MTR Corporation is preparing to move move 11 giant pre-cast tunnel units for the 1.7-km tunnel section of the Shatin to Central Link (SCL) project to Victoria Harbour to extend the century-old East Rail Line from Kowloon to Hong Kong Island.
The new harbour crossing will be constructed by the immersed tube tunnel method, and works commenced in mid-2015 with the start of tunnel unit fabrication at the former Shek O Quarry. Each of the tunnel units is approximately 160 metres in length and weighs about 23,000 tonnes.
“To provide a direct corridor from the Northeast New territories to Hong Kong Island, an immersed tube tunnel offers the optimal solution that can overcome the constraints of seabed conditions in the Victoria Harbour, while at the same time providing the shortest and most direct alignment connecting the East Rail Line from Hung Hom to Wan Chai
North,”said TM Lee, General Manager-SCL, MTR Corporation.
Targeted for commissioning in 2021, the new harbour crossing will form a North South Corridor of the SCL by extending the East Rail Line from Hung Hom Station to connect to the future Exhibition Station
in Wan Chai North and the existing Admiralty Station.
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