Portland has two street-running, rail-based transit systems. Today's video is about the larger, older system: the MAX Light Rail. There are 5 MAX lines, although, in reality, there are just 4. The yellow line and orange line are one long combined service. Then why are they listed separately? Find out!
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Date of filming: May 13, 2023
Camera: iPhone 12
Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:37 Hostel Tour
1:10 Weird Transit
2:14 Taking the Streetcar to the Aerial Tram
3:32 Tilikum Crossing
4:55 Getting on an Orange Line Train
5:34 The Train turns Yellow
6:07 Examples around the World
7:11 History of the Orange Line
8:53 Why is it like this?