The Old Town/Chinatown station is a station in the MAX Light Rail system served by the Blue and Red lines. It is located in the Old Town Chinatown neighborhood in Portland, Oregon and is currently the 7th stop eastbound on the Eastside MAX (It was the sixth in the original Eastside Max line, until the Mall stop was built) It is also the last stop before crossing the Willamette River. It is next to the Portland Downtown Heliport. The station 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 of NW First Avenue. It is just east of the Portland Classical Chinese Garden and is within walking distance of Union Station, including Amtrak, and the Greyhound bus station. This station is served by the following bus lines. 4/Division/Fessenden 8/Jackson Park/NE 15th 16/Front Ave/ ST Helens Rd 35/Macadam/Greeley 44/Capitol Hwy/Mocks Crest and 77/Broadway/Halsey
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