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Tag Archives: accident
Coupling new and old on the East Rail line
A few years ago I found a photo of an original KCR ‘Yellow Head’ EMU coupled up to a refurbished classmate, but here is a more modern example – coupling a Metro Cammell EMU up to a brand new Hyundai […]
Posted in Transport
Tagged accident, coupling up, East Rail, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, rail operations, railway, trains, transferring trains
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Revisited: rail accidents in Hong Kong
My last look at railway accidents in Hong Kong was 2012, but the MTR isn’t making my job easy – they’ve managed to crash two trains so far during 2019. UPDATE: Immediately after I published this post, MTR have crashed […]
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Tagged accident, East Rail, Hong Kong, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, rail operations, Tsuen Wan Line
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Truck blocks tunnel after a 90 degree spin
Here’s a bizarre situation I stumbled across recently – a truck sitting at 90 degrees to the walls in a Hong Kong road tunnel, after somehow performing a 90 degree spin! Photo by a Mr Wang / via Apple Daily […]
Rail accidents in Hong Kong
Railway accidents in Hong Kong are extremely uncommon, and scrapping of rolling stock due to collision damage is even rarer. So how many railway accidents have occurred in Hong Kong over the years?
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Tagged 1980s, accident, East Rail, Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, New Territories
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