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The Eastern Harbour Crossing, abbreviated as "EHC" (Шаблон:Zh), 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.

History

Initially, the Government of Hong Kong had planned to build a bridge across the eastern portion of the harbor but due to fears of it blocking planes landing Kai Tak airport, this was shelved in favour of a tunnel.

In 1986, the government gave New Hong Kong Tunnel the right to run the tunnel on a 30-year franchisee with the lease expiring in August 2016.Шаблон:Citation needed The tunnel features two components, a road part and a rail part:

  • The road part of the tunnel is branded by the operator as the Eastern Harbour Tunnel, although the government refers to the tunnel itself as the Eastern Harbour Crossing. The tunnel is governed by the Eastern Harbour Crossing Ordinance. The road part links the Island Eastern Corridor in Hong Kong Island, Lei Yue Mun Road, Tseung Kwan O Tunnel, Tseung Kwan O——Lam Tin Tunnel and the Kwun Tong Bypass in Kowloon East.
  • The rail part, lying to the southeast of the road part, runs between Quarry Bay and Yau Tong stations of the MTR Tseung Kwan O line.

The Chinese investment group CITIC Pacific has an interestinШаблон:Clarify both parts, controlling the road part (71% stake) and hasШаблон:Outdated-inline a 50% stake in the rail part. CITIC also controls 50% of the Western Harbour Tunnel Company.

Tunnel tolls

Tolls are collected manually or electronically in both directions at the toll plaza on the Cha Kwo Ling side.

Category Vehicle Toll ($)[Note 1][1]
1 Motorcycle 13
2 Private car 25
Taxi
3 Public light bus 38
Private light bus
4 Light goods vehicle (less than 5.5 tonnes)
5 Medium goods vehicle (5.5 to 24 tonnes) 50
6 Heavy goods vehicle (more than 24 tonnes) 75
7 Single-decker bus 50
8 Double-decker bus 75
Additional axle 25

Notes

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Interchanges

Eastern Harbour Crossing Файл:HK Route2.svg
Westbound exits Exit number Eastbound exits
End of Route 2
intersects with Island Eastern Corridor Файл:HK Route4.svg
End Eastern Harbour Crossing Файл:HK Route2.svg Start Eastern Harbour Crossing Файл:HK Route2.svg
Tai Koo Shing,Sai Wan Ho, Shau Kei Wan, Chai Wan,Siu Sai Wan, Stanley, Shek O
Island Eastern Corridor Файл:HK Route4.svg
1A no exit
Quarry Bay, North Point, Causeway Bay, Happy Valley, Aberdeen
Island Eastern Corridor Файл:HK Route4.svg
1B no exit
no exit 1C Tseung Kwan O, Lam Tin Interchange
Tseung Lam Highway Файл:HK Route6.svg
Eastern Harbour Crossing
Start Eastern Harbour Crossing Файл:HK Route2.svg End Eastern Harbour Crossing Файл:HK Route2.svg
continues as Lei Yue Mun Road Файл:HK Route2.svg

Traffic

Шаблон:Main Шаблон:As of, there are 46 bus routes passing through the tunnel.

Controversies

In June 2005, CITIC decided to raise the toll for using Eastern Harbour Crossing from HK$15 to HK$25 for private vehicles and up to 67% for other classes of vehicles, under the fare adjustment mechanism derived from the build-operate-transfer (BOT) model.[2] This increase aroused criticisms that the model was detrimental to the public interest, with the increase shifting more traffic to the already congested Cross-Harbour Tunnel.

See also

Шаблон:Commons category

References

Шаблон:Reflist

External links

Шаблон:Sequence Шаблон:HK tunnels Шаблон:Crossings navbox Шаблон:HK routes Шаблон:Victoria Harbour


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