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. It is the last stop northbound on the Interstate MAX extension. This station is a large

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station located on the grounds of the

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. It is set up as a modified side platform station, with the two platforms serving three tracks. The extra track allows the storage of an overflow train for events at the Expo Center. The 300 park-and-ride spaces are free for commuters arriving before 10 am on weekdays for a maximum 24 hours. At all other times, drivers must pay the Expo Center's usual $7–8 parking fee. Although tracks and electrification end directly inside the station, it is designed to allow a future northbound extension (to

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) to be easily constructed. Both the landscaping and the artwork at the station are themed in a Japanese style. This recalls the temporary Civilian Assembly Center that existed here during the early days of

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, which processed Japanese-Americans upon the enforcement of Executive Order 9066.Chuang, Angie (September 11, 2003). "Embracing the future, remembering the past: TriMet dedicates the Expo Center MAX Station, once a temporary WW II internment camp". ''

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Bus line connections

This station is at the Expo Center served by the following bus line: *11 - Rivergate/Marine Dr

Unique station features

The station includes several unique decorative features relating to the internment camp theme: *Timber Gateway: Traditional Japanese Gates, with steel internment tags strung among them *Bronze Trunks: Provide additional seating. *Bamboo Glass Blocks *Plaque: A plaque showing the prohibited area as defined in Exclusion Order #26 for those of Japanese ancestry, both alien and non-alien. Image:PortlandMAX_Expo_station_Art.jpg, Timber gateway and a waiting train. Facsimiles of historical newspaper headlines are at the base of the wooden poles. Image:PortlandMAX_timber_gates.jpg, Timber gateway strung with replica steel internment tags. Image:PortlandMAX_timber_gate_etchings.jpg, Example of etchings on timbers. Image:PortlandMAX_bamboo_glass.jpg, Close-up of bamboo glass blocks on systems building. Image:PortlandMAX_bronze_trunk.jpg, Bronze trunk seating. Inset shows tiled box from the other trunk. Image:PortlandMAX_exclusion_order.jpg, A plaque of the exclusion order #26, showing the prohibited area.

References

External links

Station information
from TriMet

– more general TriMet page

– general TriMet page {{TriMet railway stations, Yellow=y 2004 establishments in Oregon Kenton, Portland, Oregon MAX Light Rail stations MAX Yellow Line Railway stations in Portland, Oregon Railway stations in the United States opened in 2004