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Monthly Archives: June 2021
1500 V DC railway electrification in Hong Kong
Hong Kong MTR uses electric trains, powered by two different technologies – 1500 V DC on the ‘urban’ rail lines, and 25 kV AC for the former KCR network. Today we look at 1500 V DC railway electrification across Hong […]
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Tagged Hong Kong, MTR, rail operations, railway, railway electrification
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MTR Metro Cammell EMUs off to the scrap yard
It had to happen some day, and March 2021 is it – the first of Hong Kong’s Metro Cammell EMUs have been retired from service and despatched to the scrap yard. Photo by Sordiu Edmond This thread on the hkitalk.net […]
Posted in Transport
Tagged Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, Mass Transit Railway, Metro Cammell, MTR, rail operations, scrapyard
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