Beacon Hill Tunnel is a tunnel in Hong Kong on the original Kowloon-Canton Railway from Kowloon to Canton, linking Kowloon Tong to its south and Sha Tin to its north, between Kowloon Tong and Tai Wai stations. Services through the tunnel are provided by MTR.
There are two Beacon Hill Tunnels indeed. One is the 1910 tunnel, the Chinese name is 煙墩山隧道. Another is 1981, 筆架山隧道.
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