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Aberdeen Tunnel (Chinese: 香港仔隧道) is a tunnel linking Happy Valley and Wong Chuk Hang near Aberdeen on the Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It shortens the travel time between the north and the south of the Hong Kong Island. Part of Route 1, it connects the Wong Chuk Hang Road in the south, and Canal Road Flyover in the north. A disused railway tunnel now converted to pedestrian and bicycle use, near Houyet, Belgium A tunnel is an underground passage. ... A pedestrain footpath in Happy Valley previously used by horses to get to the racecourse. ... Wong Chuk Hang is an area to the east of Aberdeen and to the north of Nam Long Shan, on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. ... Aberdeen gate in Hong Kong Aberdeen Harbour (香港仔) is a harbour at the south side of Hong Kong Island, located in the Southern District of Hong Kong. ... The night view of the Island side as seen from the Kowloon side - the opposite side of the Victoria Harbour Hong Kong Island (Traditional Chinese: 香港島; Simplified Chinese: 香港岛; Cantonese Jyutping: hoeng1 gong2 dou2; Mandarin Pinyin: XiānggÇŽngdÇŽo) is the island where the colonial settlement of the Hong Kong territory... Route 1 in Hong Kong is a major artery that runs in a generally north-south direction from Aberdeen to Sha Tin. ... Canal Road East (堅拿道東), Canal Road West (堅拿道西) and the Canal Road Flyover (堅拿道天橋) are important roads in Wan Chai and Causeway Bay, Wan Chai District of Hong Kong. ...


Bus Routes

Buses go vis the tunnel :

  • New World First Bus: 38, 42, 590A, M590
  • Citybus: 29R, 37A, 70, 70M, 72, 72A, 75, 77, 90, 90C, 92, 96, 97, 99, 107, 107P, 170, 171, 171P, 592, 629, 629S, 671
  • Overnights: N72, N90, N170, N171

New World First Bus Services Limited (First Bus, or NWFB) was established in 1998, taking over China Motor Buss franchise on 1 September 1998 to provide bus services on Hong Kong Island together with Citybus. ... Citybus may refer to: Citybus, a bus operator in the city of Belfast, Northern Ireland. ...

See also


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Aberdeen Harbour - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (257 words)
Aberdeen Harbour is a harbour between Aberdeen and Ap Lei Chau.
As with all Aberdeens outside Scotland, it was named after the original Aberdeen by nostalgic Scots who colonised Hong Kong.
Aberdeen is served by Pok Fu Lam Road, and Aberdeen Tunnel and Nam Fung Road through Wong Chuk Hang.
Aberdeen Greenbelt Alliance (3422 words)
Aberdeen Greenbelt Alliance acts for a number of communities in and around Aberdeen with the specific brief to protect and enhance the living environment in the Greenbelt.
Aberdeen Greenbelt Alliance are opposed to any route through the Greenbelt and this includes all proposals by the WPR Team.
Aberdeen Greenbelt Alliance said (PandJ 12 Nov 2004): "If the Council were wise, they would realise, they are digging themselves into a deeper hole all the time." [The] objectors felt so strongly about the issue [of a WPR in the Greenbelt] that they were prepared to spend years going through the Courts.
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