Portland Streetcar
Portland Streetcar is the tram in the city of Portland in Oregon (USA). The same operator (Portland Streetcar Incorporated ) is a company committed to the common good of the public sector. The light rail is operated by Portland's Trimet.
History of the streetcar Portland
In 1990, the first plans for a streetcar in Portland. The company operating the tramway was established in 1995. 1999 started the construction of the first line. In July 2001 the line was opened. An extension of the Portland State University to RiverPlace was built in 2004 and opened in 2005. 2005, work began to expand to SW Moody / Gibbs.
The Company
The Company Portland Streetcar Incorporated currently operates two tram lines. By September 2012, the use in the downtown area was free. Individual companies, individual stops " buy " and thereby make advertising for itself. This is made clear by an announcement on the tram and the bus shelter with signs.
The streetcars in Portland, the track system of light rail use, but not vice versa, as the city railways have a higher weight.
Line network
North - South Line
The NS Line runs from northwest Portland on NW Lovejoy along the NW / SW 11th through the city center to the campus of Portland State University. From there, the line runs partly on its own line south to the " South Waterfront " district, where a connection to the Portland Aerial Tram ( funicular ) is. In the opposite direction the lines dealt to the University and in parallel on the SW / NW 10th through downtown Portland. The two block away route continues on the NW Northrup 23rd and ends on the northwest.
The clock is about 14 minutes during the week.
Central Loop Line
The 2012 completed CL -line leads from Lovejoy Street via Broadway Bridge over the Willamette River in the Lloyd District, where it runs in a southerly direction only along 7th Avenue and then the Martin Luther King Boulevard to the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. The return is parallel to the Grand Avenue north again.
After completion of a new Willamette Crossing 2015, the CL -line will in future connect a loop east and west banks of the Willamette.
The clock is the week 18 minutes.
Planned routes
A line in the suburb of Lake Oswego is planned. You would start at the southern terminus of the City Loop and lead to the south instead of an existing rail route of the Willamette Shore Trolley.
Fleet
Overall, Portland Streetcar has 16 articulated cars, including 7 ( 001-007 ) of type Škoda 10T, 3 type Inekon 12 Trio ( 008-010 ), one of type United Streetcar 10T3 (No. 015), and 5 of type United Streetcar 100 ( 021-025 ). It is bi-directional vehicles from three car bodies, which are connected with two hinges. The vehicles are 20.13 m long, 2.46 m wide and partially low floor.