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.
A quick synopsis:
- 0:01 – original-condition entrance staircase to Tsim Sha Tsui station
- 0:03 – single journey ticket machines
- 0:09 – turnstiles without Octopus card capability
- 0:13 – original condition Metro Cammell EMU arrives into the platform at Tsim Sha Tsui, with no screen doors
- 0:34 – passengers empty out of the train
- 0:38 – onboard the train
- 0:50 – door closing chimes
- 1:08 – ‘Metro Cammell England’ brand on the door treads
- 1:15 – inside an almost empty train
- 1:22 – train departs Central station
- 2:02 – riding the escalators
- 2:14 – train arrives at Central station
- 2:45 – Sheung Wan station with a departing train
- 3:00 – changing platforms at Quarry Bay station
- 3:12 – riding a train towards North Point
- 3:28 – departing Wan Chai
- 4:00 – single journey ticket machines
- 4:02 – station concourse at Admiralty
- 4:08 – Lippo Centre at Admiralty and passing trams
Brings back many fun memories of when I was in Hong Kong on holiday around that time when I was still in Primary/Elementary Grade school. Simpler times in those days although the city still seems as busy then as it does now.
It brings back memories to my – my first visit to Hong Kong was in 1998, when Metro Cammell EMUs were still in original condition, and platform screen doors had yet to be retrofitted to stations.