TriMet 2008 New Years Eve Schedule (Free TriMet Fare)
Planning on taking the MAX, bus or streetcar on Dec. 31 or to any Portland New Years Eve parties and events? Here’s the information you need to know.
New Years Eve
First, there is free TriMet fare from 8 p.m. til service ends on New Years Eve. This is for the MAX, bus or streetcar service.
MAX Lines
Blue Line - Additional late night service has been added. East and westbound MAX Blue Line trains will leave Portland City Center every 15 minutes until 1:30 a.m. and then every 30 minutes between 1:30 and 2 a.m. At 3 a.m. the final eastbound train traveling to Cleveland Ave Station and westbound train traveling to Hatfield Government Center Station will leave Pioneer Courthouse Square. Added eastbound trains will leave Hillsboro’s Hatfield Government Center Station at 12:47 and 1:10 a.m. Added westbound trains will leave Gresham’s Cleveland Station at 12:56, 1:11 and 2:11 a.m.
Red Line - Regular schedule during the day. The last train to the airport leaves Portland City Center at 10:44 p.m.; the last train leaves the airport at 11:56 p.m. After Red Line service ends, a shuttle train at Gateway Transit Center will take customers to Parkrose/Sumner Transit Center and the airport every 30 minutes from 11:50 p.m. until 3:26 a.m.
Yellow Line - Late-night service is added to the Yellow line schedule as well. MAX Yellow Line trains traveling to Expo Center will leave Portland City Center every 15 minutes until 1:30 a.m., and then every 30 minutes between 1:30 and 2 a.m. At 3 a.m. a final train will leave Pioneer Courthouse Square. Added trains to City Center will leave Expo Center Station every 15 minutes until 1:15 a.m., with the last trains to Portland City Center leaving at 1:45 and 2:05 a.m.
Trimet Bus Service
There will be no additional bus service on New Years Eve day - the buses will be on regular weekday schedules.
Portland Streetcar
The Streetcar will be running on the regular weekday schedule.
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Comments
Yeah, I mean, 8 is great and all… but I don’t know about you, but I like to “get the party sta-r-ted” at a much earlier hour.
6 sounds good. 8? That’s fine… I GUESS 
This topic got me wondering if it’s possible to be a serious downtown club-goer the rest of the year and rely solely on TriMet. I came up with 10 bus and rail lines that operate after 1:20 AM on Friday and Saturday nights, and ranked them by average lateneness (of course the Friday times apply to the other weeknights as well):
1) 20-Burnside/Stark. The night-owl champ is the 1:52 AM weeknight run from W Burnside & 4th to Gresham TC. Also leaves westbound from the same area to Sunset TC around 1:40 AM.
2) 58-Canyon Rd. The biggest surprise — I never thought of this secondary route from downtown to Beaverton as one of the major lines, but there it is leaving SW Jefferson & 5th at 1:38 AM on Fri & Sat nights.
3) 14-Hawthorne. An obvious choice for late-night service. Serves the hip Hawthorne stretch, then out Foster Rd past sleazy 82nd Ave and the infamous “Felony Flats” region to SE 94th.
4) 15-NW 23rd Ave. Logically ends at Montgomery Park at this hour. (I assume most of those rich folks up Thurman near Forest Park have cars anyway)
5) 9-Powell. Unfortunately doesn’t go beyond Powell & 98th at this time. (I learned that the hard way one night)
6) 19-Glisan. Serves it’s full run all the way to Gateway TC.
7) 8-NE 15th Ave. Another winner: Downtown to the Kenton area.
12-Sandy. Regrettably ends at Parkrose/Sumner TC. This reminds me what lousy nighttime service the Fairview-Troutdale area has (the last 12 leaves downtown for there at 10:32 PM, the 77 even earlier).
9) 4-Fessenden. Not the fastest or most direct route from downtown to St Johns, but defintely the latest at 1:31 AM.
10) Blue Max. Using the Pioneer Courthouse Square stations as the starting point, runs east to Ruby Junction/E 197th Ave and west to Elmonica/SW 170th Ave between 1:20 and 1:32 AM. Why not take some more impaired drivers off the road and run them all the way to Gresham and Hillsboro at this hour?
In summary, if you live within walking distance of these runs you won’t be closing the downtown bars, but you should be able to stay until approximately 1 AM and still make it home via TriMet. Any corrections or additions?
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