Railway · Hong Kong SAR China
What was the completed cost of Hong Kong's combined road-and-rail Eastern Harbour Crossing?
Hong Kong's Eastern Harbour Crossing is a combined road-and-rail tunnel under Victoria Harbour between Quarry Bay and Cha Kwo Ling. The crossing opened in 1989 as a build-operate-transfer concession. A World Bank toll-road case study reports HK$3.4 billion as the completed cost of the combined tunnel project, within its original budget. The Hong Kong Transport Department gives the road tunnel length as 2.29 kilometres. The historical cost is not a present-day price and does not value only the rail tracks or later maintenance.
Final project cost
HKD 3.4 billion
Approximately $435.9 million
Cost basis: 1989
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Cost evidence
Basis of the published figure
Final project cost1989
Project metrics
Key dimensions
- Total lengthHong Kong Transport Department - Tunnels and Bridges
- 2,290 m
Project record
Opened or launched
World Bank - Asian Toll Road Development Program (1999)1989