Gateway/Northeast 99th Avenue Transit Center (MAX station)
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The Gateway/Northeast 99th Avenue Transit Center station is a light rail station on the MAX Blue Line and Red lines in Portland, Oregon. It is the 15th stop eastbound on the Eastside MAX, and is just before the connection to the Airport MAX extension.
The station is next to the interchange of Interstate 84 and Interstate 205 and behind a Fred Meyer store. This station contains three tracks and platforms, surrounded by bus stops. The eastern track is used by Blue Line trains heading to Downtown Portland, Beaverton, and Hillsboro; trains open up to both the side and center platforms. The middle track is to the west of the center platform and used by Downtown Portland/Beaverton-bound Red Line trains. Finally, the western-most track has a side platform and is used by eastbound Blue Line and Airport-bound Red Line trains. ([map])
Gateway/Northeast 99th Avenue Transit Center has public artwork, with feather wind vanes built to tie with the Airport MAX project. Parking is available at this station.
| Next station west: Northeast 82nd Avenue | MAX Blue Line | Next station east: East 102nd Avenue |
| Next station west: Northeast 82nd Avenue | MAX Red Line | Next station north: Parkrose/Sumner Transit Center |
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