Thursday, October 2, 2008

Western Harbour Crossing

The Western Harbour Crossing is a dual 3-lane immersed tube tunnel in Hong Kong. It is the third tunnel to cross Victoria Harbour, linking the newly reclaimed land in West Kowloon with Sai Ying Pun on Hong Kong Island. It was constructed by the Western Harbour Tunnel Company on a 30 year franchise build-operate-transfer model proposed by the Government.

The Western Harbour Crossing is part of the Airport Core Programme which was a comprehensive set of infrastructure projects associated with the at Chek Lap Kok. The tunnel carries on the designation from the West Kowloon Highway, and connects to on Hong Kong Island.

Transport


Bus routes which use the crossing:
*Kowloon Motor Bus/New World First Bus: 904, 905, 914, 914X, 948, 948P
*New World First Bus: 970, 970X, 971
*: A10, A11, E11, R11, A12, 930, 962, 962A, 962B, 962C, 962S, 962X, X962, 967, 967X, 969, 969A, 969B, 969P, 969X, 973, 973P
*Kowloon Motor Bus: 373A, 934, 935, 960, 960A, 960P, 960S, 961, 968
*Overnights: N962, N969

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