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TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1981
THE TEAM WILL COMPRISE A SENIOR ENGINEERING MANAGER, A LEGAL ADVISER WITH DETAILED KNOWLEDGE OF ALL LEGISLATION GOVERNING THE GAS INDUSTRY AND A SENIOR DISTRIBUTION ENGINEER EXPERIENCED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SAFETY CODES AND PRACTICES, EACH WITH MORE THAN 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THEIR RESPECTIVE FIELDs.
THE TEAM WILL BE AUGMENTED AS NECESSARY FROM THE CONSIDERABLE BACK-UP EXPERTISE AND SPECIALIST SERVICES AVAILABLE TO THE CORPORATION.
NEW BEACON HILL RAILWAY TUNNEL OPENS ON MONDAY
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THE OLD SINGLE-TRACK BEACON HILL TUNNEL WILL BE CLOSED PERMANENTLY TO RAIL TRAFFIC FROM SATURDAY (APRIL 25), MARKING THE END OF A CHAPTER IN THE HISTORY OF THE KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY.
THE LAST TRAIN WILL PASS THROUGH THE 71-YEAR-OLD TUNNEL, WHICH WAS BUILT IN 1910, ON FRIDAY (APRIL 24).
THE OLD TUNNEL WILL BE REPLACED BY A NEW DOUBLE-TRACK BEACON HILL TUNNEL WHICH WILL BE OPENED TO RAIL TRAFFIC NEXT MONDAY (APRIL 27).
THE 2.3-KILOMETRE NEW TUNNEL HAD BEEN BUILT AT A LOWER LEVEL TO REDUCE THE GRADIENTS ON THE APPROACHES, MR LEUNG MIN-SUN, GOVERNMENT ENGINEER (RAILWAY) OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
PRIOR TO THE CHANGEOVER, HE SAID, THE CONTRACTORS WOULD HAVE TO REMOVE THE TRACK ON BOTH SIDES OF THE EXISTING TUNNEL, FLATTEN THE EMBANKMENT AND RE-ROUTE THE TRACK TO THE NEW BEACON HILL TUNNEL.
TO FACILITATE THE WORK, TRAIN SERVICES BETWEEN HUNG HOM AND SHA TIN WILL BE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED FROM FRIDAY EVENING TO SUNDAY EVENING AND THE KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY WILL ARRANGE WITH BUS COMPANY SHUTTLE BUS SERVICES BETWEEN HUNG HOM AND SHA TIN.
MR LEUNG SAID ONLY A SINGLE TRACK WOULD BE OPERATIONAL AT THE APPROACHES TO THE TUNNEL AFTER THE OPENING. A SECOND TRACK WILL BE LAID IN A FEW WEEKS.
THE WHOLE PROJECT. INCLUDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TUNNEL AND THE APPROACHES, COSTS $125 MILLION.
THE MAIN CONTRACTOR FOR THE TUNNEL IS AOK! CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD. AND THE CONSTRACTOR FOR THE APPROACHES IS CHIU HING CONSTRUCTION AND TRANSPORTATION CO. LTD.
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