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Railfanning on the MTR East Rail line
After ‘What should I go and see in Hong Kong?’ the most common question I am asked is ‘Where can I go to take photos of trains in Hong Kong?’. So here is a cleaned up version of an email I sent to a reader some time ago, detailing photography locations along the MTR East Rail Line.
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Tagged East Rail, KCR, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, New Territories, railfan, railway, trains
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