Southwest 6th & Madison and City Hall/Southwest 5th & Jefferson stations

Southwest 6th & Madison Street and City Hall/Southwest 5th & Jefferson Street stations are a pair of light rail stations on the MAX Green, Orange and Yellow Lines in Portland, Oregon. It is the fifth stop southbound on the Portland Transit Mall extension.

SW 6th & Madison  City Hall/
SW 5th & Jefferson
  
MAX Light Rail stations
6th and Madison Street platform
General information
LocationSW 6th & Madison (northbound)
SW 5th and Jefferson (southbound)
Coordinates45°30′55″N 122°40′48″W / 45.51528°N 122.68000°W / 45.51528; -122.68000
Owned byTriMet
Tracks1 per split
ConnectionsBus interchange Portland Transit Mall
Bus interchange 4, 6, 10, 14, 38, 45, 55, 58, 96
Construction
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedAugust 2009
Services
Preceding station TriMet Following station
SW 6th & Madison Street
PSU Urban Center/​Southwest 6th & Montgomery
One-way operation
Green Line Pioneer Courthouse/​Southwest 6th
Yellow Line Pioneer Courthouse/​Southwest 6th
towards Expo Center
City Hall/SW 5th & Jefferson Street
PSU Urban Center/​Southwest 5th & Mill Green Line Pioneer Place/​Southwest 5th
One-way operation
PSU Urban Center/​Southwest 5th & Mill Orange Line
Former services
Preceding station TriMet Following station
SW 6th & Madison Street
PSU Urban Center/​Southwest 6th & Montgomery
One-way operation
Mall Shuttle
2009–2011
Pioneer Courthouse/​Southwest 6th
City Hall/SW 5th & Jefferson Street
PSU Urban Center/​Southwest 5th & Mill Yellow Line
2009–2015
Pioneer Place/​Southwest 5th
One-way operation
PSU Urban Center/​Southwest 5th & Mill
Terminus
Mall Shuttle
2009–2011
Location
Map

The stations are built into the sidewalks of 5th and 6th Avenues, with the 5th Avenue platform heading southbound and the 6th Avenue platform northbound. They are located at the base of the PacWest Center. Points of interest include the Wells Fargo Center, the Portland Building, Portland City Hall, and other numerous government buildings in Downtown Portland. The station serves all bus lines on 5th Avenue and 45–Garden Home Rd, 58–Canyon Rd, 55-Hamilton and 38–Boones Ferry Rd. The stop ID number for the bus stop is 12791. On 5th Ave, lines 17–Hogate-Broadway, 9–Powell Blvd and 19–Woodstock-Gilsan are one block away from the station. The stop ID number for this bus stop is 7594.

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, in January 2010. However, the fare-free zone was eliminated in 2012, when TriMet discontinued all use of fare zones.

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