Tag Archives: East Rail

Shrinking East Rail line trains from 12 to 9 cars

Posted on March 3, 2021 by Marcus Wong

Hong Kong’s rail network is being transformed by the Shatin to Central Link project, with the final change to train fleet having just kicked off – cutting back the length of East Rail line trains from 12 cars to 9. […]

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1970s trip on the pre-electrification Kowloon Canton Railway

Posted on July 8, 2020 by Marcus Wong

Over the years I’ve found a few YouTube videos featuring the Kowloon Canton Railway pre-electrification, and here is another one – a 3 minute long journey along the line in 1971. A timeline of what there is to see: 00:00 […]

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Platform gap fillers on the MTR East Rail line

Posted on April 15, 2020 by Marcus Wong

The East Rail line has the widest gaps between train and platform on the MTR network, the route having opened to passengers in 1910 as the Kowloon-Canton Railway. In the years that followed and the system modernised, with attempts made […]

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Revisited: rail accidents in Hong Kong

Posted on October 2, 2019 by Marcus Wong

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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New Shatin to Central Link platforms at Hung Hom station

Posted on December 26, 2018 by Marcus Wong

Ever since construction started on the MTR Shatin to Central Link project, I’ve had one big question – how would the two new lines interface at Hung Hom station, and interface with the new and existing tunnels? MTR diagram The […]

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