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

Union Station/
NW 6th & Hoyt St  Union Station/
NW 5th & Glisan St    
MAX Light Rail station
NW 6th & Hoyt platform
Location NW 6th & Hoyt (northbound)
NW 5th & Glisan (southbound)
Coordinates 45°31′37″N 122°40′34″W / 45.526978°N 122.676067°W / 45.526978; -122.676067Coordinates: 45°31′37″N 122°40′34″W / 45.526978°N 122.676067°W / 45.526978; -122.676067
Owned by TriMet
Tracks 1 per split
Connections Amtrak (Union Station)
  Amtrak Cascades
  Coast Starlight
  Empire Builder
Construction
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened August 2009
Services
Preceding station   MAX Light Rail   Following station
NW 6th & Hoyt Street
One-way operation
Green Line
Yellow Line
toward Expo Center
NW 5th & Glisan Street
Green Line
One-way operation
toward SE Park
Orange Line
One-way operation
through to Orange Line
Yellow Line
Former services
Preceding station   MAX Light Rail   Following station
NW 6th & Hoyt Street
One-way operation
Mall Shuttle
2009–2011
Terminus
NW 5th & Glisan Street
Yellow Line
2009–2015
One-way operation
Mall Shuttle
2009–2011
Terminus

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