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Former Tunnel buses, Outside of the Tunnel

Outside of the tunnel the special Tunnel Buses runs on streets and freeways around the Seattle region. One tunnel route #550 is operated by Seattle Metro, but is funded by Sound Transit, the regional transit agency. That is why you will find the Breda Tunnel Busses in 3 paint schemes. The original white/gray for Metro. The newer Green/Yellow for Metro (an my personal favorite) and the Sound Transit White/Blue.

As of 2007 the Breda Dual mode busses have been retired..

sea-bustun-freeway-112202-01.jpg (321096 bytes)This bus is heading southbound on I-5 just south of downtown. (11/22/02) sea-etb02.jpg (32190 bytes)This is a lineup of the tunnel buses at Safeco Field waiting for the end of the Mariner's game. This is a Sunday so the buses do not use the tunnel which is closed on Sundays. (8/00)
sae-etb01.jpg (62084 bytes)This is one of the tunnel busses. It normally runs on diesel, and only switches to electric when in the downtown bus tunnel (8/00) sea-bustun-freeway-121302-01.jpg (288734 bytes)This bus is heading northbound on I-5 just south of downtown. (12/13/02)
 

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