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The Queen and the Duke will be told that the complex is being
built on a reclaimed site which only ten years ago was part of the harbour.
The terminus is located in an area fast becoming the nerve centre for tran-
sportation in Hong Kong.
In addition to its own car park, the complex includes a bus
terminal, while the goods station has its own installations for the move-
ment of cargo, eventually including containers, to lighters.
Close by is the Kowloon portal of the cross-harbour road tunnel.
The site also adjoins a ferry terminal and is on the proposed route for
the mass transit system. About a mile away to the northeast, is Hong
Kong's International Airport.
The main structural feature of the terminus complex is a vast
podium on which the passenger station building, the car park, and the bus
station stands. Below are the tracks and platforms.
An even larger area of the podium has been set aside for eventual
transformation into the future Hung Hom indoor stadium.
The passenger station will be able to handle up to 14,000 people
an hour, while the goods station will have a capacity of up to 5,000 tons
of goods a day.
Other impressive statistics underlining the dimensions of this
construction and engineering task include the 36,000 cubic yards of
concretes that have gone into the podium alone, while some foundations
had to be taken down 120 feet, into rook.
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