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Monthly Archives: June 2019
Peak Tram car and the pantograph on the roof
Looking back at old photos of the Peak Tram, there is something on the roof that stands out – a pantograph. Photo by USN, via Wikimedia Commons A pantograph is mounted on the roof of an electric train, tram or […]
Posted in Transport
Tagged funicular, Hong Kong, Peak Tram, railway, trains, Victoria Peak
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Hong Kong’s Peak Tram and the abandoned station
On the way up to Victoria Peak on the Peak Tram there are four intermediate stations that trains seldom stop at, due to a lack of passengers. But there is also a fifth station that no longer exists – Bowen […]
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Tagged abandoned, history, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Peak Tram, Victoria Peak
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