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Monthly Archives: October 2014
Underground stations – living in the 1970s
I don’t visit Sydney, Australia often, but the last time I did, I spent my time in much the same way I did during my last trip to Hong Kong – riding around on trains and ferries. There I found some striking similarities.
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Tagged Australia, Eastern Suburbs Railway, escalator, Hong Kong, Mass Transit Railway, mosaic tiles, MTR, railway, Sydney
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