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- ‘The Queen Was Here’ plaque at Hung Hom station
- Looking back at Hong Kong’s pig trains
- Swapping left and right on the Tuen Ma Line
- “Pretty as a postcard” at Hung Hom station
- Ticket touts and the Hong Kong – Macau ferry
- Macau’s exclave in Mainland China
- ‘Flying’ to Macau on a Boeing 929 Jetfoil
- Beijing’s dead end expressway
- Catching the train to the Great Wall of China
- Ghost platforms on the Beijing Subway at Dongsishitiao
Monthly Archives: December 2011
Decoding 萬 in Hong Kong real estate adverts
Real estate agents are something you find everywhere in the world – and Hong Kong is no different. However the way they go about business is different, as these photos show.
Melbourne and Hong Kong trams: long lost siblings
One can be forgiven for thinking that Melbourne’s tramway network is something unique to the city, but if you look at the MTR Light Rail network in Hong Kong from the right angle, you start to see a lot of similarities…
Posted in Transport
Tagged Australia, Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, light rail, Mass Transit Railway, Melbourne, MTR
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Riding the MTR circa 1979
Continuing with my theme of finding raiwlay related Youtube clips and describing what’s in ’em – here is a documentary from 1979 that describes Hong Kong’s brand new MTR system and how to use it.
Posted in Transport
Tagged documentaries, history, Hong Kong, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, railway
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Cute rail safety advertisements from Hong Kong
Another week, and another selection of railway themed television commercials from Hong Kong. This time the topic is “cute public safety messages”.
Posted in Transport
Tagged advertising, Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, television commercials, trains
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