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Monthly Archives: July 2019
Charts and plans for Kai Tak Airport
Kai Tak Airport was once the international airport for Hong Kong, with the single runway and eight jetbridges somehow handing 30 million passengers and 1.5 million tonnes of freight per year, before it was replaced by the current Hong Kong […]
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Tagged 1990s, aviation, history, Hong Kong International Airport, Kai Tak Airport, Kowloon
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How does the Peak Tram cross in the middle?
Hong Kong’s Peak Tram has two tramcars, but only one track – so how do they pass each other on the way up Victoria Peak? Going for a ride The Peak Tram is a funicular system with two trams in […]
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Tagged funicular, Hong Kong, Peak Tram, rail operations, railway, Victoria Peak
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