Eastern Harbour Crossing
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.
Entrance to Eastern Harbour Crossing at Cha Kwo Ling in July 2008 | |
| Overview | |
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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 |
| Owner | Hong Kong Government |
| Operator | CITIC Pacific (71% - road / 50% - rail) |
| Traffic | Vehicular and Rail |
| Character | immersed tube |
| Vehicles per day | 72100 |
| Technical | |
| 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) |
| Eastern Harbour Crossing | |
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| Part of Route 2 | |
| Major junctions | |
| West end | Quarry Bay |
| 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 |
| Highway system | |
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| Traditional Chinese | 東區海底隧道 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 东区海底隧道 | ||||||||||||
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