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Tag Archives: interchange stations
Navigating the gates at MTR/KCR interchange stations
Until 2007 Hong Kong’s rail network was managed by two separate operators – the MTR Corporation that run the predominately underground network, and the Kowloon–Canton Railway Corporation that ran the above ground lines. A side effect of this was two separate fare structures, and a peculiar situation at one interchange station – ‘double sided’ ticket gates.
Changing trains at East Tsim Sha Tsui
There are many interchange stations on Hong Kong’s MTR, but the connection between Tsim Sha Tsui station on the Tsuen Wan line and East Tsim Sha Tsui station on the West Rail line has to take the cake as the […]
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Tagged Hong Kong, interchange stations, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, trains, Tsim Sha Tsui, Tsuen Wan Line, West Rail
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