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Monthly Archives: March 2018
Flood doors at MTR station entrances
You will find MTR station entrances all across Hong Kong – but there is one important thing that all of these have in common – a way to keep floodwaters out. When entrances reach ground level, whether in the middle […]
Posted in Transport
Tagged flooding, Hong Kong, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, mystery, rail operations
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Finding the last KCR ‘Yellow Head’ train
For almost two decades, the mainstay of the Kowloon Canton Railway was their fleet of Metro Cammell EMUs, nicknamed ‘Yellow Head’ (黃頭) for the colour of their driving cabs. Photo by Joseph K.K. Lee / gakei.com As originally built, each […]
Posted in Transport
Tagged East Rail, Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, Metro Cammell, urban exploration, urbex, yellow head train
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