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Tag Archives: East Rail
SS8 electric locomotives in Hong Kong
Despite both Hong Kong and Mainland China using the same 25 kV AC electrification system for their mainline railways, for many years DF11 diesel locomotives were used to haul the Intercity Through Train that crossed the border. The reason – […]
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Tagged China, China Railways, East Rail, Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, rail operations, railway, railway electrification
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25 kV AC 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 25 kV AC railway electrification across Hong […]
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Tagged East Rail, Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, rail operations, railway, railway electrification
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Shrinking East Rail line trains from 12 to 9 cars
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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Tagged East Rail, Hong Kong, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, rail operations, railway, Shatin to Central Link, trains
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1970s trip on the pre-electrification Kowloon Canton Railway
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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Tagged East Rail, history, Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, railway, railway archaeology, trains
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Platform gap fillers on the MTR East Rail line
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 […]