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=== Light rail (MAX) === {{Main|TriMet rolling stock}} TriMet's fleet includes 145 light rail vehicles, of 5 general types: TriMet Type 1, Type 2/Type 3 (almost identical), Type 4 and Type 5.<ref name="catches-orange-p44">{{Cite news |last=Vincent, John M. |url=http://publications.pmgnews.com/fpubs/trimet-orange-line-2015/#p=44 |title=Portland catches the Orange Line: Orange Line brings new railcars, updated originals |date=September 10, 2015 |work=[[Portland Tribune]] |publisher=[[Pamplin Media Group]] |location=Portland, Oregon |pages=44β45 |access-date=October 21, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915035910/http://publications.pmgnews.com/fpubs/trimet-orange-line-2015/#p=44 |archive-date=September 15, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="type5factsheet-2015mar">{{Cite web |date=March 2015 |title=PMLR Type 5 LRV Fact Sheet |url=https://trimet.org/pdfs/max/Type5_LRVs.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150503093823/http://trimet.org/pdfs/max/Type5_LRVs.pdf |archive-date=May 3, 2015 |access-date=May 3, 2015 |publisher=TriMet}}</ref> The first two cars of Type 5 entered service in April 2015.<ref name="taut-2015jul">''[[Tramways & Urban Transit]]'' magazine, July 2015, p. 289. UK: LRTA Publishing. {{ISSN|1460-8324}}.</ref> TriMet placed an order for new cars to replace the Type 1 trains in 2019.<ref>{{Cite news |last=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=July 31, 2019 |title=Siemens to supply S700 light rail vehicles to Portland |url=https://www.railwaygazette.com/siemens-to-supply-s700-light-rail-vehicles-to-portland/54295.article |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216085703/https://www.railwaygazette.com/siemens-to-supply-s700-light-rail-vehicles-to-portland/54295.article |archive-date=December 16, 2019 |access-date=January 16, 2023 |work=[[Railway Gazette International]] |language=en}}</ref> The first car arrived in December 2022, to be tested.<ref name="ptj2023-1">{{Cite magazine |last=McKinney |first=Kevin |date=February 2023 |title=Rush Hour [transit news section] |magazine=[[Passenger Train Journal]] |publisher=White River Productions, Inc. |page=69 |volume=47 |issue=1 β First quarter 2023 |issn=0160-6913}}</ref><ref name="New MAX 2022">{{Cite web |date=December 2022 |title=Meet the New MAX |url=https://trimet.org/max6/index.htm |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221227054450/https://trimet.org/max6/index.htm |archive-date=December 27, 2022 |access-date=January 16, 2023 |website=trimet.org |language=en-US}}</ref> {| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center" class="wikitable" |- ! Image || Designation || Car numbers || Manufacturer || Model || First used || No. of seats/overall capacity{{efn|name=capacity | See notes below regarding vehicle capacities.}} || Quantity |- | [[File:Bombardier LRV of TriMet on Holladay St at 11th Ave in 2009.jpg|150x150px|A Type 1 car that has been overhauled and repainted into the 2002-adopted paint scheme]]|| Type 1 || 101β126 || [[Bombardier Transportation|Bombardier]]|| N/A || 1986 || 76/166<ref name="Roomy, good looking">{{Cite news |last=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=November 27, 1983 |title='Roomy, good-looking' light-rail cars please Tri-Met official |work=The Sunday Oregonian |page=B5}}</ref> || 26 |- | [[File:TriMet MAX Green Line Train on Portland Transit Mall.jpg|150x150px|MAX train of two Type 2 cars]] || Type 2 || 201β252 || rowspan="5" | [[Siemens Mobility|Siemens]] || [[Siemens SD660|SD660]] || 1997 || 64/166 || 52 |- | [[File:MAX train crossing Steel Bridge in 2009 - street view of SD660 LRVs (cropped).jpg|150x150px|MAX train crossing Steel Bridge in 2009 β street view of SD660 LRVs]] || Type 3 || 301β327 || [[Siemens SD660|SD660]] || 2003 || 64/166 || 27 |- | [[File:MAX Light Rail Car (Multnomah County, Oregon scenic images) (mulDA0008a).jpg|150x150px|MAX Light Rail Car (Multnomah County, Oregon scenic images) (mulDA0008a)]] || Type 4 || 401β422 || [[Siemens S70|S70]] || 2009 || 68/172<ref name="type42">{{Cite web |title=MAX: The Next Generation |url=http://www.trimet.org/max/newtrains.