MAX Light Rail:
MAX (Metropolitan Area Express) runs through downtown from the suburbs to the west and east. Washington Park has its own MAX stop, which lets you off right at the zoo entrance. Leave your car at your hotel (or your home) and make the train ride part of the adventure! Check out TriMets web site for route maps, connections and schedules. Fare is $1.25 to $1.55, depending on your starting point. Allow some time to explore the station. It's an attraction in itself.

Bus:
Bus #63 Washington Park-OMSI will take you on a scenic route from downtown Portland through Washington Park, past the POVA Visitors Center, the Portland Center for the Performing Arts, the Oregon Historical Society, the Portland Art Museum, the International Rose Test Garden, the Japanese Gardens, the Forest Discovery Center and on to our zoo.

Catch it downtown on Main Street, between 4th and 5th. You can also catch it at OMSI and the Rose Quarter. This bus comes seven days a week, twice an hour in the summer; once per hour in other seasons.

Fare is $1.25 from most locations, $1.55 if you are coming from farther out in the suburbs. Call 238-RIDE for exact schedules, or get them from TriMet.

From the Amtrak Station (by bus and MAX Light Rail)
Go out the front door of the train station and walk left to the end of the block. Turn left and walk another block. Turn right, and youll see a bus stop. Any bus that comes to that stop is headed downtown. Hop on the next bus and ride to Morrison Street, where you catch the MAX light rail. (The bus driver will be happy to tell you when to get off and where to catch the MAX. Be sure to ask the bus driver for a transfer ticket, because the bus fare gets you on MAX for free. MAX drops you off at the Washington Park station, which is right at the zoo entrance. The train takes about nine minutes. Spend some time in the Washington Park station. Its a tourist attraction in itself! Have fun.

MAX from the Portland International Airport
Take MAX light rail from the airport terminal to downtown Portland. From there, catch the next westbound train toward Hillsboro. Get off at the fourth stop, Washington Park Station. Fare is $1.55.
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