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Monthly Archives: February 2018
1970s KCR proposal for double deck carriages
For decades the Kowloon–Canton Railway was a quiet single track railway, with a handful of passenger trains heading along the line linking the villages of the New Territories to the urban heart of Kowloon. But the development of the New […]
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Tagged Australia, Comeng, double decker, East Rail, Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, New Territories, rail operations
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