17 Proposal to build KCR around the coast?
I heard that there was a serious plan to build the KCR around the coast because it was thought the Beacon Hill tunnel was too long to build. I suppose it would have taken the Western route through Tuen Mun and Yuen Long. Can anyone confirm this? And provide a map and details of where the railway would have gone?
A very quick check on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beacon_Hill_Tunnel_(Hong_Kong) reveals:
A team of surveyors were commissioned to survey the route for the KCR British Section in 1905. Two routes were proposed:
Construction of a tunnel 1.5 mile (2.4 km) long through Beacon Hill then following the west coast of Tolo Harbour
Routing through Western New Territories and Castle Peak Bay.
Now it would be great to see what James Chan asked for, a map and further details
http://www.uwants.com/viewthread.php?tid=5722599&extra=&authorid=3034922&page=18
#262 has details on the western route taken from A HISTRORY, Kowloon-Canton Railway (British Section).
#258 also has details on the high-level route taken from the same book