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Monthly Archives: October 2017
Abandoned MTR locomotive running shed at Hung Hom
Following the opening of the new diesel locomotive running shed at Lo Wu in 2014, the facility at Hung Hom was taken out of use. The 無人之境 / Abandoned HK group of urban explorers paid a visit to it shortly before demolition.
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Tagged depots, Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, rail operations, railway, trains
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Moving the East Rail locomotive running shed to Lo Wu
For over one hundred years the southern terminus of the Kowloon Canton Railway has been the home of Hong Kong’s railway motive power. Replacing steam with diesel power in the 1950s, relocating the terminus to Hung Hom in 1975, and the takeover by the MTR in 2007 didn’t diminish this. However the construction of the Shatin to Central Link finally did, with the locomotive running shed being relocated to Lo Wu in 2014.
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Tagged diesel locomotives, East Rail, Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, locomotive, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, rail operations, railway, trains
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