The University Link Light Rail station at Husky Stadium is almost finished. The station is part of a route that will eventually connect downtown Seattle to Northgate. On Wednesday, reporters were given a rare glimpse inside.

The shiny glass and metal box in front of Husky Stadium is the most visible part of the new subway station.

But that’s just the surface. For the rest, you must go deeper. I don the safety vest and hardhat I've been given and join the contractors in the elevator for our nine-story descent.

Down on the subway platform, we’re deeper than everything. We’re deeper than shell deposits left by Native Americans around Lake Washington. We’re deeper than where Chinese laborers dug, when they created the nearby Ship Canal. We’re deeper than a well.

We stop on a mezzanine level, where passengers will be able to buy their tickets. Sound Transit project manager Mark Pickerill directs my attention to a big piece of artwork. It looks like a giant Lite-Brite.