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A King County Metro bus and Sound Transit Link light rail train at Symphony station, during joint bus–rail operations at tunnel stations. The Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel is part of the "Third Avenue Transit Spine", the busiest transit corridor in Seattle, serving a combined average of 54,000 weekday riders with bus stops on the surface. [32]
This is a route-map template for the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel, a Seattle rail tunnel.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
Symphony station, formerly University Street station, is a light rail station that is part of the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel in Seattle, Washington, United States.The station is located under 3rd Avenue at University Street, near Benaroya Hall, and is served by Sound Transit's 1 Line.
Metro Transit began planning a bus-based transit system through downtown Seattle in the 1970s, including a transit mall, tunnel, or bus terminal in the Westlake area. [19] [20] Metro approved construction of a downtown bus tunnel in 1983, [21] selecting Pine Street and 4th Avenue as the site of one of the stations. [22]
Renton Sewer Tunnel ETS-4B 12 ft (3.7 m) O.D. 620 ft (190 m) Drill and shoot [1] 1986 Renton Sewer Tunnel ETS-5 12 ft (3.7 m) O.D. 1,820 ft (550 m) Drill and shoot [1] 1986 Renton Sewer Tunnel ETS-6 12 ft (3.7 m) O.D. 1,056 ft (322 m) First use of Earth Pressure Balance Machine in Seattle [1] 1987–1988 Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel
Pioneer Square was developed as Seattle's initial settlement in the 1850s and continued to serve as the city's downtown into the early 20th century. [11] In 1911, civil engineer Virgil Bogue presented a comprehensive plan for the city of Seattle, including a rapid transit system centered around a "trunk" subway under 3rd Avenue, passing through Pioneer Square and the growing commercial and ...
The Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel is a 1.3-mile tunnel under downtown built in 1987 and opened in 1990, to relieve bus congestion along surface streets. Originally served by dual-mode buses that operated electrically within it, the tunnel was retrofitted from 2005 to 2007 to accommodate light rail, and in 2009, Link light rail trains began ...
International District/Chinatown station is a light rail station that is part of the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel in Seattle, Washington, United States.The station is located at the tunnel's south end, at 5th Avenue South and South Jackson Street in the Chinatown-International District neighborhood, and is served by the 1 Line of Sound Transit's Link light rail system.