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Jeld-Wen Field (MAX station)
Encyclopedia
Jeld-Wen Field station is a light rail
station on the MAX Blue
and Red lines
located in the Goose Hollow neighborhood
of Portland, Oregon
. It is named after the adjacent stadium, Jeld-Wen Field. The station, consisting of separate east and westbound platforms built into city sidewalks between SW 17th and SW 18th Avenues on SW Yamhill and SW Morrison Streets, opened on August 31, 1997. Originally named Civic Stadium station, it was renamed to PGE Park station in 2001 before taking its current name in 2011, following changes in its namesake's name.
Tracks split just outside the station on SW 18th Ave. into eastbound tracks on SW Yamhill St. westbound tracks on SW Morrison St. This split results in a transit mall east to SW 1st Ave.
The Morrison platform is at an angle to the street grid and has a regular side platform which fronts a small public plaza. There is also a second platform and storage track used for special events. The Yamhill platform takes the entire block and features unique seating shaped like punctuation marks. A large apartment complex occupies the space between the platforms.
This station primarily serves Jeld-Wen Field (formerly and still called by the locals Civic Stadium) and residential areas around W Burnside St. The station is in the Fare Zone 1.
The line 20-Burnside/Stark also stops two blocks north of the station on West Burnside Street at NW 19th Avenue (westbound) and NW 18th Avenue (eastbound). The Washington Park Shuttle began serving this station in 2010.
Light rail
Light rail or light rail transit is a form of urban rail public transportation that generally has a lower capacity and lower speed than heavy rail and metro systems, but higher capacity and higher speed than traditional street-running tram systems...
station on the MAX Blue
MAX Blue Line
The MAX Blue Line is a 33 mile light rail line in the MAX Light Rail system in the Portland metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Oregon. Operated by TriMet, the line runs between Hillsboro and Gresham, via downtown Portland...
and Red lines
MAX Red Line
The MAX Red Line is a route in the Metropolitan Area Express light rail system in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area. It is 25.5 miles long...
located in the Goose Hollow neighborhood
Goose Hollow, Portland, Oregon
Goose Hollow is a neighborhood in southwest Portland, Oregon. It acquired its distinctive name through early residents’ practice of letting their geese run free near the wooded ravine in the Tualatin Mountains now known as the Tanner Creek Canyon and in the now infilled Tanner Creek Gulch...
of Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
. It is named after the adjacent stadium, Jeld-Wen Field. The station, consisting of separate east and westbound platforms built into city sidewalks between SW 17th and SW 18th Avenues on SW Yamhill and SW Morrison Streets, opened on August 31, 1997. Originally named Civic Stadium station, it was renamed to PGE Park station in 2001 before taking its current name in 2011, following changes in its namesake's name.
Tracks split just outside the station on SW 18th Ave. into eastbound tracks on SW Yamhill St. westbound tracks on SW Morrison St. This split results in a transit mall east to SW 1st Ave.
The Morrison platform is at an angle to the street grid and has a regular side platform which fronts a small public plaza. There is also a second platform and storage track used for special events. The Yamhill platform takes the entire block and features unique seating shaped like punctuation marks. A large apartment complex occupies the space between the platforms.
This station primarily serves Jeld-Wen Field (formerly and still called by the locals Civic Stadium) and residential areas around W Burnside St. The station is in the Fare Zone 1.
Bus line connections
This station is served by the following bus lines:- 15-NW 23rd Avenue
- 18-Hillside
- 51-Vista
- 63-Washington Park
- Washington Park Shuttle (runs May–October only)
The line 20-Burnside/Stark also stops two blocks north of the station on West Burnside Street at NW 19th Avenue (westbound) and NW 18th Avenue (eastbound). The Washington Park Shuttle began serving this station in 2010.