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By: Sam Tenney//May 15, 2015//

Photos: TriMet holds first ride on new MAX line

Sam Tenney//May 15, 2015//

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TriMet held the first ride on the Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Transit Project between downtown Portland and northern Clackamas County Friday. Approximately 500 people rode two of the agency’s new Type 5 light rail vehicles on the 7.3-mile future MAX Orange Line from the Lincoln St/SW 3^rd Avenue Station near Portland State University to the SE Park Avenue Station in Oak Grove. After a short ceremony and remarks by public officials, the trains returned to downtown Portland.

Work on the approximately $1.49 billion project is nearing completion and is millions of dollars under budget. Systems testing is slated for completion this month, with operations training and simulated service to take from June through September before service begins Sept. 12.

Riders prepare to board a train at the Lincoln St/SW 3rd Ave Station in downtown Portland.

Neel Pender, left, and Paul Kelly take photographs while passing over Tilikum Crossing, Bridge of the People.

"Catch the Orange" buttons promote the Sept. 12 opening of the line. — “Catch the Orange” buttons promote the Sept. 12 opening of the line.

Riders disembark from the train at the SE Park Ave station in Oak Grove, the last stop on the line.

Senator Jeff Merkley, left, and Governer Kate Brown applaud as TriMet General Manager Neil McFarlane announces that the Orange Line project was completed on time and under budget.

NW Natural employees Holly Meyer, left, and Mary Moerlins look at a photo they took together at the SW Park Ave station in Oak Grove.

Denise Harvey, right a member of the Tribal Council of The Convederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, looks out at Tilikum Crossing on the return trip. — Denise Harvey, right a member of the Tribal Council of The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, looks out at Tilikum Crossing on the return trip.

The train's operator pilots the train over Tilikum Crossing on the return end of the trip. — The train’s operator pilots the train over Tilikum Crossing on the return end of the trip.

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