The toll is HK$8.[3] The tunnel is 1.9 kilometres (1.2mi) long[1] and was used by 64,114 vehicles daily in 2015.[2] In 2023,21.9 million vehicles used the tunnel.[4]
Aberdeen Tunnel is currently managed by Transport Infrastructure Management Limited.
History
A tunnel was planned in the long-term development plan for Aberdeen approved by the Governor-in-Council in 1964.[5][6][7] Support for the tunnel grew following the closure of the Wong Nai Chung Gap by landslides.[7] In 1970,Aberdeen kaifong leaders and industrialists called on the government to build the tunnel.[8] A pilot tunnel was dug in the mid-1970s to examine underground rock conditions.[9] Official approval for the full project,comprising the tunnel and the Canal Road flyover extension,was granted in late 1975.[10] The opening of the tunnel was much delayed by both difficult tunnelling conditions,and the late arrival of communications equipment from overseas.[11] The contractor was Dragages Hong Kong.[12]
Around 1,000 graves in the Hong Kong Cemetery were relocated for the construction of the tunnel.[13]
The tunnel opened on 12 March 1982. From the very beginning,the tunnel suffered from congestion at the approach roads.[14][15] In 1991,the toll was raised from $3 to $5.[16]
The Aberdeen Tunnel's operations and management were privatised in 1991. It was contracted out to the Cross Harbour Tunnel Company initially.[17] Tunnel management was contracted out to Serco Group (HK) Ltd. on 29 September 1998,and then to Transport Infrastructure Management Ltd. on 29 September 2014.[2]
Electronic tolling via HKeToll was introduced on 24 December 2023[18] following which the toll booths were demolished.
Bus routes
As of 2017[update],there are 46 bus routes passing through the tunnel.
Most of them pass by the Aberdeen Tunnel Toll Plaza (香港仔隧道收費廣場) bus stop,where since 29 December 2019 you can get a transfer discount by transferring between two applicable bus routes. There is a similar discount at the Queen Mary Hospital bus stop. The discount scheme was branded as "New Bus-Bus Interchange Scheme - smart connection for Southern District" (香隧瑪麗轉一轉省時便捷任你選;hoeng1 seoi6 maa5 lai6 zyun2 jat1 zyun2 saang2 si4 bin6 zit6 jam6 nei5 syun2;'Aberdeen Tunnel Queen Mary Hospital') transfer buses - time saving and convenient for you to choose).[19]
The South Island line,a new Mass Transit Railway (MTR) link that opened in December 2016,roughly parallels the Aberdeen Tunnel. Upon commissioning,it was expected that 7% of peak hour Aberdeen Tunnel traffic would divert to the new railway.[20]
α. ^ ab Entirely in the New Territories, but all access roads on one side pass through New Kowloon. Italics indicate that a tunnel is under construction.
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