Skidmore Fountain station

Skidmore Fountain
Skidmore Fountain
MAX Light Rail station
	Red Line train at Skidmore Fountain station
General information
Location	SW 1st Ave below the Burnside Bridge, Portland, Oregon; USA
Coordinates	45°31′23″N 122°40′17″W / 45.52306°N 122.67139°W
Owned by	TriMet
Platforms	Side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	TriMet: 12, 19, 20
Construction
Bicycle facilities	bike lockers
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	September 5, 1986
Services
Former services
Location
Location

The Skidmore Fountain station is a light rail station on the MAX Blue and Red Lines in Portland, Oregon. It is currently the fifth stop eastbound on the Eastside MAX. It was previously also served by the Yellow Line, from 2004 to 2009, until that line's relocation to the Portland Transit Mall.

The station has side platforms built into the sidewalk. Located under the west approach of the Burnside Bridge at the intersection of Burnside Street and Southwest 1st Avenue, it serves the Tom McCall Waterfront Park, the Portland Saturday Market, and Skidmore Fountain.

Bus connections

This station is served by the following bus lines:

12 – Barbur/Sandy Blvd
19 – Woodstock/Glisan
20 – Burnside/Stark

(ID number 689)

Closure

Skidmore Fountain station is scheduled to close in August 2025 due to the low number of riders using the station and its proximity to other stations on the Red and Blue lines. The closure was proposed in 2018 as part of a program to improve travel times along the MAX system, particularly in Downtown Portland, and approved by the TriMet Board in April 2024.^[1]