Victoria Harbour swim prompts special transport arrangements in Hong Kong
About 4,000 swimmers will take part in the Victoria Harbour swim on 15 November, starting from the Golden Bauhinia Square public pier in Wan Chai and finishing at the Tsim Sha Tsui Star Ferry Pier. Special traffic and transport arrangements will be implemented in Wan Chai North and Tsim Sha Tsui, wi
About 4,000 swimmers will take part in the Victoria Harbour swim on the morning of 15 November, starting from the Golden Bauhinia Square public pier in Wan Chai and finishing at the Tsim Sha Tsui Star Ferry Pier. Special traffic and transport arrangements will be implemented in Wan Chai North and Tsim Sha Tsui, with water taxi and ferry services suspended during the event.
A section of Expo Drive East outside Golden Bauhinia Square, including the drop-off area, will be temporarily closed from 12:30am to about 1:00pm. Due to the closure of landing steps in Wan Chai and Tsim Sha Tsui, the water taxi service between Tsim Sha Tsui East and Central will cancel departures from Tsim Sha Tsui East at 10:40am, 11:20am and 12:10pm.
The ferry service between Wan Chai and Tsim Sha Tsui will be suspended from the first sailing until 11:00am. The ferry service between Central and Hung Hom will cancel departures from the first sailing until 11:10am.
The Transport Department said water taxi and ferry services will resume depending on the actual reopening time of the affected harbour areas. The terminus of cross-harbour bus route 961 will be relocated to Harbour Drive outside Wan Chai Swimming Pool from the first bus until 1:00pm. The Citybus route H3 bus stop on Expo Drive East near Golden Bauhinia Square will also be suspended.