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304160220/http://trimet.org/max/newtrains.htm |archive-date=March 4, 2009 |access-date=June 9, 2011 |publisher=TriMet}}</ref> || 22 |- | [[File:TriMet Type 5 LRVs in Hillsboro May 2015.jpg|150x150px|Type 5 LRVs laying over on the Blue Line in Hillsboro, May 2015]] || Type 5 || 521β538 || [[Siemens S700|S700]]{{efn|TriMet's "Type 5" cars were model S70 when purchased and placed in service, but in 2020 were retroactively rebranded as model S700 by Siemens.<ref name="taut-2020sep">{{Cite news |last=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=September 2020 |title=Siemens rebadges North American low-floor cars |work=[[Tramways & Urban Transit]] |publisher=Mainspring Enterprises Ltd. |location=UK |page=336 |issue=993 |issn=1460-8324}}</ref>|name=retroactive-rebrand}} || 2015 || 72/186<ref name="type5">{{Cite web |date=March 2015 |title=PMLR Type 5 LRV Fact Sheet |url=http://trimet.org/pdfs/max/Type5_LRVs.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705030142/http://trimet.org/pdfs/max/Type5_LRVs.pdf |archive-date=July 5, 2015 |access-date=May 17, 2022 |publisher=TriMet}}</ref> || 18 |- | [[File:MAX Type 6 Car 605 public preview at SE Park Avenue station in Oak Grove.jpg|frameless|150x150px]] || Type 6 || 601β630 || [[Siemens S700 and S70|S700]] || 2025<ref>{{Cite web |last=Graf |first=Tyler |date=January 16, 2025 |title=All aboard! First of TriMet's newest MAX trains β 'the Type 6' β start serving riders |url=https://news.trimet.org/2025/01/all-aboard-first-of-trimets-newest-max-trains-the-type-6-start-serving-riders/ |access-date=2025-01-17 |publisher=TriMet |language=en-US}}</ref>|| 66/168<ref name="New MAX 2022" /> || 30<ref name="TAUT-2021aug">{{Cite news |last=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=August 2021 |title=Worldwide Review [regular news section] |work=[[Tramways & Urban Transit]] |publisher=Mainspring Enterprises Ltd |location=UK |page=350 |issn=1460-8324}}</ref> |} ==== Notes ==== {{notelist}} Notes on capacities: * The capacities given are for a single car; a two-car train has double the capacity. * The Type 2 cars originally had 72 seats, but eight seats were later removed, to make space for bicycles.<ref name="racksforbikes">Stewart, Bill (August 20, 2001). "MAX will add racks for bikes, not bags". ''The Oregonian''.</ref> * All of these capacity figures are based on "normal" loading conditions (defined as 4 standing passengers per square meter by industry standards<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 2003 |title=Glossary section, Transit Capacity and Quality of Service Manual, 2nd Edition (TCRP Report 100) |url=http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/tcrp/tcrp100/part%208.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070112191754/http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/tcrp/tcrp100/part%208.pdf |archive-date=January 12, 2007 |access-date=May 17, 2022 |publisher=[[Transportation Research Board]] |at=page "8β9" ("car weight designations") }}</ref>); under so-called "crush" loading conditions (6-8 standees per m<sup>2</sup>), all of these cars are capable of carrying many more passengers than stated here.
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