Monthly Archives: June 2020

Delivering new trains to Hong Kong’s rail network

Hong Kong doesn’t build their own rail vehicles, so they need to be imported from overseas. But how do they arrive? Off the boat Trains for the pre-merger KCR network have historically been unloaded at the wharf at Hung Hom, […]

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Hidden track connections between MTR lines

Thanks to the sheer size of the network, travelling from one side of Hong Kong to another on the MTR usually involves a change of train somewhere along the way. But what if it was possible to stay on one train the entire way? This is actually possible – but with a number of caveats.

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Photos from my 2019 trip to Hong Kong

It has taken me a bit over a year, but I have finally finished uploading the photographs I took on my 2019 trip to Hong Kong. My itinerary. Day 1: arrival and Airport Express train Day 2: Wong Tai Sin […]

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