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Riding the Hong Kong MTR in 1993
Here is another YouTube find – this time footage of the Mass Transit Railway during 1993-1994, filmed by the same person behind the KCR ride to Lu Wu. So what has changed in the 20 or so years since?
Posted in Transport
Tagged 1990s, history, Hong Kong, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, railway, trains
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