Eastern Harbour Crossing

Eastern Harbour Crossing

Entrance to Eastern Harbour Crossing at Cha Kwo Ling in July 2008
Overview
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 / 22.2994861°N 114.2311028°E / 22.2994861; 114.2311028
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
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
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
Highway system
Transport in Hong Kong Routes Roads and Streets

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.