Monthly Archives: April 2020

Extending West Rail line trains from 7 to 8 cars

Posted on April 29, 2020 by Marcus Wong

Hong Kong’s rail network is being transformed by the Shatin to Central Link project, with one of those changes being the expansion of trains on the West Rail line from 7 to 8 cars. Some history The story of West […]

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Platform gap fillers on the MTR East Rail line

Posted on April 15, 2020 by Marcus Wong

The East Rail line has the widest gaps between train and platform on the MTR network, the route having opened to passengers in 1910 as the Kowloon-Canton Railway. In the years that followed and the system modernised, with attempts made […]

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Firefighters and a fake MTR station

Posted on April 1, 2020 by Marcus Wong

Near the Hong Kong district of Tseung Kwan O is a MTR stop that you can’t catch a train to – Pak Shing Kok station at the Fire and Ambulance Services Academy. Photo by Exploringlife, via Wikimedia Commons When the […]

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