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Bin night in Hong Kong
Time to take out the rubbish. It all starts with a bin. Until it gets full. Time to empty it. And walk down the street. Until you reach the refuse collection point. The rubbish is transferred into a truck. And […]
Posted in Everyday Life
Tagged containers, fishing, freight, Hong Kong, on the water, Outlying Islands, waste management
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MTR freight train across the border at Shenzhen
Here is an interesting find from Wikipedia – a MTR diesel locomotive hauling a freight train on the Chinese side of the border at Shenzhen, photographed by Baycrest back in February 2010.
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Posted in Transport
Tagged China, freight, Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, mainland, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, rail operations, railway, Shenzhen, trains
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Rail freight yards in Hong Kong
The other week I wrote about the the demise of rail freight in Hong Kong: so how about we take a look at where the freight trains actually served when they did run.
Posted in Transport
Tagged freight, Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, rail operations, railway, trains
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The demise of rail freight in Hong Kong
Ten years ago a passenger waiting for a train on the East Rail Line had a good chance of seeing a lengthy freight train go speeding past, but over the intervening years the consists had shrunk to just a single wagon, and by June 2010 there were no freights at all. So why did they disappear?
Posted in Transport
Tagged freight, Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, New Territories, rail operations, railway
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