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Tag Archives: buses
Battery powered trolleybuses in Beijing
Trolleybuses normally require a web of overhead wires in order to supply power to the electric vehicles that run beneath them – but in the streets of Beijing’s Wangfujing shopping district, they aren’t necessary. The buses drop their trolleypoles. But […]
Hong Kong double decker buses in Australia
How is this for an unusual sight – a Kowloon Motor Bus double decker driving along the shores of Sydney Harbour! The story of how this bus, along with two more from Hong Kong, ended up in Australia is thanks […]
Posted in Transport
Tagged Australia, buses, heritage, Hong Kong, museums, preservation, Sydney
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Trolleybus trials in Hong Kong
Hong Kong is known for streets full of air conditioned double decker buses, spewing diesel exhaust onto the crowded streets. But back in the 2000s bus operator Citybus tested something a lot cleaner – electrically powered trolleybuses. TVB news report, […]
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Tagged buses, Citybus, electric vehicles, Hong Kong, on the road, trolleybuses
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Hong Kong transport by the brush of Kong Kai Ming
Back in 2016 something at Hong Kong International Airport caught my eye – a wall covered with incredibly detailed sketches of Hong Kong streets, with transport front and centre. Buses at Aberdeen. A road tunnel at To Kwa Wan. A […]
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Tagged artwork, buses, Hong Kong, Kong Kai Ming, Kowloon Canton Railway
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1983 timelapse tour of Hong Kong
Here is another YouTube find – this time a timelapse tour of Hong Kong dated 1983.