Pioneer Square stations (TriMet)

Pioneer Square South  Pioneer Square North  
Pioneer Square South station in 2025
General information
LocationPioneer Courthouse Square
Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Coordinates45°31′08″N 122°40′46″W / 45.51889°N 122.67944°W / 45.51889; -122.67944
Owned byTriMet
Platforms2 one-way side platforms
Tracks2 (1 per split)
ConnectionsMAX Green, Orange, Yellow lines (at Pioneer Courthouse and Pioneer Place); C-Tran, TriMet bus (Portland Transit Mall)
Construction
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedSeptember 5, 1986 (1986-09-05)
Passengers
Fall 20191,796 (Pioneer Square South)
3,327 (Pioneer Square North)
5,123 (total)
weekday boardings
Services
Preceding station TriMet Following station
Pioneer Square North
Galleria/​Southwest 10th Avenue Blue Line Morrison/​Southwest 3rd Avenue
One-way operation
Galleria/​Southwest 10th Avenue Red Line
Pioneer Square South
Library/​Southwest 9th Avenue
One-way operation
Blue Line Yamhill District
Red Line Yamhill District
Former services
Preceding station TriMet Following station
Pioneer Square North
Galleria/​Southwest 10th Avenue Blue Line
1986–2020
Mall/Southwest 5th Avenue
(closed)
One-way operation
Galleria/​Southwest 10th Avenue Red Line
2004–2020
Galleria/​Southwest 10th Avenue
Terminus
Yellow
2004–2009
Portland Vintage Trolley
1991-2009
Pioneer Square South
Library/​Southwest 9th Avenue
One-way operation
Blue Line
1986–2020
Mall/Southwest 4th Avenue
(closed)
Red Line
2001–2020
Mall/Southwest 4th Avenue
(closed)
Yellow
2004–2009
Mall/Southwest 4th Avenue
(closed)
Portland Vintage Trolley
1991-2009
1986–2020
Mall/Southwest 4th Avenue
(closed)
Location

The Pioneer Square stations are a pair of light rail stations in Portland, Oregon, United States, served by TriMet as part of MAX Light Rail. Located at Pioneer Courthouse Square in downtown Portland, the stations are built into the sidewalks of Southwest Yamhill and Morrison streets between Broadway and 6th Avenue. Each station comprises one side platform, and trains traveling eastbound stop at Pioneer Square South station, while trains traveling westbound stop at Pioneer Square North station.

The Pioneer Square stations are among the 27 original stations of the Banfield Light Rail Project, which built the Metropolitan Area Express (MAX), Portland's first light rail line. They opened along with the inaugural service of MAX on September 5, 1986. The stations are served by the Blue Line, which operates between Hatfield Government Center station in Hillsboro and Cleveland Avenue station in Gresham, and the Red Line, which operates between Hillsboro Airport/Fairgrounds station and Portland Airport station. The Yellow Line had served the stations from May 2004 until August 2009 when the line was rerouted to the Portland Transit Mall.

The Pioneer Square stations, along with the Pioneer Courthouse/Southwest 6th and Pioneer Place/Southwest 5th stations located one block east, mark the only transfer point where riders can board any of the five MAX lines.