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Monthly Archives: April 2012
Maintenance trains on the MTR East Rail Line
Every railway needs a fleet of equipment to keep trains running smoothly, usually emerging at night-time after the normal revenue services have finished running. The MTR East Rail line is no different, but unlike the trains seen on the maintenance trains used on the MTR underground lines, the works trains for the East Rail line are a little bit more visible to railfans between jobs.
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Tagged Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, maintenance, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, rail operations, railway
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