1.
Interstate/Rose Quarter Station, located on North Interstate Avenue at Multnomah Boulevard. First stop Free Rail Zone. Transfer to MAX Blue Line or MAX Red Line at nearby Rose Quarter Transit Center, located on North Holladay Street at Wheeler Street.
MAX Yellow Line crosses the Willamette River via the Steel Bridge.
Downtown MAX stations
Union Station/NW 5th and Glisan Street, located on Northwest 5th Avenue: Stop ID 7601
NW 5th and Couch Street , located on Northwest 5th Avenue: Stop ID 9303
SW 5th and Oak Street, located on Southwest 5th Avenue: Stop ID 7627
Pioneer Place/SW 5th Avenue, located on Southwest 5th Avenue: Stop ID 7646
Transfer to MAX Blue Line or MAX Red Line at nearby Mall/SW 5th Avenue Station, located on Southwest Morrison Street at 5th Avenue. Transfer to bus lines serving the Portland Transit Mall.
City Hall/SW 5th and Jefferson Street, located on Southwest 5th Avenue: Stop ID 7608
PSU Urban Center/SW 5th and Mill Street, located on Southwest 5th Avenue: Stop ID 7618.
MAX Yellow Line turns around and begins travel toward Expo Center.
To Expo Center, from Portland State University Urban Center (Zone 1).
MAX Yellow Line travels north from Portland State Urban Center, located on Southwest 5th Avenue, and stops at each of the following stations in the order they are listed:
Downtown MAX stations
PSU Urban Center/SW 6th and Montgomery Street, located on Southwest 6th Avenue: Stop ID 7774
SW 6th and Madison Street, located on Southwest 6th Avenue: Stop ID 13123
Pioneer Courthouse/SW 6th Avenue, located on Southwest 6th Avenue: Stop ID 7777
Transfer to MAX Blue Line or MAX Red Line at nearby Pioneer Square South Station, located on Southwest Yamhill Street at 6th Avenue. Transfer to bus lines serving the Portland Transit Mall.
SW 6th and Pine Street, located on Southwest 6th Avenue: Stop ID 7787
NW 6th and Davis Street, located on Northwest 6th Avenue: Stop ID 9299
Union Station/NW 6th and Hoyt Street, located on Northwest 6th Avenue: Stop ID 7763
MAX Yellow Line crosses the Willamette River via the Steel Bridge.
Interstate/Rose Quarter Station, located on North Interstate Avenue at Multnomah Boulevard. Last stop Free Rail Zone. Transfer to MAX Blue Line or MAX Red Line at nearby Rose Quarter Transit Center, located on North Holladay Street at Wheeler Street.
Albina/Mississippi Station, located on North Interstate Avenue at Mississippi Street. Albina/Mississippi Station is the last stop in Zone 1.
Overlook Park Station, located on North Interstate Avenue at Overlook Boulevard. Overlook Park Station is the first stop in Zone 2.
N Prescott St Station, located on North Interstate Avenue at Prescott Street.
N Killingsworth St Station, located on North Interstate Avenue at Killingsworth Street.
Rosa Parks Station, located on North Interstate Avenue at Portland Boulevard.
N Lombard Transit Center, located on North Interstate Avenue at Lombard Street.
Kenton/N Denver Ave Station, located on North Interstate Avenue at Denver Avenue.
Delta Park/Vanport Station, located on North Expo Road at Victory Boulevard.
Expo Center Station, located on North Marine Drive at the Expo Center.
MAX Yellow Line turns around and begins travel toward Portland State University Urban Center.