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Monthly Archives: March 2020
A fire door for trains in the Tai Lam tunnel
I’ve written about the heavy steel gates used to protect the MTR cross harbour tunnels from flooding – but how about even bigger sets of gates used to protect them from fire? The longest railway tunnel in Hong Kong is […]
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Tagged crossovers, firefighting, Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, MTR, rail operations, railway, railway signalling, tunnels, underground, West Rail
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Flood gates inside the MTR cross harbour tunnels
MTR trains passes beneath Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour through four immersed tube tunnels – but should one of these tunnels be breached, massive flood gates are ready to be deployed, to protect the rest of the network. They hide inside […]
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Tagged Airport Railway, construction, flooding, Hong Kong, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, rail operations, tunnels, Victoria Harbour
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