- Support Checkerboard Hill on Patreon!
Subscribe via email
Tags
- advertising
- Australia
- aviation
- buses
- China
- China Railways
- construction
- depots
- Disneyland
- driving
- East Rail
- history
- Hong Kong
- Hong Kong International Airport
- Hong Kong Tramways
- KCR
- Kowloon
- Kowloon Canton Railway
- Lantau Island
- light rail
- line guide
- locomotive
- Macau
- mainland
- maintenance
- Mass Transit Railway
- MTR
- mystery
- New Territories
- Octopus card
- on the road
- on the water
- Outlying Islands
- rail operations
- railway
- railway archaeology
- railway signalling
- scale models
- television commercials
- tourist trap
- trains
- trams
- tunnels
- Victoria Harbour
- West Rail
Photos from Flickr
Archives
Recent Posts
- Ventilation shafts across the MTR network
- Rescue training for Hong Kong cable cars
- 1500 V DC railway electrification in Hong Kong
- MTR Metro Cammell EMUs off to the scrap yard
- Tenth birthday for Checkerboard Hill
- Hong Kong’s high density industrial areas
- SS8 electric locomotives in Hong Kong
- 25 kV AC railway electrification in Hong Kong
- Powering the MTR Light Rail network
- Driverless baggage tractors at Hong Kong International Airport
Monthly Archives: May 2016
Beer of Hong Kong
There is a saying that goes “You can’t be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline”. While Hong Kong might not be a real country, as the home of Cathay Pacific it does have it’s own airline. But what about a local beer?
Octopus card fare anomalies
Traveling on public transport in Hong Kong with an Octopus card is simple – load up your card with credit, tap on when you start every journey, and the lowest fare will be deducted each time – no more fumbling with coins! However it isn’t always that simple, as these are some anomalies in the Octopus card fare structure.
Posted in Transport
Tagged finance, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, mystery, Octopus card
Leave a comment