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Monthly Archives: April 2019
Hong Kong’s ghost station at Kwu Tung
Since the 1970s the Mass Transit Railway network has expanded to cover much of Hong Kong, but at Kwu Tung in the northern New Territories there is something different – a ghost station that has no trains stopping at it. […]
Posted in Transport
Tagged abandoned, construction, ghost stations, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, Mass Transit Railway, underground
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The evolution of Beijing Capital International Airport
I first visited China back in 1998, and the difference at Beijing Capital International Airport between then and now is massive. Photo by AcidBomber, via Wikimedia Commons When I first flew into Beijing in 1998, there was only a single […]