Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel
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The Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel is a former dual-use bus and light rail tunnel running beneath central Seattle that served as a major rapid transit corridor through the city’s downtown.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel canonical | 3 |
| Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel (former bus tunnel, now light rail) | 1 |
| Washington State Convention Center tunnel | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3615465 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel Context triple: [University Street Station, partOf, Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel]
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A.
53rd Street Tunnel
The 53rd Street Tunnel is a New York City Subway tunnel under the East River that carries IND Queens Boulevard Line trains between Manhattan and Queens.
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B.
Center City Tunnel
Center City Tunnel is an underground rail corridor in downtown Philadelphia that links several major commuter rail lines to create a unified through-running system.
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C.
Downtown Tunnel
The Downtown Tunnel is a major underwater vehicular tunnel in the Hampton Roads region that carries traffic beneath the Elizabeth River between Norfolk and Portsmouth, Virginia.
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D.
Transbay Tube
The Transbay Tube is an underwater rail tunnel beneath San Francisco Bay that carries BART trains between San Francisco and Oakland.
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E.
Eisenhower–Johnson Memorial Tunnel
The Eisenhower–Johnson Memorial Tunnel is a high-altitude vehicular tunnel through the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, carrying Interstate 70 beneath the Continental Divide.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel Target entity description: The Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel is a former dual-use bus and light rail tunnel running beneath central Seattle that served as a major rapid transit corridor through the city’s downtown.
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A.
53rd Street Tunnel
The 53rd Street Tunnel is a New York City Subway tunnel under the East River that carries IND Queens Boulevard Line trains between Manhattan and Queens.
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B.
Center City Tunnel
Center City Tunnel is an underground rail corridor in downtown Philadelphia that links several major commuter rail lines to create a unified through-running system.
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C.
Downtown Tunnel
The Downtown Tunnel is a major underwater vehicular tunnel in the Hampton Roads region that carries traffic beneath the Elizabeth River between Norfolk and Portsmouth, Virginia.
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D.
Transbay Tube
The Transbay Tube is an underwater rail tunnel beneath San Francisco Bay that carries BART trains between San Francisco and Oakland.
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E.
Eisenhower–Johnson Memorial Tunnel
The Eisenhower–Johnson Memorial Tunnel is a high-altitude vehicular tunnel through the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, carrying Interstate 70 beneath the Continental Divide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bus rapid transit facility
ⓘ
light rail facility ⓘ transit tunnel ⓘ |
| busPowerSupply |
diesel-hybrid buses (later period)
ⓘ
trolleybus overhead wires (historical) ⓘ |
| busServiceEndDate | 2019-03-23 ⓘ |
| busServiceOpeningDate | 1990-09-15 ⓘ |
| connects |
Seattle Chinatown–International District
ⓘ
surface form:
International District
Pioneer Square ⓘ Westlake area ⓘ
surface form:
Westlake Center area
central business district of Seattle ⓘ |
| constructionMethod | cut-and-cover tunneling ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1987 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| electrification | overhead catenary for light rail ⓘ |
| endStation |
Westlake light rail station
ⓘ
surface form:
Westlake station
|
| formerTerminus | Convention Place station ⓘ |
| formerUse |
bus transit tunnel
ⓘ
dual-use bus and light rail tunnel ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
bus-rail shared right-of-way (historical)
ⓘ
emergency exits ⓘ underground stations ⓘ ventilation system ⓘ |
| hasStation |
Benaroya Hall entrance at University Street station
ⓘ
Convention Place station ⓘ International District/Chinatown Station (Link light rail) ⓘ
surface form:
International District/Chinatown station
Pioneer Square Station ⓘ
surface form:
Pioneer Square station
University Street Station ⓘ
surface form:
University Street station
Westlake light rail station ⓘ
surface form:
Westlake station
|
| length | approximately 1.3 miles ⓘ |
| lightRailServiceOpeningDate | 2009-07-18 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Seattle
ⓘ
Washington ⓘ downtown Seattle ⓘ |
| locatedUnder |
3rd Avenue
ⓘ
surface form:
3rd Avenue, Seattle
Pine Street, Seattle ⓘ |
| numberOfStations | 5 ⓘ |
| numberOfTracks | 2 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1990-09-15 ⓘ |
| operator |
King County Metro
ⓘ
Sound Transit ⓘ |
| owner | King County Metro ⓘ |
| partOf |
Link light rail
ⓘ
surface form:
Link light rail network
Seattle transportation network ⓘ
surface form:
Seattle transit system
|
| purpose | rapid transit corridor through downtown Seattle ⓘ |
| serves |
1 Line
ⓘ
Central Link ⓘ Link light rail ⓘ |
| startStation |
International District/Chinatown Station (Link light rail)
ⓘ
surface form:
International District/Chinatown station
|
| status | light rail only ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel Description of subject: The Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel is a former dual-use bus and light rail tunnel running beneath central Seattle that served as a major rapid transit corridor through the city’s downtown.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Washington State Convention Center tunnel
this entity surface form:
Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel (former bus tunnel, now light rail)