Great Northern Tunnel

[2] The southern portal is just north of King Street Station, and the northern in Victor Steinbrueck Park, between Virginia and Pine Streets.

[3] 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.

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A plaque that reads, "Great Northern Tunnel - Completed in 1905, this one mile long railroad tunnel provided access to the new passenger depot and the expanded freight yards south of King Street. The tunnel was built at the suggestion of city engineer R. H. Thomson to relieve growing street congestion in downtown Seattle."
A plaque commemorating the completion of the Great Northern Tunnel in 1905.
A more distant view of the South Portal of the Great Northern Tunnel
A more distant view of the South Portal of the tunnel