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Today's hours: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (last entry 5 p.m.)

Zoo train

A 6-minute excursion circling a 20-foot-high elevated trestle.

Zooliner train comes around a bend in the track.

Step back in time aboard the zoo train

Trains run every 15 to 20 minutes from 10:30 a.m. to close and are $5 per rider (10% discount for zoo members). All rides are weather-dependent. Animals may not be visible from the train.

The zoo currently operates three passenger trains, each a little more than half the size of a standard train:

  • The Zooliner, custom-built in 1958, is a replica of GM’s famous Aerotrain from the 1950s.
  • The steam train was built for the 1959 Oregon Centennial Exposition. It is pulled by a replica of the famous Reno steam locomotive, which ran in Nevada from the 1870s through the 1940s.
  • The Oregon Express is an excursion-type train featuring large open-air coaches. 

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Adults in train car waving

steam train fitted with holiday lights and giraffe-shaped lantern in background