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Monthly Archives: September 2020
Following the Shatin to Central Link project works from home
Being able to use satellite imagery to follow construction work from home is nothing new, but the 3D imagery that Google has made available for free is something else. You can peer down this 16 meter diameter, 32 meter deep […]
Testing MTR trains in the green fields of England
Hong Kong’s MTR trains usually spend their days running back and forth through dark tunnels, but for one early train it experienced something quite different – the green fields of England. 1978: A Hong Kong Metro pictured while being tested […]
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Tagged Britain, history, Hong Kong, Mass Transit Railway, Metro Cammell, MTR, rail operations, trains, Tyne and Wear Metro
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MTR Airport Service Platform at Chek Lap Kok
On the MTR network there is a station that trains stop at, but passengers cannot use – the Airport Service Platform on Chek Lap Kok. GAKEI.com photo The MTR Airport Express began service on 6 July 1998, the opening date […]