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- A Hong Kong taxi in Australia
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- KCR ‘Yellow Head’ train towing a KTT carriage
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Monthly Archives: May 2019
Shek Kong stabling sidings and emergency rescue station
On Sunday 23 September 2018 the Express Rail Link into Hong Kong opened to passengers, connecting the city to the high-speed rail network of China. The railway runs through a 26 kilometre long tunnel from the China border at Mai […]
Posted in Transport
Tagged China, China Railway High-speed, depots, high speed trains, Hong Kong, mainland, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, New Territories, rail operations, railway
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Navigating the gates at MTR/KCR interchange stations
Until 2007 Hong Kong’s rail network was managed by two separate operators – the MTR Corporation that run the predominately underground network, and the Kowloon–Canton Railway Corporation that ran the above ground lines. A side effect of this was two separate fare structures, and a peculiar situation at one interchange station – ‘double sided’ ticket gates.
Fixing a power failure on the MTR
On my recent visit to Hong Kong I was travelling by train on the Tung Chung Line when a power failure stopped trains. But how long did it take to fix? 4:20pm – power failure detected delaying services. 1620 Major […]
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Tagged Hong Kong, maintenance, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, rail operations, railway, Tung Chung Line
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