The Oak Street/Southwest 1st Avenue station is a light rail station on the MAX Blue and Red lines in Portland, Oregon. It was originally the 4th stop eastbound, but is now the 5th stop on the Eastside MAX. It originally served the Yellow Line from 2004 and 2009 until its relocation to the Portland Transit Mall.
The station has side platforms built into the sidewalk. Located on 1st Avenue and spanning the block from Oak Street to Stark Street, it serves office buildings and art galleries, as well as Tom McCall Waterfront Park. Bus line 16-Front Avenue-St. Helens Road serves this station, in one direction only, on its way into downtown Portland, stopping on Oak Street at 1st Avenue. The stop ID number for this MAX stop is 12798.
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