On Saturday, 12 September 2009, Portland, Oregon's TriMet transit agency began revenue service for the 15-mile (24-km) Metropolitan Area Express (MAX) LRT Green Line, linking Portland State University with the city's Union Station via Portland's rebuilt Downtown Transit Mall, and then running east to Gateway Transit Center, then 6.5 miles (10.4 km) south to Clackamas Town Center along the median of I-205... Go to article...

The first major new LRT line to open in Dallas in more than a decade began revenue service on 14 September 2009. The initial section of the new Green Line runs on existing LRT tracks about 1.2 miles (1.9 km) from Victory Station on the west side of the CBD, turning south and east through downtown along existing track, and 2.7 miles (4.3 kms) southeast from downtown, with four new stations – Deep Ellum, Baylor University Medical Center, Fair Park, and Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Boulevard. The completed Green Line will consist of 27.7 miles (44.6 km), extending northwest from Victory Station to Carrollton and south from the MLK Station to Pleasant Grove. The new segments are scheduled to begin revenue service in December 2010... Go to article...