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- How does the Peak Tram cross in the middle?
- Peak Tram car and the pantograph on the roof
- Hong Kong’s Peak Tram and the abandoned station
- Shek Kong stabling sidings and emergency rescue station
- Navigating the gates at MTR/KCR interchange stations
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Tag Archives: history
Hong Kong’s Peak Tram and the abandoned station
On the way up to Victoria Peak on the Peak Tram there are four intermediate stations that trains seldom stop at, due to a lack of passengers. But there is also a fifth station that no longer exists – Bowen […]
Posted in Transport
Tagged abandoned, history, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Peak Tram, Victoria Peak
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MTR train cliffhanger?
Browsing the South China Morning Post website recently I came across a strange sight – what looked to be a MTR train overhanging a building!
Closure of Kai Tak Airport and the transfer to Chek Lap Kok
The closure of Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Airport in 1998 and the overnight switch to the new airport at Chek Lap Kok always intrigued me – how did they manage such a massive move?
Posted in Transport
Tagged 1990s, aviation, Chek Lap Kok, history, Hong Kong, Hong Kong International Airport, Kai Tak Airport
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Farewelling the first generation MTR trains
The first trains ran on Hong Kong’s MTR network way back in 1979, and almost forty years later these trains still remain in service, albeit having been refurbished and upgraded a number of times.
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Tagged history, Hong Kong, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, rail operations, railway, trains
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1983 timelapse tour of Hong Kong
Here is another YouTube find – this time a timelapse tour of Hong Kong dated 1983.