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Tag Archives: Comeng
1970s KCR proposal for double deck carriages
For decades the Kowloon–Canton Railway was a quiet single track railway, with a handful of passenger trains heading along the line linking the villages of the New Territories to the urban heart of Kowloon. But the development of the New […]
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Tagged Australia, Comeng, double decker, East Rail, Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, New Territories, rail operations
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Named trains of the MTR Light Rail
Trains in Hong Kong don’t have very much character – they all look much the same, with only their fleet numbers setting them apart. But on the MTR Light Rail network, there was an exception – a pair of light rail vehicles that were given their own names.
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Tagged Australia, Comeng, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, light rail, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, New Territories, trams
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