Eastern Harbour Crossing
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The Eastern Harbour Crossing, abbreviated as "EHC" (Chinese: 東隧), is a combined road-rail tunnel that crosses beneath Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong. Opened on 21 September 1989, it connects Quarry Bay, Hong Kong Island and Cha Kwo Ling, Kowloon East.
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Location | Beneath Victoria Harbour, between Quarry Bay and Lam Tin (near Cha Kwo Ling) |
Coordinates | 22°17′58.15″N 114°13′51.97″E |
Status | Active |
System | Part of Route 2 |
Start | Quarry Bay |
End | Lam Tin (near Cha Kwo Ling) |
Operation | |
Opened | 21 September 1989; 34 years ago (1989-09-21)[1] |
Owner | Hong Kong Government |
Operator | CITIC Pacific (71% - road / 50% - rail) |
Traffic | Vehicular and Rail |
Character | immersed tube |
Vehicles per day | 72100 |
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Line length | 3.3 kilometres (2.1 mi) |
No. of tracks | 2 tracks (1 per direction) in MTR tunnel |
No. of lanes | 4 lanes (2 lanes per direction) in road tunnel with 6 lanes (3 lanes per direction) on exit |
Track gauge | 1,432 mm (4 ft 8+3⁄8 in) |
Operating speed | 70 kilometres per hour (43 mph) (within road tunnel) 50 kilometres per hour (31 mph) (exit and entrance to road tunnel) |
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Quick Facts Major junctions, West end ...
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Part of Route 2 | |
Major junctions | |
West end | Quarry Bay |
Major intersections | 2 in total; Route 4 at Quarry Bay |
East end | Lam Tin (near Cha Kwo Ling) |
Location | |
Country | China |
Special administrative region | Hong Kong |
Major cities | Kwun Tong, Quarry Bay |
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Quick Facts Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese ...
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Traditional Chinese | 東區海底隧道 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 东区海底隧道 | ||||||||||||
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