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Portland Streetcar

For the light rail system serving the Portland metropolitan area, see MAX Light Rail.

Portland Streetcar
A streetcar on the Broadway Bridge in 2016
A streetcar on the Broadway Bridge in 2016
Overview
OwnerCity of Portland
LocalePortland, Oregon, U.S.
Transit typeStreetcar
Number of lines3
Daily ridership16,351 (weekdays) (February 2017)[1]
Annual ridership4.6 million (annual; FY 2015)[2]
Websiteportlandstreetcar.org
Operation
Began operationJuly 20, 2001 (2001-07-20)[3]
Operator(s)
  • Portland Streetcar, Inc.
  • TriMet (maintenance and operators)
Number of vehicles17 (3 on order)
Technical
System length7.2 mi (11.6 km)[4]
Track gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
ElectrificationOverhead line, 750 V DC

The Portland Streetcar is a streetcar system in Portland, Oregon, that opened in 2001[5] and serves areas surrounding downtown Portland. The 3.9-mile (6.3 km) NS Line runs from Northwest Portland to the South Waterfront via Downtown and the Pearl District. The Loop Service, which opened in September 2012 as the Central Loop (CL Line), runs from Downtown to the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry via the Pearl District, the Broadway Bridge across Willamette River, the Lloyd District, and the Central Eastside Industrial District and added 3.3 miles (5.3 km) of route.[6] In September 2015 the line was renamed as the Loop Service, with the A Loop traveling clockwise, and the B Loop traveling counterclockwise.[7] The two-route system serves some 20,000 daily riders.[8]

As with the heavier-duty MAX Light Rail network which serves the broader Portland metropolitan area, Portland Streetcars are operated and maintained by TriMet. But unlike MAX, the streetcar system is owned by the city of Portland and managed by Portland Streetcar Incorporated, a non-profit public benefit corporation whose board of directors report to the city's Bureau of Transportation.

Like some of Portland's original streetcar lines,[9] redevelopment has been a major goal of the project.[10][11] The Portland Streetcar is the first new streetcar system in the United States since World War II.[12]

  1. ^ "About Us: Ridership and Performance". Portland Streetcar. Archived from the original on September 7, 2022. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
  2. ^ "Annual Ridership Numbers through Fiscal Year 2015" (PDF). Portland Streetcar. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 4, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference ps-history was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Webb, Mary (ed.) (2013). Jane's Urban Transport Systems 2013–2014. Coulsdon, Surrey (UK): Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0-7106-3080-3.
  5. ^ Hamilton, Don (July 17, 2001). "51 years later, they're back". Portland Tribune. Archived from the original on March 31, 2012. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference oreg-2012sep22 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Portland Streetcar Loop Service". Archived from the original on August 6, 2015. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
  8. ^ "PORTLAND STREETCAR RIDERSHIP NUMBERS" (PDF). Portland Streetcar. October 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2015.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ "Portland Trolleys and Streetcars". PdxHistory.com. Archived from the original on October 29, 2006. Retrieved January 31, 2007.
  10. ^ "Portland Streetcar Development Oriented Transit" (PDF). Portland Streetcar, Inc. April 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 11, 2012. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
  11. ^ Schneider, Keith (October 24, 2007). "A Streetcar Named Development". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 26, 2012. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
  12. ^ Taplin, M. R. (October 2001). "Return of the (modern) streetcar: Portland leads the way". Tramways & Urban Transit. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing Ltd. pp. 369–375. ISSN 1460-8324. Archived from the original on March 27, 2019. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
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