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{{Short description|Light rail station in Gresham, Oregon, US}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox station
| name={{MAX infobox header|Ruby Junction/E 197th Ave|blue}}
| image=Ruby Junction East 197 Avenue MAX Station.jpg
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| address=SE Burnside St & 197th Ave<br>[[Gresham, Oregon|Gresham]], [[Oregon]]
| country=USA
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| platform=2 [[side platform]]s
| tracks=2
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| opened=September 5, 1986
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| services= {{Adjacent stations|system=TriMet|line=Blue|left=Rockwood/East 188th Avenue|right=Civic Drive}}
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'''Ruby Junction/East 197th Avenue''' is a [[MAX Light Rail|MAX light rail]] station in [[Gresham, Oregon]]. It serves the [[MAX Blue Line|Blue Line]] and is the 22nd stop eastbound on the eastside MAX line. The station is at the intersection of SE 197th Avenue and Burnside Street.

The station's namesake, Ruby Junction, was a junction of electric [[interurban]] lines located immediately east of this location for many years and the name of an interurban stop. With the abandonment of the interurban lines west along Burnside Street to [[Montavilla, Portland, Oregon|Montavilla]] and north to [[Troutdale, Oregon|Troutdale]], in 1927,<ref name="labbe">Labbe, John T. (1980). ''Fares, Please! Those Portland Trolley Years'', p. 138. Caldwell, Idaho (US): [[Caxton Press (United States)|The Caxton Printers]]. {{ISBN|0-87004-287-4}}.</ref> it ceased being a junction, but interurban cars running between Portland and [[Bull Run, Oregon|Bull Run]] (later cut back to Gresham) continued to pass through the area until the 1940s, and the location was still referred to as Ruby Junction.

The station serves the Ruby Junction Maintenance and Operations Facility—often the point where MAX operators switch shifts or trains returning to the yards terminate, according to their [[rollsign]]s. Construction of that facility, which was also the first construction on TriMet's MAX system, began in March 1982,<ref name="ground-breaking">{{cite news |last=Federman |first=Stan |title=At ground-breaking: Festivities herald transitway |newspaper=The Oregonian |date=March 27, 1982 |page=A12}}</ref> and the facility opened in mid-1983.<ref>{{cite news |last=Federman |first=Stan |title=Light-rail complex almost complete: Ruby Junction due to open in July |newspaper=The Oregonian |date=June 2, 1983 |page=C7}}</ref> It has been expanded several times since then.

The station was located in TriMet fare zone 4 from its opening in 1986<ref name="1986 MAX facts">Federman, Stan (September 5, 1986). "Going to the MAX: Facts to know about the new line". ''The Oregonian'', special section ("Light rail rolls"), p. T10.</ref> until September 1988,<ref name="oreg-1988sep2">Houston, Bryan K. (September 2, 1988). "Tri-Met changes go into effect Sunday". ''The Oregonian'', p. E10.</ref> and in zone 3 from then until September 2012, at which time TriMet discontinued all use of zones in its fare structure.<ref name="oreg-2012aug31">{{cite news|last=Bailey Jr.|first=Everton|title=TriMet boosts most fares starting Saturday; some routes changing |newspaper=The Oregonian|date=August 30, 2012  | url=http://www.oregonlive.com/roadreport/index.ssf/2012/08/trimet_boosts_most_fares_start.html |accessdate=December 9, 2012}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://trimet.org/go/cgi-bin/cstops.pl?action=entry&Loc=8362 Station information (with westbound ID number)] from [[TriMet]]
*[http://trimet.org/go/cgi-bin/cstops.pl?action=entry&Loc=8355 Station information (with eastbound ID number)] from TriMet
*[http://trimet.org/max/stations/index.htm MAX Light Rail Stations] – more general TriMet page

{{TriMet railway stations|Blue=y}}

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[[Category:1986 establishments in Oregon]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Gresham, Oregon]]
[[Category:MAX Blue Line]]
[[Category:MAX Light Rail stations]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Multnomah County, Oregon]]
[[Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1986]]

Ruby Junction/E 197th Ave station - Revision history

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