page_title: Great Northern Tunnel
hierarchical_section_title: Great Northern Tunnel
caption_attribution_description: English: South portal of the railway tunnel under downtown Seattle, in the Pioneer Square neighborhood, Seattle, Washington.
context_page_description: The Great Northern Tunnel is a 1-mile double-tracked railway tunnel under downtown Seattle, Washington, completed by the Great Northern Railway in 1905, and now owned by the BNSF Railway, on its Scenic Subdivision. At the time it was built, it was the tallest and widest tunnel in the United States, at 28 feet high and 30 feet wide.
  The southern portal is just north of King Street Station, and the northern in Victor Steinbrueck Park, between Virginia and Pine Streets. The Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel passes four feet below the Great Northern Tunnel.
  Freight and passenger trains use the tunnel, including Amtrak service to Chicago and Vancouver, B.C., and Sound Transit's Seattle–Everett Sounder commuter rail service.
context_section_description: The Great Northern Tunnel is a 1-mile (1.6 km) double-tracked railway tunnel under downtown Seattle, Washington, completed by the Great Northern Railway in 1905, and now owned by the BNSF Railway, on its Scenic Subdivision. At the time it was built, it was the tallest and widest tunnel in the United States, at 28 feet (8.5 m) high and 30 feet (9.1 m) wide.
  The southern portal is just north of King Street Station, and the northern in Victor Steinbrueck Park, between Virginia and Pine Streets. The Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel passes four feet below the Great Northern Tunnel.
  Freight and passenger trains use the tunnel, including Amtrak service to Chicago (the Empire Builder) and Vancouver, B.C. (Cascades), and Sound Transit's Seattle–Everett Sounder commuter rail service.
caption: A more distant view of the South Portal of the tunnel
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