TriMet MAX switch machine improvements scheduled to start at end of month

Written by Maggie Lancaster, assistant editor
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TriMet will kick off a switch renewal and replacement project to improve MAX on-time performance and operation of trains. This will be the first in a series of switch machine upgrades to be completed this year. The project will begin late-night Saturday, March 25 and will require service adjustments early Sunday morning, March 26.

This is the first in series of replacements early Sunday, March 26. The machine being replaced is west of the Gateway Transit Center (TC) and moves trains from the track serving the center platform at Gateway TC to the single mainline westbound track. It will require service adjustments on MAX blue, green and red lines.

Service adjustments are available on the TriMet website.

This is a part of TriMet’s ongoing effort to improve and upgrade tracks, stations and signal systems. The agency says it will be “completing a number of upgrades and projects necessary for any light rail system,” in 2017.

In addition to the switch renewal and replacement project, TriMet will also upgrade tracks in Downtown Portland during the Morrison-Yamhill Improvements Project, Sunday, April 30 through Saturday, May 20.

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