Beacon Hill Tunnel (Hong Kong)

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Beacon Hill Tunnel

South portal of the new Beacon Hill tunnel, as viewed from Kowloon Tong station
Overview
Line	East Rail line
Coordinates	22°20′22″N 114°10′27″E / 22.3395°N 114.1743°E / 22.3395; 114.1743 (Beacon Hill Tunnel (south portal))
Status	Active
System	MTR
Start	Kowloon Tong
End	Tai Wai
Operation
Work begun	1978; 46 years ago (1978)
Opened	26 April 1981; 43 years ago (1981-04-26)
Traffic	Train
Technical
Length	2.3 km
No. of tracks	Double
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrified	25 kV 50 Hz AC
Tunnel clearance	9.0 m
Width	11.1 m

Beacon Hill Tunnel is a railway tunnel in Hong Kong on the original Kowloon–Canton Railway, linking Kowloon Tong to its immediate south and Sha Tin to its north. The nearest stations to the south and north of the tunnel are Kowloon Tong and Tai Wai respectively. Today, the tunnel carries the MTR East Rail line metro service and through trains to mainland China.

There are actually two tunnels of this name. The first (Chinese: 煙墩山隧道) opened in 1910 and operated until its replacement (Chinese: 筆架山隧道) came into operation following its 1981 completion.