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Monthly Archives: September 2015
After hours maintenance on the MTR
When darkness falls and the last train for the night returns to the depot, maintenance work on Hong Kong’s MTR starts. This series of television commercials from the MTR showcases this important work. Looking over each train from top to […]
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Tagged Hong Kong, locomotive, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, rail operations, railway, trains
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