Delta Park/Vanport station

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| address=1490 North Victory Boulevard
Portland, Oregon

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Delta Park/Vanport is a light rail station on the MAX Yellow Line in Portland, Oregon, United States. It is the 9th stop northbound on the Interstate MAX extension and is in the area of Delta Park, formerly the site of the city of Vanport. It is located between Portland International Raceway on the west and Interstate 5 on the east and is at the north end of the Vanport Bridge, which spans the Columbia Slough and an industrial area.

The station platforms are to the sides of the tracks. Beyond them are two park and ride lots to the west and bus bays connected to an I-5 off-ramp to the east. As of 2018, one C-Tran bus route and one TriMet bus route serve this station.

Artwork at the station references the 1948 Vanport Flood, even utilizing bronzed artifacts found on the construction site.

Bus line connections

File:Three C-Tran buses at Delta Park-Vanport MAX station.jpg

As of 2018, Delta Park/Vanport MAX station is served by two bus routes:

TriMet route 6 - Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. (southbound trips only)
C-Tran route 60 - Delta Park Limited (operating all day, seven days a week){{cite web|title=60 Delta Park Limited [schedule and map]|date=November 13, 2016|publisher=C-Tran|url=http://www.c-tran.com/images/Routes/PDF_Schedules/060route.pdf|accessdate=April 13, 2018}}

=Bus service history=

When the station opened in 2004, there was no regular bus service to it; however, C-Tran did use the bus bays during winter storms instead of providing through service to downtown Portland. In 2007, C-Tran began regularly serving the station for the first time.{{cite news|last=Hamilton|first=Don|title=C-Tran making service changes|newspaper=The Columbian|date=May 12, 2007|page=C1|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/119CB244375C0EE0?p=NewsBank|via=NewsBank|url-access=registration }} Three limited-stop "commuter" (rush hours only) routes (41, 44 and 47) served the station starting in May 2007, connecting it with Vancouver and other points in Clark County.{{cite web|title=C-Tran Commuter Map – Updated May 13, 2007|publisher=C-Tran|url=http://www.c-tran.com:80/CMap.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070606050949/http://www.c-tran.com/CMap.html|archivedate=June 6, 2007|accessdate=April 13, 2018|url-status=dead}} Another route was added in September 2007, prompted by TriMet's discontinuation, on September 2 of that year, of the portion of its route 6-ML King Blvd between Jantzen Beach and downtown Vancouver. C-Tran began operating a temporary shuttle between Delta Park/Vanport MAX station and downtown Vancouver,{{cite web|title=C-TRAN to Provide Temporary Shuttle to Jantzen Beach and Delta Park, September 2–29, 2007|publisher=C-Tran|url=http://www.c-tran.com/News/Temporary_Shuttle.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513141957/http://www.c-tran.com/News/Temporary_Shuttle.html|date=August 24, 2007|archivedate=May 13, 2008|accessdate=April 13, 2018|url-status=dead}} replacing it with permanent service – with a regular, all-day route (4-Fourth Plain) – in November 2007.{{cite news|last1=Fernandez|first1=Ryan|title=C-Tran to begin new service plan on Sunday|work=The Oregonian|date=November 14, 2007|url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/breakingnews/2007/11/ctran_to_begin_new_service_pla.html|accessdate=April 13, 2018}}{{cite news|last1=Corona|first1=Jose Paul|title=Opening Day – Public Takes C-Tran's Transit Hub for a Spin|newspaper=The Columbian|date=November 19, 2007|page=C1|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/11D11DD0A39227C8?p=NewsBank|via=NewsBank|url-access=registration }}

Routes 4-Fourth Plain and 44-Fourth Plain Limited stopped serving the station in September 2016,{{cite web|title=Approved Service Changes for September 2016|url=http://c-tran.com/images/Service_Changes/2016-09-04/C-TRAN_Approved_Service_Change_for_2016-09.pdf|publisher=C-Tran|accessdate=November 14, 2016}} and route 47-Battle Ground Limited's service to the station was discontinued in September 2017.{{cite web|title=Transitions: September 2017 –September 10 Service Change Updates|publisher=C-Tran|url=https://c-tran.com/about-c-tran/news/transitions-newsletter/516-transitions-september-2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413120918/https://c-tran.com/about-c-tran/news/transitions-newsletter/516-transitions-september-2017|archivedate=April 13, 2018|accessdate=April 13, 2018|url-status=live}}

TriMet bus service (route 6, southbound trips only) to this station was introduced in September 2017.{{cite press release|title=TriMet expands popular frequent service bus line, adds service on four other routes|publisher=TriMet|date=August 23, 2017|url=http://news.trimet.org/2017/08/trimet-expands-popular-frequent-service-bus-line-adds-service-on-four-other-routes/|accessdate=April 13, 2018|archive-date=February 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180204214922/http://news.trimet.org/2017/08/trimet-expands-popular-frequent-service-bus-line-adds-service-on-four-other-routes/|url-status=dead}}

References

External links

{{Commons category|Delta Park/Vanport|Delta Park/Vanport MAX station}}

[http://trimet.org/go/cgi-bin/cstops.pl?action=entry&Loc=11516 Station information (with northbound ID number)] from TriMet
[http://trimet.org/go/cgi-bin/cstops.pl?action=entry&Loc=11499 Station information (with southbound ID number)] from TriMet
[http://trimet.org/max/stations/index.htm MAX Light Rail Stations] – more general TriMet page
[http://trimet.org/parkandride/index.htm Park & Ride Locations] – TriMet page

Category:2004 establishments in Oregon

Delta Park Vanport

Category:MAX Yellow Line (TriMet)

Category:North Portland, Oregon

Category:Railway stations in Portland, Oregon

Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 2004