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Union Station/Northwest 6th & Hoyt and Union Station/Northwest 5th & Glisan stations

Coordinates: 45°31′37″N 122°40′34″W / 45.526978°N 122.676067°W / 45.526978; -122.676067
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Union Station/
NW 6th & Hoyt
  Union Station/
NW 5th & Glisan
  
MAX Light Rail station
Northwest 6th & Hoyt platform
General information
LocationNW 6th & Hoyt (northbound)
NW 5th & Glisan (southbound)
Coordinates45°31′37″N 122°40′34″W / 45.526978°N 122.676067°W / 45.526978; -122.676067
Owned byTriMet
Tracks1 per split
Bus routesBus transport TriMet: FX2, 291 - Orange Night Bus
ConnectionsAmtrak (Union Station)Trimet
Bus transport 4, 8, 9, 17, 35, 44, 77
Construction
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedAugust 2009
Services
Preceding station TriMet Following station
NW 6th & Hoyt Street
Northwest 6th & Davis
One-way operation
Green Line Rose Quarter Transit Center
Yellow Line Interstate/​Rose Quarter
towards Expo Center
NW 5th & Glisan Street
Northwest 5th & Couch Green Line Rose Quarter Transit Center
One-way operation
Northwest 5th & Couch Orange Line Interstate/​Rose Quarter
One-way operation
through to Orange Line Yellow Line
Former services
Preceding station TriMet Following station
NW 6th & Hoyt Street
Northwest 6th & Davis
One-way operation
Mall Shuttle
2009–2011
Terminus
NW 5th & Glisan Street
Northwest 5th & Couch Yellow Line
2009–2015
Interstate/​Rose Quarter
One-way operation
Northwest 5th & Couch Mall Shuttle
2009–2011
Terminus
Location
Map

Union Station/Northwest 6th & Hoyt and Union Station/Northwest 5th & Glisan are light rail stations on the MAX Green, Orange and Yellow Lines in Portland, Oregon. They are the first stops southbound on the Portland Transit Mall MAX extension. The Union Station/Northwest 6th & Hoyt Street station is served only by the Green and Yellow Lines, and the Union Station/Northwest 5th & Glisan Street station is served only by the Green and Orange Lines. Originally, from the opening of these stations in 2009 until 2015, the Yellow Line served both, but in September 2015 the then-new Orange Line replaced the Yellow Line at all southbound stations on the transit mall.

The stations are built into the sidewalks of 5th and 6th Avenues, with the 5th Avenue platform used by southbound trains and the 6th Avenue platform by northbound trains. They are located next to Union Station, where there are connections to Amtrak and Greyhound buses.

When opened on August 30, 2009, the stations were located in Fareless Square (within fare zone 1), which was renamed the Free Rail Zone four months later, but the fare-free zone was eliminated in 2012 when TriMet discontinued all use of fare zones.

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