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Transport
Kong Island between Kennedy Town and Shau Kei Wan, and about three kilometres of single track around Happy Valley.
The company's 164 trams, including two open-balcony trams for tourists and private hire, and one special maintenance tram, make up the world's largest fleet of double-deck trams in operation. The tramway recorded a daily average of 181,500 passenger trips in 2014.
Peak Tram
Hong Kong's other tramway is a cable-hauled funicular railway operated by the Peak Tramways Company Limited from Central (Garden Road) to the Peak. The 1.4-kilometre line began. operation in 1888 and was modernised in 1989. The Peak Tram recorded an average of 17,100 passenger trips a day in 2014, made up mostly of tourists and local sightseers.
Road Transport
Road Network
Hong Kong has 2,099 kilometres of roads and 1,330 road structures, 16 road tunnels (including the three immersed-tube cross-harbour tunnels) and five major cable supported bridges.
Tunnels
The government owns 11 road tunnels, all managed and operated by private companies under management contracts: the Cross-Harbour, Lion Rock, Aberdeen, Kai Tak, Shing Mun, Tseung Kwan O, Cheung Tsing, Tai Wai, Sha Tin Heights, Eagle's Nest and Nam Wan tunnels. The last four are located in the Tsing Sha Control Area, while Cheung Tsing Tunnel is located in the Tsing Ma Control Area. Use of the Cheung Tsing, Kai Tak and Nam Wan tunnels is free of charge. Tolls for the rest are provided for in their governing legislation.
Four other tunnels are operated by private companies under 'Build, Operate and Transfer' arrangements: the Eastern Harbour Crossing, Tai Lam Tunnel, Tate's Cairn Tunnel and Western Harbour Crossing.
There is also a private tunnel, the Discovery Bay Tunnel Link, which was built and is operated and maintained by Discovery Bay Road Tunnel Company Limited. It is open only to vehicles taking goods or providing services to Discovery Bay.
Bridges
There are five major cable supported bridges in Hong Kong: Tsing Ma, Kap Shui Mun, Ting Kau, Stonecutters and a section of Shenzhen Bay Bridge. All except Tsing Ma and Kap Shui Mun are toll-free. Tsing Ma Bridge is one of the world's longest span suspension bridges. Tsing Ma Bridge and Kap Shui Mun Bridge carry both road and rail traffic.
Tsing Ma Control Area
The Tsing Ma Control Area, managed by a private contractor, is a 21-kilometre expressway network comprising Tsing Kwai Highway, Cheung Tsing Tunnel, Cheung Tsing Highway, the North-West Tsing Yi Interchange, Tsing Yi North Coastal Road, Lantau Link, Ting Kau Bridge, part
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