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Tag Archives: East Rail
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 […]
Posted in Transport
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 […]
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 […]
Posted in Everyday Life
Tagged accident, East Rail, Hong Kong, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, rail operations, Tsuen Wan Line
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New Shatin to Central Link platforms at Hung Hom station
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 […]
Posted in Transport
Tagged construction, East Rail, Hung Hom, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, MTR Intercity Through Train, Sha Tin to Central Link, West Rail
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Travelling the ‘wrong’ way down the East Rail Line
Given the British influence on Hong Kong road and rail have one thing in common – traffic runs to the left. However for trains this isn’t always so, as this video shows. Filmed at University Station, we see a southbound […]
Posted in Transport
Tagged East Rail, Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, rail operations
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